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Obama: I’m Willing to Negotiate Health Care Law — but Not Until Shutdown Ends and New Debt Ceiling Passes

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Olivia:
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he’s willing to negotiate changes to his signature health care law and to find ways to reduce spending, but stresses he will not bargain until after Congress reopens the government and passes a new debt ceiling.

Obama says he doesn’t expect Congress to breach the deadline to increase the nation’s borrowing limit, adding that a majority of lawmakers in the House would vote raise the credit limit without conditions, as well as end the partial government shutdown.

The president made these statements during an interview with the Associated Press.

As TheBlaze has previously reported, the New York Times says House Speaker John Boehner told fellow lawmakers he’s willing to allow legislation to come to the House floor that would raise the nation’s debt limit again, even if a majority of House Republicans oppose such a measure.

That move would violate the longstanding Hastert rule, an unwritten policy that says the Speaker will not allow legislation on the floor that is not supported by a majority of the party in power.

Should such legislation come to the floor, it would require only a small number of Republicans to cross the aisle and join Democrats in voting for and passing it.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/05/obama-im-willing-to-negotiate-health-care-law-but-not-until-shutdown-ends-and-new-debt-ceiling-passes/

Now that requires a certain amount of trust, Obama.  Let me check your record for lies and I'll get back to you..

olde north church:
I forget the source but one expert on Soviet policy has inquired, "Now one must ask why?".  Obviously his polls having him looking like the consummate bleep, one of significant magnitude.

240B:

--- Quote from: olde north church on October 06, 2013, 12:01:20 pm ---I forget the source but one expert on Soviet policy has inquired, "Now one must ask why?".  Obviously his polls having him looking like the consummate bleep, one of significant magnitude.

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Why? Because he has no intention of actually doing it. That's why.
He will say, "Let me be clear(obligatory), my words may have been taken out of context. What I meant was......."

olde north church:

--- Quote from: 240B on October 06, 2013, 12:23:00 pm ---
Why? Because he has no intention of actually doing it. That's why.
He will say, "Let me be clear(obligatory), my words may have been taken out of context. What I meant was......."

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Remarkably, the Speaker's requests to negotiate haven't been reported.

mountaineer:

--- Quote ---Because he has no intention of actually doing it.
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Exactly. After all this "we won't negotiate with Republicans" business now he's going to do it - and look even weaker than he already does? Valerie won't permit it.

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