Cesar, Watching CNN now irritates me so much that the American people should just abolish congress and senate and get rid of Obama as well. John Lennon wrote agine
On Wednesday, October 2, 2013, Cesar Lumba wrote: > The Post’s ViewHouse Republicans are failing Americans in their effort to > kill Obamacare > > - > > 625<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/house-republicans-are-failing-americans-in-their-effort-to-kill-obamacare/2013/10/01/49995ed0-2ab1-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_allComments.html> > - > Share to > Facebook<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/house-republicans-are-failing-americans-in-their-effort-to-kill-obamacare/2013/10/01/49995ed0-2ab1-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions#> > - > Share on > Twitter<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/house-republicans-are-failing-americans-in-their-effort-to-kill-obamacare/2013/10/01/49995ed0-2ab1-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions#> > - > Share on > LinkedIn<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/house-republicans-are-failing-americans-in-their-effort-to-kill-obamacare/2013/10/01/49995ed0-2ab1-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions#> > - > Add to > PersonalPost<http://personalpost.washingtonpost.com/c?add_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fhouse-republicans-are-failing-americans-in-their-effort-to-kill-obamacare%2F2013%2F10%2F01%2F49995ed0-2ab1-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html> > - > Share via > Email<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/house-republicans-are-failing-americans-in-their-effort-to-kill-obamacare/2013/10/01/49995ed0-2ab1-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_email.html> > - > Print > Article<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/house-republicans-are-failing-americans-in-their-effort-to-kill-obamacare/2013/10/01/49995ed0-2ab1-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_print.html> > - > More<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/house-republicans-are-failing-americans-in-their-effort-to-kill-obamacare/2013/10/01/49995ed0-2ab1-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions#> > > By Editorial > Board<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-posts-view/2011/12/07/gIQAoEIscO_page.html> > , Published: October 1 > > AMERICANS’ RESPECT for their Congress has, sad to say, diminished in > recent > years<http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/325615-poll-10-percent-of-people-approve-of-congress>. > But citizens still expect a minimal level of competence and responsibility: > Pay the bills and try not to embarrass us in front of the world. > > By those minimal standards, this Congress is failing. More specifically, > the Republican leaders of the House of Representatives are failing. They > should fulfill their basic duties to the American people or make way for > legislators who will. > > Washington Post Editorials > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/the-posts-view/2011/12/07/gIQAoEIscO_page.html> > > Editorials represent the views of The Washington Post as an institution, > as determined through debate among members of the editorial board. News > reporters and editors never contribute to editorial board discussions, and > editorial board members don’t have any role in news coverage. > > *Read > more<http://www.washingtonpost.com/the-posts-view/2011/12/07/gIQAoEIscO_page.html> > * > > Latest Editorials > Keeping our promise to Iraqis who > helped<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/iraqi-and-afghan-translators-deserve-visas-they-were-promised/2013/10/01/a3a5cec6-2acb-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html> > [image: > Keeping our promise to Iraqis who > helped]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/iraqi-and-afghan-translators-deserve-visas-they-were-promised/2013/10/01/a3a5cec6-2acb-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html> > > Editorial Board OCT 1 > > Translators risked their lives for us; it’s our turn to help them. > Moroccan king steps back from > reforms<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/moroccan-king-backs-away-from-reforms/2013/10/01/27ecfe78-2ac4-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html> > [image: > Moroccan king steps back from > reforms]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/moroccan-king-backs-away-from-reforms/2013/10/01/27ecfe78-2ac4-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html> > > Editorial Board OCT 1 > > Jailing of journalist is attempt to stifle dissent. > Republicans have failed > Americans<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/house-republicans-are-failing-americans-in-their-effort-to-kill-obamacare/2013/10/01/49995ed0-2ab1-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html> > [image: > Republicans have failed > Americans]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/house-republicans-are-failing-americans-in-their-effort-to-kill-obamacare/2013/10/01/49995ed0-2ab1-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html> > > Editorial Board OCT 1 > > Congress should fulfill their basic duties or make way for legislators who > will. > > We don’t come to that view as rabid partisans. On many of the issues > stalemating Washington, we find plenty of blame to go around. We’ve > criticized President Obama’s reluctance to pursue entitlement > reform<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-obamas-time-to-lead-on-entitlements/2012/11/27/0430b112-38c8-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html>. > The last time the country reached the debt ceiling, we urged both sides > to > compromise<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/from-boehner-and-obama-good-news-for-those-who-want-a-fiscal-cliff-deal/2012/12/18/7ec3edaa-4957-11e2-820e-17eefac2f939_story.html> > on > revenue and spending in the interest of long-term fiscal soundness. > > This time, fiscal responsibility isn’t even a topic. Instead, Republicans > have shut much of the > government<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/washington-braces-for-the-first-shutdown-of-the-national-government-in-17-years/2013/09/30/977ebca2-29bd-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html> > in > what they had to know was a doomed effort to derail the Affordable Care > Act<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/republican-hard-liners-block-strategy-to-avoid-federal-government-shutdown/2013/09/26/ae905f9e-26e4-11e3-b75d-5b7f66349852_story.html>. > That > law<http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/navigating-the-affordable-care-act-whose-health-insurance-exchanges-open-tuesday/2013/09/25/c1c7dcaa-2229-11e3-b73c-aab60bf735d0_story.html>, > in case you've forgotten in the torrent of propaganda, is hardly > revolutionary. It is an effort to extend health insurance to some of the 40 > million or so people in this country who have none. It acts through the > existing private-insurance market. Republicans tried to block its passage > and failed; they hoped to have it declared unconstitutional and failed; and > they did their best to toss Mr. Obama out of the White House after one term > in order to strangle it in its cradle, and they failed again. > > They’re entitled to keep trying, of course — though it would be nice if > someday they remembered their promise to come up with an alternative > proposal<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/03/the-republican-plan-for-replacing-obamacare-doesnt-replace-obamacare/>. > But their methods now are beyond the pale. > > After months of refusing to confer with the Senate on a > budget<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/01/budget-conference-republicans_n_4020621.html> > proposal, > they have demanded a conference committee to keep the government funded for > six weeks. They are rejecting a budget extension that includes limits on > federal s > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Center for Good Governance" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/center-for-good-governance. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
