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Crossroads sues administration
Politico44 ^ | 03/23/11 | JULIE MASON

Posted on 03/23/2011 9:12:35 AM PDT by ColdOne

Crossroads GPS, a conservative advocacy organization, just wanted to know about the waivers the Health and Human Services Department was issuing on health care reform. Claiming their Freedom of Information Act requests were getting stonewalled, the organization is suing.

“Until President Obama is willing to grant the entire country a waiver from Obamacare, his administration needs to come clean on how they decide who wins and loses in the waiver lottery,” Steven Law, president of Crossroads GPS, said in a statement.

Crossroads GPS and American Crossroads were key players in the midterm elections, raising millions for Republican congressional candidates. Former Bush administration politico guru Karl Rove is an informal adviser.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: commiecare; conservatives; crossroads; crossroadsgps; deathcare; foia; obamacare; waivers

1 posted on 03/23/2011 9:12:36 AM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Clearly, waivers are unfair expressions of political favoritism, mostly going to leftists supporting organization, with a minority going to those who might create most trouble for it, if they were not waivered.


2 posted on 03/23/2011 9:16:05 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: ColdOne
"his administration needs to come clean on how they decide who wins and loses in the waiver lottery,”

It is based on the same principle as the IL Toll Roads....

3 posted on 03/23/2011 9:18:42 AM PDT by red tie
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

I wonder how much a waiver costs?


4 posted on 03/23/2011 9:29:05 AM PDT by RC2
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To: RC2

I suspect that it depends on who you know.


5 posted on 03/23/2011 9:48:05 AM PDT by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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To: ColdOne
a conservative advocacy organization ... NO WAIVER FOR YOU!
Go eat cake.
6 posted on 03/23/2011 9:48:33 AM PDT by Just A Nobody ( (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA))
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To: RC2
I wonder how much a waiver costs ... in campaign contributions to DemonRats?

Fixed for you.

7 posted on 03/23/2011 9:50:45 AM PDT by Just A Nobody ( (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA))
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To: ColdOne

This administration has tossed the 14th Amendment into the mulch for the rose garden.


8 posted on 03/23/2011 11:31:57 AM PDT by jimfree (In 2012 Sarah Palin will continue to have more relevant quality executive experience than B. Obama.)
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