Posted on 10/02/2015 3:38:11 PM PDT by VinL
Sen. Ted Cruz wants anyone who wants to be the next speaker of the House to roll back health care contributions under Obamacare for lawmakers.
“I’ll tell ya, a very strong thing the next speaker could do is tee up and vote at the outset on repealing the congressional exemption from Obamacare. That’s something career politicians don’t want to do, but that would be a strong opening action for a new Republican speaker to say we’re going to listen to the men and women who elected us,” the Texas GOP presidential candidate said on Sean Hannity’s radio program.
The issue of how members and staff get health care benefits through the health care exchange in Washington, D.C., under the Affordable Care Act has been an issue for years, with Sen. David Vitter, R-La., having led an unpopular campaign to end employer contributions for the insurance plans used by senators and some other officials.
That proposal has faced bipartisan opposition, and the sponsor of an earlier version of the amendment to the health care legislation regarding the staff and member subsidies, Republican Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, has said he did not intend to take away the contributions for employees.
As for the race for speaker, Cruz is continuing to keep his powder dry. Hannity asked specifically what Cruz thought of current Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who has been the favorite to take over the top job in the chamber.
“I have long said that House leadership decisions are a decision for the House conference to make, and so I’ve pretty conciously avoided sticking my nose into it,” Cruz said. “I like Kevin personally, and what I’ve said publicly is I hope whoever the next speaker is that he or she be a strong conservative who is commited to honoring the promises we made to the voters. I think that’s the most important criteria.
It would be a good way to clean out washington. Tell congress that at the next election (whether that’s next year or 3 years away) each new or re-elected member will lose his healthcare and be under Obamacare. If you retire now, you get to keep the h/c you have now.
Chop the last word off that headline and we’re getting somewhere.
That much is obvious and is part of the Cruz plan.
That’s what I thought too. Back pedaling.
Ted is correct. There should be no exemption from Obamcare for any Federal government employee, elected, appointed or otherwise.
I like what Trump said....get rid of obamacare!!!
Great suggestion by Cruz.
Unfair question by Hannity; beautiful response by Cruz.
Yes. Cleanse that word from the face of the earth!
In the Obama 2008 campaign the democrats promised a medical plan for all Americans that would be exactly the same as the medical plans that congress and the senate had.
We see that promise worked out just like every other democrat promise made to get Obama elected.
I love this guy!
We’re all in this together, or we are all getting scammed.
Then why is Cruz back tracking now?
Trump says it almost everyday. Cruz...very seldom.
How is he back tracking?
So you have listened to all his speeches?
Do you have a source for Cruz’s non governmental pay checks?
Relevance?
TED CRUZ: Trump without the cringe benefits.
Over ruled. Evidence speaks for itself.
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