Wednesday afternoon's entertainment

House Republicans Skip Obamacare Briefing They Furiously Demanded

For all their fury, most of the House Republicans who had demanded their own closed-door briefing from the administration on President Barack Obama's struggling health care rollout were no-shows on Wednesday.

Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) told reporters that "about 20 members" attended the House GOP briefing, at which senior Health and Human Services Department official Mike Hash laid out some of the issues facing the Healthcare.gov website.

The meeting was scheduled after House Republicans cried foul when they weren't included in last week's closed-door session with Democrats. The White House said Democrats had requested the briefing, but Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), deemed the snub "all the more offensive after [HHS] Secretary Sebelius declined to testify" at a House committee hearing last Thursday on Obamacare.

Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said House Republicans' need to receive their own briefing had become less compelling once Sebelius was set to testify and field questions from members of Congress.

The office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) seized on the poorly attended GOP briefing. "Fortunately for House Republicans, extreme bouts of self-righteous indignation are covered by Obamacare," Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said in a statement.

They call their own meeting and then skip it. I guess if they can't do their cheap-shots in front of the cameras, it loses something.... Much Ado About Nothing....

LadyJazzer wrote:

House Republicans Skip Obamacare Briefing They Furiously Demanded

For all their fury, most of the House Republicans who had demanded their own closed-door briefing from the administration on President Barack Obama's struggling health care rollout were no-shows on Wednesday.

Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) told reporters that "about 20 members" attended the House GOP briefing, at which senior Health and Human Services Department official Mike Hash laid out some of the issues facing the Healthcare.gov website.

The meeting was scheduled after House Republicans cried foul when they weren't included in last week's closed-door session with Democrats. The White House said Democrats had requested the briefing, but Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), deemed the snub "all the more offensive after [HHS] Secretary Sebelius declined to testify" at a House committee hearing last Thursday on Obamacare.

Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said House Republicans' need to receive their own briefing had become less compelling once Sebelius was set to testify and field questions from members of Congress.

The office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) seized on the poorly attended GOP briefing. "Fortunately for House Republicans, extreme bouts of self-righteous indignation are covered by Obamacare," Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said in a statement.

They call their own meeting and then skip it. I guess if they can't do their cheap-shots in front of the cameras, it loses something.... Much Ado About Nothing....

Gee... what does that have to do with the thread topic? Much ado about nothing about the thread topic. Deflect noted and trashed.

Walter L Newton wrote:

LadyJazzer wrote:

House Republicans Skip Obamacare Briefing They Furiously Demanded

For all their fury, most of the House Republicans who had demanded their own closed-door briefing from the administration on President Barack Obama's struggling health care rollout were no-shows on Wednesday.

Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) told reporters that "about 20 members" attended the House GOP briefing, at which senior Health and Human Services Department official Mike Hash laid out some of the issues facing the Healthcare.gov website.

The meeting was scheduled after House Republicans cried foul when they weren't included in last week's closed-door session with Democrats. The White House said Democrats had requested the briefing, but Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), deemed the snub "all the more offensive after [HHS] Secretary Sebelius declined to testify" at a House committee hearing last Thursday on Obamacare.

Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said House Republicans' need to receive their own briefing had become less compelling once Sebelius was set to testify and field questions from members of Congress.

The office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) seized on the poorly attended GOP briefing. "Fortunately for House Republicans, extreme bouts of self-righteous indignation are covered by Obamacare," Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said in a statement.

They call their own meeting and then skip it. I guess if they can't do their cheap-shots in front of the cameras, it loses something.... Much Ado About Nothing....

Gee... what does that have to do with the thread topic? Much ado about nothing about the thread topic. Deflect noted and trashed.

The thread topic is Wednesday afternoon's entertainment.....I found LJ's post entertaining, and right on topic. What's your issue with it?????

I've put you on ignore.

Walter L Newton wrote: I've put you on ignore.

Now that's entertainment.

Walter L Newton wrote:

LadyJazzer wrote:

House Republicans Skip Obamacare Briefing They Furiously Demanded

For all their fury, most of the House Republicans who had demanded their own closed-door briefing from the administration on President Barack Obama's struggling health care rollout were no-shows on Wednesday.

Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) told reporters that "about 20 members" attended the House GOP briefing, at which senior Health and Human Services Department official Mike Hash laid out some of the issues facing the Healthcare.gov website.

The meeting was scheduled after House Republicans cried foul when they weren't included in last week's closed-door session with Democrats. The White House said Democrats had requested the briefing, but Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), deemed the snub "all the more offensive after [HHS] Secretary Sebelius declined to testify" at a House committee hearing last Thursday on Obamacare.

Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said House Republicans' need to receive their own briefing had become less compelling once Sebelius was set to testify and field questions from members of Congress.

The office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) seized on the poorly attended GOP briefing. "Fortunately for House Republicans, extreme bouts of self-righteous indignation are covered by Obamacare," Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said in a statement.

They call their own meeting and then skip it. I guess if they can't do their cheap-shots in front of the cameras, it loses something.... Much Ado About Nothing....

Gee... what does that have to do with the thread topic?

Ah..Hey Grandpaw, this is the second post in the thread, the first post in the thread IS The Topic.

lol

#Always

Did you forget where you are again?

Well Well...the leftist healthcare guerillas are losing...it's always a spin on the Republicans. Gee, could someone make Looney Jerk aware....the Democrats created the problem....now she's ticked that Republicans didn't want to attend a meeting to listen to Democrap blah blah blah.

She has to grasp at straws as the Obama administration continues to keep America mired in the mud.