obama to be sued by republican congress for not

[ADevilYouKhow]

implementing obama care fast enough

 

[ltheghost]

Lank!? You have to be joking.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Lank!? You have to be joking.

House Republicans Will Sue Obama Because He’s Not Implementing Obamacare Fast Enough
BY IGOR VOLSKY JULY 10, 2014 AT 7:00 PM UPDATED: JULY 10, 2014 AT 7:20 PM

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)

CREDIT: AP PHOTO/J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE

House Republicans intend to sue the Obama administration for unilaterally delaying the employer responsibility provision of the Affordable Care Act, Politico reported on Thursday, in effect trying to speed up the implementation of the health care law.

The lawsuit will come after the administration twice delayed the provision — which requires employers with more than 50 employees to pay a fine if they don’t offer affordable quality coverage — citing complaints from firms that claimed they wouldn’t be ready to meet its requirement by 2014.

But Republicans did not immediately question the legality of the postponement. Instead, the GOP called on Obama to also delay the individual mandate and vowed to take another vote on the matter.

“Is it fair for the president of the United States to give American businesses an exemption from his health care law’s mandate without giving the same exemption to the rest of America? Hell no, it’s not fair,” Boehner told House Republicans. “We should be thinking about giving the rest of America the same exemption that Obama last week gave businesses.”

House Republicans soon pressed the administration to release its internal communication on the matter and Boehner, in a letter to Obama, even admitted that the employer mandate “cannot be implemented within the current time frame.” The party has referred to the provision as a “jobs killer” and has sought its repeal.

Obama officials initially delayed the provision until 2015 in July of 2103, and announced in February of this year that companies with 50 to 99 employees will have until 2016 to extend insurance to their employees, while larger businesses with 100 or more workers can avoid paying a fine if they offer health care to at least 70 percent of their workers next year, and cover 95 percent of their workers in 2016.

The administration claimed that it was relying on the Treasury Department’s “transition relief” authority, which allows the government to grant relief by section 7805(ca) of the Internal Revenue Code. “The authority has been used to postpone the application of new legislation on a number of prior occasions across Administrations,” Mark J. Mazur, the Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, wrote in a letter to Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) and pointed to occasions when the Bush administration cited the authority to delay implementation of laws.

Ninety-six percent of large businesses already provide health care coverage and the law’s employer mandate would only affect an estimated 10,000 businesses or one percent of the U.S. workforce. Ninety-six percent of businesses employer fewer than 50 employees and were not impacted by the delay.

However, even if Boehner wins his legal challenge, which Republicans plan to vote on before leaving for August recess, it is unlikely that the Supreme Court would reach a final decision on his case until June 2016, months after the employer mandate is supposed to go into effect anyway.

“It is disappointing that Speaker Boehner and Congressional Republicans have decided to waste time and taxpayer dollars on a political stunt,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement. “At a time when Washington should be working to expand economic opportunities for the middle class, Republican leaders in Congress are playing Washington politics rather than working with the President on behalf of hardworking Americans.”

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/20...e-hes-not-implementing-obamacare-fast-enough/

 

[ltheghost]

House Republicans Will Sue Obama Because He’s Not Implementing Obamacare Fast Enough
BY IGOR VOLSKY JULY 10, 2014 AT 7:00 PM UPDATED: JULY 10, 2014 AT 7:20 PM

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)

CREDIT: AP PHOTO/J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE

House Republicans intend to sue the Obama administration for unilaterally delaying the employer responsibility provision of the Affordable Care Act, Politico reported on Thursday, in effect trying to speed up the implementation of the health care law.

The lawsuit will come after the administration twice delayed the provision — which requires employers with more than 50 employees to pay a fine if they don’t offer affordable quality coverage — citing complaints from firms that claimed they wouldn’t be ready to meet its requirement by 2014.

But Republicans did not immediately question the legality of the postponement. Instead, the GOP called on Obama to also delay the individual mandate and vowed to take another vote on the matter.

“Is it fair for the president of the United States to give American businesses an exemption from his health care law’s mandate without giving the same exemption to the rest of America? Hell no, it’s not fair,” Boehner told House Republicans. “We should be thinking about giving the rest of America the same exemption that Obama last week gave businesses.”

House Republicans soon pressed the administration to release its internal communication on the matter and Boehner, in a letter to Obama, even admitted that the employer mandate “cannot be implemented within the current time frame.” The party has referred to the provision as a “jobs killer” and has sought its repeal.

Obama officials initially delayed the provision until 2015 in July of 2103, and announced in February of this year that companies with 50 to 99 employees will have until 2016 to extend insurance to their employees, while larger businesses with 100 or more workers can avoid paying a fine if they offer health care to at least 70 percent of their workers next year, and cover 95 percent of their workers in 2016.

The administration claimed that it was relying on the Treasury Department’s “transition relief” authority, which allows the government to grant relief by section 7805(ca) of the Internal Revenue Code. “The authority has been used to postpone the application of new legislation on a number of prior occasions across Administrations,” Mark J. Mazur, the Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, wrote in a letter to Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) and pointed to occasions when the Bush administration cited the authority to delay implementation of laws.

Ninety-six percent of large businesses already provide health care coverage and the law’s employer mandate would only affect an estimated 10,000 businesses or one percent of the U.S. workforce. Ninety-six percent of businesses employer fewer than 50 employees and were not impacted by the delay.

However, even if Boehner wins his legal challenge, which Republicans plan to vote on before leaving for August recess, it is unlikely that the Supreme Court would reach a final decision on his case until June 2016, months after the employer mandate is supposed to go into effect anyway.

“It is disappointing that Speaker Boehner and Congressional Republicans have decided to waste time and taxpayer dollars on a political stunt,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement. “At a time when Washington should be working to expand economic opportunities for the middle class, Republican leaders in Congress are playing Washington politics rather than working with the President on behalf of hardworking Americans.”

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/20...e-hes-not-implementing-obamacare-fast-enough/

What a bunch of fukkery....they don't even know how damn stupid they are going to look doing it. Obama is going to clown..."At first they didn't want it....Now they can't get it fast enough!!!"

 

[Serious]

Subs....

 

[No_bammer_weed]

 

[Richard Wright]

I think Obama is horrible but this would be one of the most disgraceful moments in US history,, suing the god damn POTUS. I will leave the party and go (I ) if that shyt happens

If you dont like the president run a viable candidate. fukk the GOP

 

[TGainz]

 

[The Real]

These people have no got damn shame. You almost have to respect it.

 

[88m3]

I think Obama is horrible but this would be one of the most disgraceful moments in US history,, suing the god damn POTUS. I will leave the party and go (I ) if that shyt happens

If you dont like the president run a viable candidate. fukk the GOP

House GOP Moves Ahead on Suing Obama
WASHINGTON — Jul 10, 2014, 7:05 PM ET
By DONNA CASSATA Associated Press

House Republicans took the initial step on Thursday to sue President Barack Obama over the administration's decision to delay the employer mandate of the health care law.

The office of Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, released a draft of the resolution that would authorize the House to file suit amid GOP criticism that the president has declined to faithfully execute the laws of the country.

"In 2013, the president changed the health care law without a vote of Congress, effectively creating his own law by literally waiving the employer mandate and the penalties for failing to comply with it," Boehner said in a statement. "That's not the way our system of government was designed to work. No president should have the power to make laws on his or her own."

The so-called employer mandate was written into the law as a guardrail to discourage employers from shifting workers into taxpayer-subsidized coverage. Under those rules, companies with 50 to 99 workers must provide coverage or pay a $2,000-per-worker fine.

The administration gave businesses an extra year to comply with the health care law's requirement to offer coverage.

The House Rules Committee has scheduled a hearing on the resolution next week, with a House vote later this month.

Obama has called the GOP effort a "stunt" and criticized lawmakers for inaction on legislation such as a stalled bill to overhaul the nation's immigration system.

"I mean, think about that," Obama said Thursday in Austin, Texas, as he criticized Republicans anew. Addressing them, he said: "You're going to use taxpayer money to sue me for doing my job, while you don't do your job."

White House press secretary Josh Earnest reiterated that position and linked it to economic initiatives, saying in a statement that "Republican leaders in Congress are playing Washington politics rather than working with the president on behalf of hardworking Americans."

Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, said the effort was a waste of taxpayer dollars. "This lawsuit is just another distraction from House Republicans desperate to distract the American people from their own spectacular obstruction and dysfunction," Hamill said.

Boehner's actions on the lawsuit come as some Republicans are demanding a far more formidable step — impeachment.

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and others have called for Obama's impeachment. Boehner said Thursday that he disagrees with those calls, but asserts that others can make a determination on their own whether the chief executive deserves it.

Obama made light of the calls for impeachment while in Texas. "You hear some of them — 'sue him,' 'impeach him.' Really?" he asked to laughter. "Really? For what?"


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/boehner-disagrees-call-obama-impeachment-24505648

 

[88m3]

waste taxpayer dollars on bullshyt, brehs

 

[TGainz]

why don't they bytch asses just stop beating around they bush and say they don't like him because he's black....these fukking cacs are ridiculous

 

[Piff Perkins]

These dudes....in order to win they have to demonstrate harm, ie that the president harmed people with his actions or inactions. How can they argue that Obamacare harms Americans...and then argue in court that Obama harmed Americans by delaying a part of Obamacare?!


keep styling on em Barry.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

This is complete nonsense, and part of the reason i DONT VOTE.

fukk politics and politicians.

 

[FaTaL]

sounds like a episode of south park

reminds me of a episode of married with children

al gets sued so he gets his payback by suing the guy because al broke his hand on his face by throwing a punch