Even MORE Republican Hypocrisy - Every Republican voted to hide their own government health care....

[LaPera]

while all of them are pledging to repeal health care for everyone else!

Many saw this yesterday on MSNBC (and many didn't)......

Republicans Block Congressional Health Care Disclosure

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives approved a rules package on Wednesday, the first day of business for the 112th Congress, that will dictate the way the legislature operates this year and reflects a shift to Republican control of the lower chamber. The bill passed on a party-line vote, with 240 Republicans in favor and 191 Democrats against.

One measure that didn't make it into the rules package was a proposal by Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) that would have required all members to disclose whether they are taking advantage of their federal health insurance plan within 15 days of taking the oath of office. Crowley's measure also split on a party-line vote, with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed.

On MSNBC's "Hardball" Wednesday, Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), the new chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Dems' House fundraising arm, accused Republicans of a double standard in blocking the disclosure:

ISRAEL: Every Republican voted to hide their own government health care, while many of them are pledging to repeal health care for everyone else. So, you go from hypocrisy to hypocrisy; from broken promise to broken promise. And this is just the first day of the new Congress.

MATTHEWS: You mean, they didn't want to admit that they're taking health care?

ISRAEL: This is a very straightforward amendment that we offered, that, if you're going to take government-sponsored health care and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, simply disclose. Let your constituents know that you are taking that government health care. Every single Republican voted to hide their health care while many of them are pledging to repeal it for their constituents.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/06/gop-disclosure-rule-government-health-care_n_805146.html

[Newest Reality]

1. The swarm of locusts

has descended upon the land!

[midnight]

2. Republican entitlement programs are concealed, but for everyone else

they are repealed....

[patrice]

7. the very definition of Divine Right Royalty. nt

[patrice]

3. American Exceptionalism is based upon Divine assumptions, i.e. the ends justifies the means even

when that means HURTING OTHERS. Everything about Republicans manifests this truth.

[GreenTea]

4. The whole country needs exposure to the outrageous pontificating­ double-dea­ling republican­s on

this issue....the new republican­s congress hypocrisy is unconscion­able & disgusting even republican voters should be able to see the duplicity by the republican hiding the fact they are receiving government run health care and then are going to try to destroy it for every other American citizen - disgusting isn't it!

[demigoddess]

5. why can't we just assume that they are using their government

health care? the same way they are taking their government paid salaries, expense plans, and security.

[gratuitous]

6. Dear Tea Baggers

Suckers!

Love and kisses (but not in a gay way),
House Republicans

[Kablooie]

8. Wikileaks, where are you?

[Enthusiast]

9. Imagine that.

Utter hypocrisy by the GOP.

[progressoid]

10. Yeah, I saw this on Fox and Friends this morning too....

NOT