WASHINGTON – Fed up with his refusal to consider
defunding Obamacare, protesters took the fight right into the backyard of House
Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. A “Pull
the Plug” rally was held Tuesday afternoon at Boehner’s congressional district
office in Troy, Ohio.
Activists are trying a new tactic, threatening to pin
the blame for Obamacare on Boehner if he doesn’t try to stop its
implementation. Protest organizers said
they will begin referring to the federal health-care law as “Boehnercare”
unless the speaker uses the House’s power of the purse to remove all funding
for the Affordable Care Act.
“If he funds it, he will own it,” said Janet Porter, president
of Faith2Action, adding that Obamacare must be stopped to prevent the IRS from
deciding who lives and who dies.
The protest was aimed at Boehner after 80 members of
Congress signed
a letter to the speaker asking to “defund the implementation and
enforcement of Obamacare in any relevant appropriations bill brought to the
House floor in the 113th Congress.”….To Read More….
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