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News digest / news clipping compilation (house oversight production)
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Summary
This document appears to be a page from a news digest produced for the House Oversight Committee (Bates: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019427). It contains two distinct articles: one regarding delays in Arizona's Medicaid testing led by Tom Betlach, and a larger Associated Press article by Charles Babington detailing a push by 80 House Republicans (led by Mark Meadows) to urge Speaker John Boehner to risk a government shutdown to defund the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) in 2013. The document does not contain direct mentions of Jeffrey Epstein on this specific page.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Tom Betlach | Director |
Runs the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System; expressed concern about late testing for Medicaid programs.
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| Charles Babington | Journalist |
Author of the Associated Press article regarding the House shutdown letter.
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| John Boehner | Speaker of the House (R-Ohio) |
Recipient of a letter from 80 Republicans urging a government shutdown to defund Obamacare.
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| Barack Obama | President of the United States |
Mentioned as likely to reject demands to defund the health-care law.
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| Bill Clinton | Former President of the United States |
Mentioned regarding the political fallout of the 1995-1996 government shutdowns.
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| Mitch McConnell | Senate Minority Leader |
Stated it is impossible to carve out money for Obamacare in any appropriations measure.
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| Mark Meadows | Representative (R-N.C.) |
Authored the letter urging Boehner to defund Obamacare.
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Organizations (8)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System |
Arizona's Medicaid agency.
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| Associated Press |
News agency that published the article.
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| House of Representatives |
Legislative body mentioned throughout.
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| Senate |
Mentioned as Democrat-controlled.
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| GOP (Republican Party) |
Political party discussing strategy regarding Obamacare and shutdowns.
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| Tea Party |
Mentioned as the 'tea-party-backed conservatives' pushing for the shutdown strategy.
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| Berkshire Hathaway |
Listed in a header at the bottom of the page, likely indicating the next section of the news digest.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (4 events)
1995 and 1996
September 2013
Locations (2)
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State mentioned regarding Medicaid testing delays.
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Implied location of Federal Government/Congress.
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Relationships (2)
Meadows authored a letter to Boehner urging him to defund Obamacare.
Betlach runs the system.
Key Quotes (4)
"It’s a concern that we’re testing this late"Source
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"Shutdown better than Obamacare"Source
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"Obamacare... is so unpopular and unworkable that it justifies extraordinary tactics to block it."Source
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"to affirmatively de-fund the implementation and enforcement of Obamacare in any relevant appropriations bill"Source
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rely on the federally facilitated marketplace.
State Medicaid programs, which typically serve low-income individuals, are also undergoing testing with the federal data hub. At least one state, Arizona, has not begun that work. It will start testing in September, a late start that worries the executive director of the state’s marketplace.
“It’s a concern that we’re testing this late,” said Tom Betlach, who runs the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. “Usually when you do testing, you have to go ahead and address any changes. Given the October 1st start date, I don’t know much of it will be an iterative process.”
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80 House members: Shutdown better than Obamacare
Charles Babington – Associated Press
Charles Babington – Associated Press
More than one-third of House Republicans urged their leader Thursday to trigger a government shutdown rather than pay for the implementation of the health-care law they call Obamacare.
A letter from 80 Republicans asked Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to resist any spending bills that would accommodate the new health-care law, which is nearing a critical stage of signing up millions of Americans for health coverage.
Because it’s virtually certain that President Obama and the Democrat-controlled Senate would reject such demands, leaders of both parties say the standoff likely would result in a partial shutdown of the federal government, similar to those that occurred in 1995 and 1996.
The letter is mixed news for Boehner and other GOP leaders who view a government shutdown as politically unwise.
The federal 2013 fiscal year ends Sept. 30. New money must be appropriated by then to avoid a shutdown of countless government offices and agencies.
Voters chiefly blamed congressional Republicans for the mid-1990s shutdowns, and the fallout boosted Democratic President Clinton. Ever since, many establishment Republicans have urged the party to avoid using shutdown threats as a bargaining tool.
But a new generation of tea-party-backed conservatives rejects the advice. They say “Obamacare” — officially the Affordable Care Act — is so unpopular and unworkable that it justifies extraordinary tactics to block it.
A possible solution to the budget impasse, often used in past years, would involve a “continuing resolution” to keep funding the government at current levels. Many top Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, say it’s impossible to carve out money for Obamacare in any appropriations measure.
The House letter was authored by Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. It urges Boehner “to affirmatively de-fund the implementation and enforcement of Obamacare in any relevant appropriations bill,” including “any continuing appropriations bill.”
At least a dozen Senate Republicans have signed a similar letter.
In recent years, Democrats and Republicans in Congress repeatedly have failed to reach major compromises on spending.
The impasses led this year to automatic, across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration, which have hampered some federal agencies and helped shrink the deficit.
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