Kathianne
08-03-2013, 03:22 AM
This 28th amendment would have to come from the states:
http://pjmedia.com/blog/proposed-28th-amendment-would-make-congress-join-obamacare-exchanges/?print=1
Proposed 28th Amendment Would Make Congress Join Obamacare Exchanges
Posted By Bridget Johnson On August 2, 2013 @ 2:46 pm In Health Care,Politics,Uncategorized | 19 Comments (http://pjmedia.com/blog/proposed-28th-amendment-would-make-congress-join-obamacare-exchanges/?print=1#comments_controls)
Republicans in the House and Senate are on fire over the news that the White House will exempt members of Congress and their staff from Obamacare’s exchanges.
One pair of congressmen even have a constitutional amendment that would require members to live under the same laws as every other American, though they said Thursday’s introduction coinciding with the exemption report was just good timing.
“Well, on the very day that Matt Salmon and I introduce a constitutional amendment prohibiting Congress from exempting themselves from the laws that they pass, we get word that the Obama Administration has created an administrative rule that will relieve members of Congress and their staffs from the higher health care costs that the rest of America will bear under the 2010 health care law,” Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) wrote on his Facebook page.
The proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting the citizens of the United States that does not also apply to the Senators and Representatives.”
DeSantis introduced the amendment with Arizona Republican Matt Salmon, who said it’s needed to ensure that politicians live within the same parameters that they set on the American people.
“A government of the people, by the people, for the people should live under the same rules it passes for the people. It’s that simple,” said Salmon. “That is why this amendment is necessary. How can the American people trust Congress to fix a broken Washington when they don’t even live under the same rules? Washington should live by the same rules as every family and business, and I encourage all Americans to join us in moving this legislation forward.”
DeSantis said the amendment simply affirms the intent of the Founding Fathers: “members of Congress are servants of the people, not a ruling class separate and distinct from the people.”
“Congress cannot be allowed to impose burdens on the American people while relieving its own members of those burdens,” he said. “A 28th amendment is needed to hold Congress accountable and to restore principles of proper constitutional government.”
On the Senate side, David Vitter (R-La.) highlighted an amendment he introduced to the Marketplace Fairness Act in April that would have reiterated that members and their staff must enroll into the Obamacare exchanges and killed a loophole exempting the president, vice president, political appointees and some congressional staff from being forced into the exchange.
“This is exactly why America rightly hates Washington. Obamacare’s a train wreck, even for Congress,” Vitter said today. “So it gets fixed… FOR CONGRESS ONLY. What the flip about fixing it for America?”
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Read the lines, this will NOT come from Congress, not from Dems and not from Reps, it MUST come from the states.
http://pjmedia.com/blog/proposed-28th-amendment-would-make-congress-join-obamacare-exchanges/?print=1
Proposed 28th Amendment Would Make Congress Join Obamacare Exchanges
Posted By Bridget Johnson On August 2, 2013 @ 2:46 pm In Health Care,Politics,Uncategorized | 19 Comments (http://pjmedia.com/blog/proposed-28th-amendment-would-make-congress-join-obamacare-exchanges/?print=1#comments_controls)
Republicans in the House and Senate are on fire over the news that the White House will exempt members of Congress and their staff from Obamacare’s exchanges.
One pair of congressmen even have a constitutional amendment that would require members to live under the same laws as every other American, though they said Thursday’s introduction coinciding with the exemption report was just good timing.
“Well, on the very day that Matt Salmon and I introduce a constitutional amendment prohibiting Congress from exempting themselves from the laws that they pass, we get word that the Obama Administration has created an administrative rule that will relieve members of Congress and their staffs from the higher health care costs that the rest of America will bear under the 2010 health care law,” Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) wrote on his Facebook page.
The proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting the citizens of the United States that does not also apply to the Senators and Representatives.”
DeSantis introduced the amendment with Arizona Republican Matt Salmon, who said it’s needed to ensure that politicians live within the same parameters that they set on the American people.
“A government of the people, by the people, for the people should live under the same rules it passes for the people. It’s that simple,” said Salmon. “That is why this amendment is necessary. How can the American people trust Congress to fix a broken Washington when they don’t even live under the same rules? Washington should live by the same rules as every family and business, and I encourage all Americans to join us in moving this legislation forward.”
DeSantis said the amendment simply affirms the intent of the Founding Fathers: “members of Congress are servants of the people, not a ruling class separate and distinct from the people.”
“Congress cannot be allowed to impose burdens on the American people while relieving its own members of those burdens,” he said. “A 28th amendment is needed to hold Congress accountable and to restore principles of proper constitutional government.”
On the Senate side, David Vitter (R-La.) highlighted an amendment he introduced to the Marketplace Fairness Act in April that would have reiterated that members and their staff must enroll into the Obamacare exchanges and killed a loophole exempting the president, vice president, political appointees and some congressional staff from being forced into the exchange.
“This is exactly why America rightly hates Washington. Obamacare’s a train wreck, even for Congress,” Vitter said today. “So it gets fixed… FOR CONGRESS ONLY. What the flip about fixing it for America?”
..
Read the lines, this will NOT come from Congress, not from Dems and not from Reps, it MUST come from the states.