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Speaker Boehner Confirms Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions Won’t Be Guaranteed Protection Under GOP Plan
July 2, 2012
Last week, the Supreme Court ruled the Affordable Care Act constitutional – but that wasn't enough to satisfy Speaker John Boehner and his House Republicans, the faithful handmaidens of the health insurance industry.

Next week, the House GOP has promised to repeal current protections and benefits for families across the country and put insurance companies back in charge of Americans' health.

Does Speaker Boehner mind if this means discrimination against those with a pre-existing medical condition? "No."

Watch him admit it:

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A Tick-Tock of House Republican Obstruction
June 29, 2012
Since their first day leading the House, in addition to not having a jobs agenda, Republicans have manufactured crisis after crisis—holding hostage and adding poison pills to bills that have historically been bipartisan.  Despite the negative reviews they are receiving, House Republicans are continuing down this path, threatening more debt limit brinkmanship and the middle class tax cuts once again this summer.
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A Victory for All Americans
June 28, 2012
The decision that was announced by the Supreme Court is a victory for America's families.  It was a victory for America's families when we passed the Affordable Care Act and the President signed it into law.
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House GOP Refuses to Take 'Yes' for an Answer, Cries 'Contempt'
June 28, 2012
In the GOP's latest distraction from creating jobs and strengthening the middle class, House Republicans will throw responsible and meaningful oversight to the wind today with a politically-motivated contempt vote.  The Obama Administration has acted in good faith, and while a sixteen-month investigation revealed no evidence of wrongdoing, Republicans cannot take "yes" for an answer.

National Review: Too Fast, Too Furious

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Speaker Boehner: Health Law is Constitutional; Enough with Political Theater
June 28, 2012
This morning, in a great victory for the American people, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act. Unfortunately, House Republicans just don't know when to quit.

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House GOP Health Care Prescription: All Repeal, No Replace
June 27, 2012
Speaker Boehner today: "If the court does not strike down the entire law, the House will move to repeal what's left of it."

To be clear, here's what the GOP is prescribing:

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Middle Class Loses in GOP’s Political Games
June 26, 2012
Another week of Republicans in charge of the House, another week playing politics with the lives of the middle class instead of creating jobs.

House Republican refusal to vote on the bipartisan Senate transportation bill has already cost American jobs. Will the GOP run out the clock for the sake of politics or will they pass a conference report by the end of the week?

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Governors Can't Afford Another 100 Days of GOP Obstruction on Transportation
June 22, 2012
One hundred days ago, the Senate passed a bipartisan transportation bill that creates or saves more than 2 million jobs – but House Republicans still refuse to bring it to the floor.  House Republicans must be willing to compromise in negotiations on this critical measure to put Americans in the construction industry back to work.  The drumbeat calling for action hasn't stopped.
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GOP’s Lazy Summer Days: No Time for Middle Class Jobs but Plenty for Tax Breaks for Rich & Witch Hunts
June 22, 2012

House Republicans have spent the last year and a half running out the clock on the economy and pursuing policies that are dangerous to a thriving middle class.

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Addendum to Speaker Boehner's Memo to House GOP
June 21, 2012
Today, Speaker Boehner issued a missive to the House GOP declaring: