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Ron Johnson: “President Obama said, worry, I'll talk to OPM. We'll come up…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

Senator Johnson on C-SPAN's Washington Journal

Published April 29, 2014 | Video Starts at 31:11

That was OPM's original ruling, until Senate Democrats panicked, went to President Obama, asked for relief. And so President Obama said, worry, I'll talk to OPM. We'll come up with a rule to circumvent the law unconstitutionally. Again, the Constitution gives the president no power to either enact, amend, or repeal laws, and that's what he's doing. So that's really the heart of this case. It's not. (31:11–31:18)

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Asserts that President Obama circumvented the law regarding employer contributions for Congress members' insurance.

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