24 Republicans Not Practicing What They Preached About Obamacare

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obamacare-congress-federal-employer-contribution


24 Republicans Not Practicing What They Preached About Obamacare
Dylan Scott – December 16, 2013, 4:02 PM EST4241


Among their many anti-Obamacare gambits during the government shutdown debacle, House Republicans voted to strip federal employer contributions for health insurance from themselves and their staffs.

It was a problem of their own making. A GOP-pushed amendment to the Affordable Care Act had required members of Congress and their staffs to purchase health coverage through the law's health insurance marketplace. Later, after outcry from staffers who were facing what amounted to a significant pay cut, the federal Office of Personnel Management said that they could still use the employer contribution from the federal government to help pay for it.

The GOP said that wasn't fair. So they voted on Sept. 30, on the eve of shutdown, to fund the government but prevent themselves and their staffs from using that employer contribution -- the so-called Vitter amendment, named for Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), who pushed the policy. It passed with 228 votes (nine Democrats joined 219 Republicans).


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Now they're benefitting from it.

Below are the members who the Washington Post recorded as enrolling through the D.C. marketplace with no note that they would decline their employer contribution and who voted on Sept. 30 to strip those contributions for themselves and their staff:

Howard Coble (R-NC)

Rodney Davis (R-IL)

Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)

Bob Latta (R-OH)

Billy Long (R-MO)

Frank Lucas (R-OK)

Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)

Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)

Jeff Miller (R-FL)

Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)

Kristi Noem (R-SD)

Bill Posey (R-FL)

Tom Reed (R-NY)

Reid Ribble (R-WI)

Tom Rice (R-SC)

Phil Roe (R-TN)

Peter Roskam (R-IL)

Paul Ryan (R-WI)

Austin Scott (R-GA)

Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI)

John Shimkus (R-IL)

Pat Tiberi (R-OH)

Brad Wenstrup (R-OH)

Frank Wolf (R-VA)

[Mass]

1. No surprise. You can add Boehner to the list. He did not vote as

is his privilege as speaker, but he certainly did not speak against it and is taking the subsidies.

[a kennedy]

2. Paul Ryan (R-WI)

and you're not kidding. OMG. Ugh.....

[Mass]

3. A lot of leadership in this list

in addition to Boehner.

McCarthy and Roskham

a few committee chairs such as Sensenbrenner, Ryan, Lucas.

The freshmen representatives are in impressive company,

[Cha]

4. K&R! thanks babylonsistah~