"Obama Aide: "Huge Disagreements" With GOP Loom"

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Obama Aide: "Huge Disagreements" With GOP Loom

By Alexis Simendinger at Real Clear Politics

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/11/21/obama_aide_huge_disagreements_with_gop_loom_124733.html?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_article

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There are going to be huge disagreements” with Republicans in the coming months, he told reporters in response to a question about governing alongside GOP majorities in both chambers of Congress next year.

“If things don’t get done, it won’t be for lack of trying,” he added. “After the elections, it’s been the president who’s been driving the discussion in this town. … There is no reward for being meek here.”

Less than an hour later, House Speaker John Boehner announced that House Republicans had filed a long-threatened lawsuit against Obama and the administration, asserting the president overstepped his legal authority when implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Simultaneously, the House GOP’s energetic inquisitor, Rep. Darrell Issa, the outgoing chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform panel, announced a Dec. 9 hearing aimed at probing other aspects of the health law, which entered its second enrollment period on Nov. 15.


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