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House Votes to Deny
Obamacare Funding & Dethrone Obama Czars
House Votes to Deny
Obama Healthcare Law Funds
Friday, 18 Feb 2011
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House voted Friday to choke off
cash to fund President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law, stepping
up a fight with Democrats over budget cuts and deficits.
The move against the 2010 healthcare law — one of Obama’s main
legislative victories — is certain to be rejected in the Democratic-led
Senate, but it has escalated tensions over federal spending that could
lead to a government shutdown.
On largely party lines votes, the House approved several amendments to
deny funds to federal agencies to implement the healthcare overhaul,
which Republicans deride as a costly government intrusion into the
marketplace.
Financial markets are closely watching fights over spending, as Obama
and Republicans position themselves for the 2012 presidential election,
and Republicans flex their muscles after congressional election
victories last year.
Political gridlock could cause a shutdown of government next month, and
a separate showdown over whether to allow the United States to borrow
more is also brewing.
The healthcare measures were part of a Republican-led bill that would
cut spending for domestic programs by $61.5 billion through September
to try to rein in the record U.S. budget deficit.
A temporary bill to fund the government expires March 4, and failure to
reach agreement means lawmakers will either have to pass another
stopgap spending bill or allow many government operations to come to a
halt.
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House Votes to
Dethrone Obama’s Czars
By David A. Patten
Friday, 18 Feb 2011
The architect of a daring GOP attempt to strip congressional funding
for nine executive branch “czars” says it’s only the first salvo in a
much larger battle to reverse “radical policies” promulgated by the
Obama administration.
“Under President Obama, we’ve seen a proliferation of czars,” Rep.
Steve Scalise, R-La., told Newsmax the day after the House passed his
amendment to block spending any federal funds on nine czars, or
“special presidential advisers.”
“These czars are implementing radical policies,” Scalise told Newsmax
in the exclusive interview Friday. “They circumvented the
accountability and scrutiny that goes with Senate confirmation, and
that’s called for in the Constitution.”
“So if the president really wants to get into this debate, why doesn’t
he just bring these czars in front of Senate confirmation and have them
go through the normal process, if they’re going to be implementing that
kind of cabinet-level power?” he said.
The czars — special appointees who in many cases answer directly to
President Barack Obama and the White House chief of staff — have been a
source of controversy since the early months of the administration.
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