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Since its passage and throughout the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, nothing has gone as promised, planned or expected by President Obama. Instead, the entire country has watched him try to dodge or make excuses for every barricade or bump along the road. Each roadblock has led Americans to seriously question the president’s ability to lead and lowered confidence in his promises.
Roll Call - Hannah Hess
At 8:15 a.m. Friday, Rep. Tom Cole sat in his Rayburn office poring over a briefing on the spending bill that supports the roof over his head, the Capitol Dome and other iconic structures around the campus.
“I’ve got a lot to get up to speed on,” said the Oklahoma Republican, who will now serve as chairman of the House Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee, which oversees funding for the operations, safety and upkeep of the nation’s Capitol. “This was not a position I expected to be in a few weeks ago.”
The Hill - Erik Wasson
Budget conference negotiator Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) on Friday warned that unless the leaders of the panel start putting together proposals soon, members will start “freelancing” their own.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) have been having discussions, but many doubt that a deal is going to come together by the budget committee’s Dec. 13 deadline.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3350, the Keep Your Health Plan Act. Since HealthCare.gov was launched on October 1, millions of people on the individual market have received cancellation notices even though the president promised, “If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it.” This legislation allows plans available on the individual market today to be offered in 2014 without penalty under the individual mandate.
Ada News
U.S. Rep. Tom Cole took time out of his busy schedule to visit Stonewall on Tuesday, November 5th. Cole’s purpose was to tour the new community medical clinic that is nearing completion and is expected to begin receiving patients in January 2014. Construction on the facility began in April 2013 under a contract with MacHill Tribal Construction, LLC of Ada.
The Oklahoman - Chris Casteel
Since first taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama has promised American Indians that his administration would listen to them.
Wednesday, five of his Cabinet secretaries sat on a stage in an Interior Department auditorium and listened to Indian tribal leaders vent — on issues ranging from tax reform and land issues to health care funding.
The Hill - Erik Wasson
There was no sign of progress toward a congressional budget deal as the new House-Senate budget conference met for the second time on Wednesday.
Republicans and Democrats are trying to forge a deal by Dec. 13 that at least replaces some automatic sequester cuts and sets a spending limit for the rest of the year in order to avoid a shutdown in January. The House and Senate are $91 billion apart in their spending levels for 2014 and more fundamentally divided on the role new revenue should play in replacing the sequestration cuts.