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Mon Jul 28, 2014, 05:32 PM Jul 2014

Boehner Op-Ed: I Oppose The Law I'm Suing Obama To Implement

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Boehner Op-Ed: I Oppose The Law I'm Suing Obama To Implement http://go.shr.lc/1lOBs5t

____ House Speaker John Boehner made his case for suing President Barack Obama to implement the Obamacare employer mandate, saying he chose that issue because it gives Republicans the best chance of success in court.

"On the advice of legal experts, the House action will focus on his decision to extend — twice — the deadline to institute the employer mandate in his health care law. We believe this targeted lawsuit offers the best chance of success," the Ohio Republican wrote in an op-ed for USA Today published online Sunday.

He added: "The fact we agree with a change that should have been made in law makes this case clearer to the court."

Boehner reiterated his opposition to the employer mandate, a provision of Obamacare which the president unilaterally delayed, highlighting the political awkwardness of the lawsuit for Republicans.

"I oppose the employer mandate in the president's health care law. The House of Representatives has voted to delay or eliminate it (and we will do so again if we prevail in court)," he wrote. "But it is the letter of the law that was passed by Congress and signed by President Obama. He simply cannot unilaterally rewrite it."

read: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/boehner-oped-sue-obama
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Boehner Op-Ed: I Oppose The Law I'm Suing Obama To Implement (Original Post) bigtree Jul 2014 OP
So in other words: Cali_Democrat Jul 2014 #1
^^^^^^^^^^ Peacetrain Jul 2014 #2
He still has to show how that's hurting him. louis-t Jul 2014 #3
Orange Man doesn't know WTF he's doing in there. nt Jamaal510 Jul 2014 #4
But, But, But don't Republicans just hate "Lawyers" rustydog Jul 2014 #5
 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
1. So in other words:
Mon Jul 28, 2014, 05:36 PM
Jul 2014

Republicans oppose the employer mandate , but they're going to sue Obama for delaying the mandate.

Fucking cockroaches!!!

louis-t

(23,199 posts)
3. He still has to show how that's hurting him.
Mon Jul 28, 2014, 06:00 PM
Jul 2014

It's still a "frivolous lawsuit" according to repug's own definition.

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