Boehner Vs. Tea Party . . . Again

John Boehner used procedural maneuverings to pass an increase in payments to doctors receiving Medicare money, to bypass the more conservative members of his caucus.  These Tea Party acolytes were not happy:

Many Republican House members wre not even on the floor. Here, Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX) complains about what transpired, comparing it to what he considered heavy-handed tactics that the Democrats used when they were in control of the House . . .

Republican Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina apparently said that the maneuver was “bullish*t.”

 

By: Stuart Shapiro

Stuart is a professor and the Director of the Public Policy
program at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers
University. He teaches economics and cost-benefit analysis and studies
regulation in the United States at both the federal and state levels.
Prior to coming to Rutgers, Stuart worked for five years at the Office
of Management and Budget in Washington under Presidents Clinton and
George W. Bush.