A Republican lawmaker has announced that he will introduce legislation to prohibit members of Congress and Congressional staff from receiving government health insurance subsidies under Obamacare.
Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis will introduce the “James Madison Congressional Accountability Act” when Congress returns from recess in September, a DeSantis staffer told The Daily Caller. The legislation comes in the wake of an Office of Personnel Management decision to allow members of Congress and their staff to keep their government contributions for health insurance when Obamacare is implemented.
DeSantis notes that an amendment inserted into Obamacare by Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley mandates that Congress participate in the Obamacare exchanges so its members suffer the “same fate as” the rest of America.
“The Obama administration cannot override the law and grant special subsidies to members of Congress and their staffs,” DeSantis said in a statement. “It is also patently unfair — and contrary to our founding principles — to grant special relief to members of the governing class while leaving the rest of America to bear the costs.”
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