Charlie Rangel Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff
October 29, 2013 11:41 am

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D., NY) quoted some false history during Tuesday’s Ways and Means Committee hearing regarding Obamacare’s rocky rollout.

During his allotted time to question Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, Rangel claimed that no Republican voted for the Social Security Act of 1935. When Chairman Dave Camp (R., Mich.) informed Rangel that such information was inaccurate, Rangel responded:

“Maybe one or two. I don’t know. But they opposed Medicare. I spoke with President Johnson and he shared with me at the ranch the people that had signed off on Medicare.”

Politifact fact-checked similar claims made by Fmr. Governor Howard Dean (D., Vt.) in 2009, and noted that in 1935 the Social Security Act passed the House 372-33, with 81 Republicans in support of the bill. The Senate passed the bill 77-6 with 16 Republicans on board.

Medicare passed in 1965, and while no Republicans voted for the bill when it came out of the Ways and Means Committee, 70 House Republicans voted for final passage. In the Senate, the bill passed 70-24, with 13 Republicans voting aye.

Via: WFB

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DEMOCRATS WANT REFUND FROM CONTRACTORS THAT BUILT OBAMACARE WEBSITE

Five Democrat representatives are asking the Obama administration to seek a refund from the company that built Healthcare.gov—"a website which has failed to work for most people trying to sign on for health insurance."

According to The Hill, Reps. Ron Barber (D-AZ), William Enyart (D-IL), Pete Gallego (D-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Filemon Vela (D-TX) made this request through a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder.

In the letter, they asked the administration to see if "CGI Federal and/or any other company involved in the construction of the website... violated the terms of its agreement or is in constructive breach of the contract." They say the administration "must hold the contractors accountable for their unsatisfactory work."

The letter was released for the public on October 28, one day before the House of Representatives begins hearings "on the failed Obamacare rollout." 

On October 29, the Ways and Means Committee "will meet with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner," and on October 30, the Energy and Commerce Committee "will hear from Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius."

Via: Breitbart

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