GOP Files Obamacare Suit
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Republicans challenge Obama's executive actions, file lawsuit over ObamacareThe political war over President Obama's controversial policy changes on deportation escalated Friday as the White House pledged to forcefully sell the overhauls to the American people, while many Republicans vowed to derail his efforts.
Obama went to Nevada on Friday to begin what the White House described as a "very aggressive" effort to promote the changes but also to chide his Republican critics for opposing immigration reform.
"We're not a nation that kicks out strivers and dreamers who want to earn their piece of the American dream," Obama said....
From the Left
Boehner: House GOP files Obamacare suitHouse Speaker John Boehner said Friday he has sued the Obama Administration in federal court over its decisions to make changes to the President's health care law, which congressional Republicans argue were unconstitutional.
The move was expected for months -- the GOP-controlled House of Representatives voted to approve the lawsuit in July. But Boehner had trouble retaining a law firm that would take the case because of the political furor over the controversial health care law.
"Time after time, the President has chosen to ignore the will of...
From the Right
Losing Streak: WH Admits Improperly Inflating Obamacare Enrollment FiguresLast spring, Obamacare supporters were ebullient when the Obama administration announced a milestone "victory:" Despite a truly disastrous roll-out, they'd enrolled eight million Americans in the program. The Obamacare debate, the president said, was officially over. We expressed skepticism over the White House's stats almost immediately, noting that the official numbers didn't account for duplicates, non-paying "customers," and consumer attrition -- not to mention the high percentage of "new" enrollees who previously had insurance, but were forced to use Obamacare's exchanges to obtain plans after their existing arrangements were cancelled...
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