Boehner Is Not The Leader Of The Opposition, He Believes In Big And Bigger Government.

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GOP LEADERSHIP CAUGHT CONSPIRING WITH OBAMA

The election of 2014 proved one thing. America is hungry for change. So much so that they voted out Democrats and Republicans in record numbers.

GOP leadership is still dug in deep, and they know that they only have a short amount of time to inflict as much damage as they can before the incoming class of freshman Republicans stand in their way.

That’s why Boehner and his buddies rushed to push their Omnibus bill through in just a few short hours.

The $1.1 Trillion dollar spending program fully funds amnesty as well as Obamacare, and should raise some serious concerns for every hard working American.

The worst part is these “leaders” have worked together with the White House to make sure that Obama’s pet programs are well funded.

The Guardian writes about this unlikely partnership:

Republicans formed an unlikely alliance with the White House in a late-night scramble to pass a $1.1tn federal budget over the objections of House Democrats, who claim it has been hijacked by Wall Street lobbyists and campaign finance interests.

In dramatic scenes that mirrored the lead-up to the government shutdown of October 2013, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough spent three hours locked in talks with the House Democratic caucus on Thursday night trying to persuade its members to drop their opposition to the so-called “cromnibus” and pleading with them that it was the best deal available.

The one thing you can determine from this is the Republican leadership wants to make it so Obama can advance his agenda. Americans want secure borders and the repeal of Obamacare, and GOP leadership could care less about the wishes and desires of Americans.

Sean Hannity slammed Boehner for his serious missteps.

He said:

John “Gruber” Boehner, two days after the election, talking tough on the issue of amnesty. But unfortunately, that is all it was, because, it’s conservatives who feel like they have been burned, as the speaker aligned himself with the president, with Harry Reid, Steny Hoyer, and Joe Biden to pass a spending bill just a short time ago…

John Boehner “Grubered” conservatives tonight and by that, I mean the conservative base in particular. And Michele Bachmann hit the nail on the head; he never would have done this before the election. He has no inspiring vision and to me, he’s everything that’s wrong with Washington. He’s a Democratic Party Lite. He doesn’t have those bold color differences that Reagan talked about. And in my view, he shouldn’t be the speaker. He should be replaced.

This kind of betrayal is one of the worst to have been put on the American people.

It’s disgusting to see what is being done behind closed doors in the name of corporate greed.

The same things are happening consistently in D.C.

One of the other major problems to arise in recent years has to do with the development of alliances between big food and medical companies.

These programs have not only contributed to a rise in disease rates, but also food costs.

If you want to get safer food at 10 cents on the dollar you need to see how easy it can be.

Obama Can't Criticize VA Too Strongly For Two Reasons. He Knew About The Problems In 2007 And ObamaCare Is Going To Be The Same.

Obama Downplays Findings Of Veterans’ Care Report As He Announces It

May 22, 2014 by Sam Rolley 

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President Barack Obama feigned anger over allegations that the Department of Veterans Affairs covered up long delays in medical care for veterans and vowed to punish whoever is responsible. But given that the he was well aware of major problems in veteran care even before taking office, many people watching the latest Obama scandal unfold found it difficult to take the President’s Wednesday speech seriously.

“It is dishonorable, it is disgraceful, and I will not tolerate it, period,” Obama told White House reporters during a 20-minute speech about the controversy.

Moments earlier, Obama had met with VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, who has been heavily criticized since reports about lackluster care for the Nation’s veterans first surfaced. Despite calls for Shinseki to step down, the President said that the official, along with White House deputy chief of staff Rob Nabors, are in the process of conducting a review of the agency.

“I know that people are angry and want swift reckoning. I sympathize with that. But we have to let the investigators do their job and get to the bottom of what happened. Our veterans deserve to know the facts. Their families deserve to know the facts. Once we know the facts, I assure you if there is misconduct it will be punished,” Obama said.

Obama said that he expects preliminary results of the review next week and a full report within a month.

“I think it is important to recognize that the wait times generally — what the IG indicated so far, at least, is the wait times were folks who may have had chronic conditions, were seeking their next appointment, but may have already received service. It was not necessarily a situation where they were calling for emergency services. And the IG indicated that he did not see a link between the wait and them actually dying,” Obama said, addressing reports that as many as 40 veterans have died while waiting for treatment.

Obama said the Nation’s most recent military conflicts amplified a backlog problem that has existed at veterans’ hospitals in the Nation for years.

“Keep in mind, though, even if we had not heard reports out of this Phoenix facility or other facilities, we all know that it often takes too long for veterans to get the care that they need. That’s not a new development. It’s been a problem for decades, and it’s been compounded by more than a decade of war,” Obama said.

The President also expressed full confidence in the department’s leadership.

“The responsibility for things always rests ultimately with me as the president and commander in chief,” Obama said. “Ric Shinseki has been a great soldier. He himself is a disabled veteran, and nobody cares more about our veterans than Ric Shinseki.”

Obama’s angry tones echoed remarks made by White House chief of staff Denis McDonough on Sunday a Sunday broadcast of CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”

“The president is madder than hell, and I’ve got the scars to prove it,” McDonough said. “We’re going to get to the bottom of those things, fix them and ensure that they don’t happen again.”

Judging by the President’s Wednesday remarks, however, the White House appears poised to downplay any findings of significant wrongdoing that may surface in the report.

Love To Be A Fly On The Wall When Health Companies Meet With The White House. Am Sure There Will Be Only Good Things Coming From the Companies After They Get Their Butts Kicked By Jarrett.

White House to meet with health insurers

By Elise Viebeck - 10/22/13 07:20 PM ET

  

Health insurance executives are headed to the White House on Wednesday to discuss the botched rollout of ObamaCare's enrollment system. 

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett will meet with health plan CEOs on the same day that House Democrats will huddle with a key Health and Human Services (HHS) official on Capitol Hill. 

The chief lobbyist for health insurers, Karen Ignagni, will attend the White House meeting.

But Ignagni's group, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), declined to provide further details about the insurance executives who are headed to the White House.

The meeting comes as the Obama administration struggles to fix problems plaguing the online enrollment portal where millions are meant to sign up for healthcare coverage. 

The stakes are high for insurance companies. The healthcare law charges them new taxes on the assumption that insurers will gain millions of new customers in the next several years. 

HHS has not released enrollment figures so far, but health insurers have reported that only a small number of people have successfully purchased policies on the marketplaces. 

The companies have also received muddled and confusing applications for coverage as a result of the enrollment system's problems. 

House Democrats will meet with Mike Hash, who leads the department's Office of Health Reform. 

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/330001-white-house-to-meet-with-health-insurance-execs#ixzz2iYG13JFO 
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We Are On Our Own If We Attack Syria--Very Dangerous

WH Chief of Staff: U.S. Has No Military Allies for Syria Strike

Sunday, 08 Sep 2013 10:37 AM

By Amy Woods and Greg Richter

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The United States has no military allies in its plan to launch missile attacks against Syria as punishment for the country's use of chemical weapons, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said Sunday.

McDonough conceded the fact on CNN's "State of the Union" after persistent questioning from host Candy Crowley, who asked him whether President Barack Obama has secured international military support for the strike — as opposed to moral support.

"Not at this point," he said. "But it is specific support for holding him [Syrian President Bashar Assad] to account, and it is a recognition that it happened. We feel very good about the support we have, and we’ll continue to build more."

McDonough said Obama, Congress and the rest of the world no longer doubt the fact Assad carried out such horrific crimes against his people.

"Nobody now debates the intelligence, which makes clear … that in August, the Assad regime used chemical weapons against its own people," he said. "The entire world believes that. Congress has the opportunity this week to answer a simple question: Should there be consequences for him for having used that material."

Obama, who will address the country Sept. 10 on the topic, has called for a targeted, limited, consequential-action campaign to deter Assad and degrade his capabilities for another chemical-weapons attack, McDonough said.
"This is not Iraq or Afghanistan," he said. "This is not Libya. This is not an extended air campaign."
On NBC's "Meet the Press," McDonough said stopping the Syrian government from moving chemical weapons out of hiding and onto the front lines is the goal of Obama's intended missile strikes.
If chemical weapons are moved to the front lines, it means a greater risk of them being proliferated, McDonough said.

"I hope that every member of Congress, before he or she decides how they'll cast their vote, will look at those pictures," McDonough said, referring to the video of an Aug. 21 attack showing adults and children suffering from the effects of sarin gas. The video also shows the bodies of dead children lined up across a room.

Although public sentiment and that of Congress is largely against U.S. military action, McDonough said that no one who has seen the intelligence on the attack doubts it.

"That means that everybody believes that Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against his own people … killing nearly 1,500 on Aug. 21," McDonough said. "So the question for Congress this week is what are the consequences for his having done so?"

Congress' answer will be listened to not only in Syria, McDonough said, but also in Iran and the terrorist group Hezbollah. Iran, which is working on a nuclear weapons program, must be told that it does not have greater freedom to act, he said.

"They do not have greater operating space to pursue a nuclear weapon which would destabilize that entire region, threaten our friends and allies and ultimately threaten us."

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