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Title: Paul Blocks Fraud Investigation
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URL Source: https://www.conservativereview.com/ ... ock-senate-fraud-investigation
Published: Apr 26, 2015
Author: Nate Madden
Post Date: 2015-08-13 01:10:54 by A K A Stone
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Views: 368
Comments: 4
WASHINGTON (CR)—At a meeting of the Senate Small Business Committee on Thursday, five Republican senators voted to block Chairman David Vitter’s (R- LA) attempt to issue a subpoena necessary to investigate potential health exchange fraud by other members of congress. According to sources on the Hill, however, the opposition was surprisingly led by Committee member and presidential candidate, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). The subpoena, as written, would require recipients to appear before a hearing so the committee can determine “DCHBEA’s knowledge of and role in permitting members, staff, administrators, officials and/or employees of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate…to be eligible for benefits from DCHBEA, including but not limited to, on DCHBEA’s Small Business Exchange. - 
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#1. To: A K A Stone (#0)
I've never been a fan of Rand Paul OR his father; but, this report surprises even me.
If, for purposes of the ACA, the term employee is defined as "employed by the official office of a Member of Congress" then each member office may be considered as a small business with few employees. Please direct your complaints to OPM or the people who passed the ACA to find out what was in it. I'm just providing what I think is the justification. File under Clintonian parsing. In any case, Vitter has an uphill battle. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/18032 ... (d) Empowering consumer choice ... (3) Voluntary nature of an Exchange ... (D) Members of Congress in the Exchange (i) Requirement Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after the effective date of this subtitle, the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to Members of Congress and congressional staff with respect to their service as a Member of Congress or congressional staff shall be health plans that are— (I) created under this Act (or an amendment made by this Act); or (II) offered through an Exchange established under this Act (or an amendment made by this Act). (ii) Definitions In this section: (I) Member of Congress The term “Member of Congress” means any member of the House of Representatives or the Senate. (II) Congressional staff The term “congressional staff” means all full-time and part-time employees employed by the official office of a Member of Congress, whether in Washington, DC or outside of Washington, DC.
The parts of the article you chose to omit: ... A congressional aide to Senator Paul told Conservative Review that “Senator Paul opposes allowing Congress to exempt themselves from any legislation. To that end, yesterday, he reintroduced his proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit Congress from passing any law that exempts themselves. Senator Paul prefers this option over a partisan cross-examination of Congressional staff.” Rand did the bidding of McConnell who knows this would go nowhere. Rand wants to put Congress under the same laws as the rest of the country, not just score some cheap publicity over ObamaCare subsidies. More than anything, this situation is ripe for a Court challenge to strike down the unlawful subsidy Congress gave its staffers.
Maybe you should read the rest of it instead of a slanted excerpt.
#2. To: A K A Stone (#0)
42 U.S. Code § 18032 - Consumer choice
#3. To: A K A Stone (#0)
CR’s multiple sources say that every GOP member of the committee signed such a statement with the exception of Senator Paul. When Paul was repeatedly contacted for his position, he initially said that he would have to speak with Senate leadership. After he and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) were briefed on the scope and necessity of the subpoena, Paul ultimately declined.
#4. To: packrat1145 (#1)
I've never been a fan of Rand Paul OR his father; but, this report surprises even me.
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