Make Congress get insurance the same way the little people do? Hill denizens howl in fury.
By John Fund September 16, 2013
Prostitution. Bribery. Blackmail. Thuggery. Hypocrisy. Those were just some of the incendiary words
thrown around the U.S. Senate last week, and that doesn’t count what people
said in private. The Senate may still have a reputation as a genteel club, but lawmakers seemed
to abandon rules of decorum completely last week in arguments about whether
Congress should be treated like the rest of the country when it comes to
Obamacare.
Senator David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, has demanded a floor vote on his
bill to end an exemption that members of Congress and their staffs are slated
to get that will make them the only participants in the new Obamacare exchanges
to receive generous subsidies from their employer to pay for their health
insurance. Angry Senate Democrats have drafted legislation that dredges up a 2007
prostitution scandal involving Vitter. The confrontation is a perfect
illustration of just how wide the gulf in attitudes is between the Beltway and
the rest of the country — and how viciously Capitol Hill denizens will fight
for their privileges…..To Read More…..
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