Boston Globe: It’s a dangerous situation. Those who might urge Obama or the Senate to agree to delay the implementation of Obamacare as a lesser evil than shutting down the government should consider the demands that House Speaker John Boehner issued on behalf of his GOP caucus as conditions for raising the debt ceiling, a move that must occur by Oct. 17 to avoid a ruinous default on US bonds. The demands include not only a one-year delay of Obamacare, but fast-track authority to remake the tax code, immediate approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, more means-testing for Medicare, a rollback of environmental regulations on coal ash, the defunding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and more. Approving an appropriations bill that funds existing policies and raising the debt ceiling when debts have already been incurred are core responsibilities of Congress. They are not hostages to be taken to force concessions on policies that have already been debated and approved through regular legislative and judicial channels.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:51:23 +0000
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