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kentuck

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Fri Sep 20, 2013, 06:07 PM Sep 2013

"The 113th Congress is a trainwreck"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/20/john-boehners-congress-is-a-train-wreck/

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After spending the past few months trying to figure out a way around passing a funding bill that defunded Obamacare, House Speaker John Boehner spent the morning passing a funding bill that defunded Obamacare.

"You know, we had a victory today for the American people," he said with a straight face. "And frankly, we also had a victory for common sense. Listen, Senator Baucus said it right several months ago when he said that this law is a ‘train wreck.’ And it is a train wreck."

Obamacare begins open enrollment Oct. 1 and begins actually delivering health insurance Jan. 1. Whether it's a train wreck remains to be seen.

But here's what we can say: Under the leadership of Speaker John Boehner, the 113th Congress — and the House of Representatives in particular — is a complete and total train wreck.

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"The 113th Congress is a trainwreck" (Original Post) kentuck Sep 2013 OP
The whole GOP is not only a train wreck...they are coldhearted and inhuman SummerSnow Sep 2013 #1
yup... handmade34 Sep 2013 #2
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