Reid just disemboweled John Boehner, not stopping there.

[geek tragedy]

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/john-boehner-hill-obamacare-subsidies-97634.html

With the federal government nearing shutdown, House Speaker John Boehner stood on the House floor Monday and called on his colleagues to vote for a bill banning a “so-called exemption” that lawmakers and staffers receive for their health insurance.

“Why don’t we make sure that every American is treated just like we are?” Boehner asked, seeking to prohibit members of Congress and Capitol Hill aides from getting thousands of dollars in subsidies for their health insurance as they join Obamacare-mandated insurance exchanges.

Yet behind-the-scenes, Boehner and his aides worked for months with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), and others, to save these very same, long-standing subsidies, according to documents and e-mails provided to POLITICO. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was also aware of these discussions, the documents show.

This will further undermine Boehner with his own caucus. This is Reid playing for blood. Leaking private emails is a major step to take, but it's a justified response for Boehner trying to demagogue the issue against Senate Democrats.

But, it's not stopping there. Not content with destroying what remains of John Boehner's credibility,

I also spoke to a leading Democratic congresscritter over the weekend who told me that, very soon, the Democrats in the Senate will start going through the sequester line-by-line, demanding public votes on funding things like medical research and environmental protections, and sticking Republicans with a choice of being for or against curing, say, Alzheimer's Disease or cancer. As someone who thought the sequester not merely stupid but Beltway stupid, I applaud this decision as well. Forcing people into uncomfortable votes works both ways. Making John Boehner cry should be a bipartisan affair.

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/democrats-thinking-of-leaking-boehner-staff-emails-100113

John Boehner is going to be drawn and quartered, and the worst punishment of all, left in his job as Speaker.

Edited to add:

Harry Reid is just torturing Weepy John. Check out this line:

“Senator Reid appreciates Speaker Boehner’s cooperation and tireless efforts to work through this difficult issue,”

That ought to earn Boehner some Tea Party cred.

[Skraxx]

1. Pour salt in the wounds, turn the thumbscrews, drop the anvil

No let up. Continue increasing pressure and upping the ante.

[geek tragedy]

2. He's weak, and that's what the Democrats need to take advantage of nt

[mr clean]

12. +1

[ThoughtCriminal]

44. Yes. Anvils.

For this weeks very orange "Special Friend"

[randome]

3. I like your version of revenge. But I think Boehner will eventually be ousted.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]You should never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]

[geek tragedy]

4. And replaced by . . . ? nt

[jeff47]

15. Does it matter?

It's not like Captain Orange is reigning in the teabaggers. So if one of them replaces him, it's not going to make much of a difference.

[geek tragedy]

16. But, there has to be someone who wants the job. Who would want it?

The backbench Teabaggers love to misbehave, not make the rules.

Cantor? He won't have any better luck than Boehner.

[randome]

18. It's not like they have any strategy, though.

The consensus will be for Boehner to go. Thinking about who will replace him requires more thought processes than the Teabaggers can handle.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]You should never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]

[geek tragedy]

19. Ted Cruz is already the de facto House Speaker. Maybe they should make it official. nt

[proReality]

30. Anyone who wants to be 3rd in line for the presidency. n/t

[jeff47]

36. There's tons of crazy Republicans who want it.

Cantor's had his daggers out for OrangeAid's gavel for years.

[tsuki]

25. Ted Cruz?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

46. Cruz in Senate; Boehner in House. Separate legislative bodies. Senator never speaker of the House.nt

[bowens43]

5. CRap, I thought you meant that literally....

[geek tragedy]

6. This is going to be more painful nt

[geek tragedy]

7. Reid just poured salt in the wounds.

“Senator Reid appreciates Speaker Boehner’s cooperation and tireless efforts to work through this difficult issue,”

Words every Republican loves to read about himself.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

8. No holds barred! Kick the shit out of these fucks

America needs to be reminded every day how duplicitous and evil the GOP-run house is.

You guys forced a shutdown because you are fucking anti-American assholes, Boner.

Now Dems have nothing to lose. They are going to pour burning oil on your heads and immolate the lot of you!

Oh, and Go Fuck Yourself, Boner!

[IndicaDogwalk]

24. Vitriol

@Pretzel_Warrior - Agreed. Your post embodies the vitriol and anger that most of us feel towards the Republicans. Politeness needs to take a holiday - they need to have some shit thrown directly at their sickening faces and jammed down their throats. This is not a time for any Democrat to be a wimp. Attack, kill, ruin them.

[meow2u3]

9. The teabagger caucus is the scorpion to Boner's frog

Only Agent Orange is too blind, er, drunk, to see it.

[calimary]

10. Agent Orange!!! OMG!!!!

[lastlib]

11. Toxic, liquid, smelly, weird color, and kills everything it touches!

Yup--that's Johnny!

[ChiciB1]

14. Meee-ooow, Meee-ooow Indeed, Meow2u3!

Agent Orange, the drunken blind leader! Good One!

[hootinholler]

20. DUzy Nominated

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023747598#post13

[Liberalynn]

26. DUzzy

[coeur_de_lion]

43. haha, nice one

[JDPriestly]

13. Reid is simply pointing out Boehner's and the Republicans' duplicity, their insincerity and

dishonesty.

And that is what needs to be pointed out.

For them, this is just a game.

[Historic NY]

17. That ought to leave a mark along with.

[alp227]

41. The NYDN did it again?

remember the Daily News' "Newt Gingrich Cry Baby" cover after the Nov. 1995 shutdown?



http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/pageviews/2012/01/newt-gingrich-crybaby-the-famous-daily-news-cover-explained

[Chaco Dundee]

21. boehner is so lost

If that selfimportant drunk woul ever have to handle a real job,like painting a 4.5 million square feet offshore rig or a bridge with insuficient amount of labor and under- qualified labor,having to overcome language barriers and still perform to specifications,adhere to safetyrequirements and meet the deadline under threat of penalty,that boy would not even show up for the job.its so much easyer to be the dummy in the house,where you don't have to earn anything.its given to you no matter what.I am thinking about career change.

[ctsnowman]

22. Bout damn time.

[Myrina]

23. If every American was treated "just like (you) are" ...

... we'd work 180 days a year, make $170k a year, and have full health care coverage for ourselves and our families for the rest of our lives in addition to a sizeable pension.

I'm ok with that, Mr. Boehner.

[Richardo]

27. Damn - it's only a metaphor

[Phlem]

28. Fuck this crying shit.

Take him out behind the woodshed and fix his ass for good.

-p

[tomm2thumbs]

29. I think the Republican Party just fell into their own vomit

Hope they enjoy it

[Rosco T.]

31. "Making John Boehner cry should be a bipartisan affair."

Oh I do loves me some Harry Reid.

Sic'em!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

32. Let's get one fucking thing straight...

These "subsidies" are the health care benefit that federal employees receive as part of their pay. It's nothing more and nothing less than almost any other worker receives when they have an employer who pays a portion of their health insurance premium.

My employer pays 60% of my premium and I pay the other 40%. It's not a fucking subsidy. It's part of my total fucking compensation.

What Republicans want to do is to ass-fuck a lot of people who don't deserve it by essentially cutting their pay -- it's what Scott Walker did to teachers in Wisconsin with regard to their retirement plan. Now these conservative fuck-sticks want to screw the members of their staff (could this sentence be more phallic?) by forcing them to pay 100% of their health insurance costs.

[geek tragedy]

33. Boehner was doing the right thing by trying to secure them

But then he became a royal dickweed trying to use them as a weapon against hill staffers and Senate Democrats.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

34. He'd better hire a food taster....

One that isn't a federal employee, of course.

One can't help but wonder which one(s) will start leaking really embarrassing and damaging shit to the media.

[Tarheel_Dem]

35. !!!

[Squinch]

37. This is great, but what the hell have Democrats been waiting for that they're just now

getting around to a line by line refunding of things that have been languishing since the sequester.

They should have been on that long ago.

[Gothmog]

38. My Congresscritter is attacking the provision that Boehner sponsored

I live in Tom DeLay's old district and my current congresscrittter is an idiot named Pete Olson. Pete is upset about the provision in questions http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/friendswood/opinion/olson-government-must-live-by-the-same-rules-that-the/article_64c8e032-1468-5040-bdf5-66924298fe45.html

D.C. - Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today asked why Democrat Leaders in Washington are willing to shut down the federal government instead of holding themselves to the same laws as the rest of America.

"Really? The President and Harry Reid believe they are more important than the American people? Really? The Senate and President Obama can't even accept one simple provision that puts them on Obamacare? If it's good enough for the rest of America, why isn't it good enough for them?
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"Yet, Democrat leaders refuse to even negotiate over a basic concept of fairness. It's deplorable that they feel they can take freedom away from Americans while holding themselves above everyone else.

The trouble is that the so-called congressional exemption is a project that was pushed by Speaker Boehner that is designed to continue the employer contributions that the federal government has been making to help pay for the health care insurance cost for members of congress and their staffs. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/report-boehner-supported-heath-care-subsidies-for-congressional-staff

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) worked with top congressional Democrats behind the scenes to preserve employer contributions for congressional staff's health care plans even as he decried those subsidies in public, Politico reported Tuesday.

Emails and documents obtained by Politico show Boehner and his aides worked with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), among others, to find a way to maintain the long-standing employer contributions. Those documents also show that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was aware of the behind-the-scenes talks.

In addition to those efforts, Boehner attempted to arrange a meeting with President Barack Obama to ask for help in securing the subsidies, the documents show. Although Boehner and the president never met to discuss the contributions, a senior Boehner aide was able to meet with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on the issue, according to Politico.

Elimination of the congressional exemption will be a massive pay cut to all members of congress and to all staff members for each member of congress.

The issue of whether lawmakers and staff will continue to receive the employer contribution from the federal government — estimated at between $5,000 to $12,000 annually — has become political kryptonite on Capitol Hill. As part of the Affordable Care Act, lawmakers and aides are required to join insurance exchanges that begin operating on Tuesday, the same day the government shut down.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/john-boehner-hill-obamacare-subsidies-97634.html#ixzz2gVe03J00

Pete Olson is attacking a program that was being pushed by Boehner and may cost himself and his staff $5,000 to $12,000 per year.

[Aerows]

39. My opinion?

Reid needs to hand over leadership to someone that can display it. He has messed up too many times to declare himself "effective". He's as effective as a cow in the Mariana Trench.

[stillcool]

42. I've gotten old..

Waiting for 'give them hell Harry'. I can't fault him too much though...it can't be easy to supply coverage for those Democrats that need to vote against the interests of the American people.

[cui bono]

40. "Making John Boehner cry should be a bipartisan affair."

Let's figure out a way to make it a nationwide affair!

[snot]

45. So: Who will become aware of this?

Since the Dems have allowed 95% of media outlets to be owned by the Kochs and the like.

To the extent it gets out, it's because many Repubs recognize it's to their benefit.

But the radical right continues to serve their purpose of keeping our agenda focussed on far-right possibilities.

[benld74]

47. How about this - STOP The House and Senate from geting paid during the shutdown,,,

JUST like the furloughed federal workers!!!!