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CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 01:45 PM Sep 2013

Fed Up with Republicans, Senate Dems Say No Healthcare If You Used a Hooker

As part of Republican “gotcha” moments in the healthcare debate, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) proposed an amendment to force Congress and their staff to buy health insurance through ObamaCare. To his surprise, Democrats welcomed it and it became the Grassley Amendment.

Recently, Republican Senator David Vitter (R-LA) of the hookers and diapers scandal (this is relevant) has been pushing an amendment in an unrelated bill that would keep the federal government from making payments for health insurance that members of Congress buy.

Democrats are responding by “playing the hooker card”, as Politico put it. According to draft legislation obtained by Politico, Senate Democrats are ready to hit Vitter where it hurts. “If Vitter continues to insist on a vote on his proposal, Democrats could counter with one of their own: Lawmakers will be denied those government contributions if there is “probable cause” they solicited prostitutes.”


http://www.politicususa.com/2013/09/13/vitterbitter-senate-dems-healthcare-hooker.html

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Fed Up with Republicans, Senate Dems Say No Healthcare If You Used a Hooker (Original Post) CatWoman Sep 2013 OP
Vitter must be shitting his ... diaper! MADem Sep 2013 #1
Probably his mom meow2u3 Sep 2013 #4
Well, his wife did the "Stand By Your Man" routine in a leopard print get up... MADem Sep 2013 #6
These are the people running our country? Really? They are all a bunch of children. liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #2
They're just blatantly mocking us leftstreet Sep 2013 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #5
I love it! gopiscrap Sep 2013 #7

MADem

(135,425 posts)
6. Well, his wife did the "Stand By Your Man" routine in a leopard print get up...
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 02:14 PM
Sep 2013

So ya never know...maybe she'll step up...

But hey, someone should lower the boom on these annoying politicians who just want to be "pampered!"

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)
2. These are the people running our country? Really? They are all a bunch of children.
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 01:47 PM
Sep 2013

High schoolers who run a mock government as an assignment do a better job than this.

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