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In reply to the discussion: Dear Mr. President: Don't You Dare Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)30. John Conyers disagrees with you.
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I trust John Conyers to get it right, and to tell me The Truth.
He has had a long career of doing just that,
Getting it Right for the American People,
even when it has been politically inconvenient for him to do so!
This man has sterling creds.
He was #13 on Nixon's Enemy List!
Rep. Conyers: Obama Demanded Social Security Cuts--Not GOP[/font]
"We've got to educate the American people at the same time we educate the President of the United States. The Republicans, Speaker Boehner or Majority Leader Cantor DID NOT call for Social Security cuts in the budget deal. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CALLED FOR THAT," declared US Representative John Conyers in a press conference held by members of the House "Out of Poverty' Caucus on 07/27/11."
Conyers added ""My response to him (President Obama) is TO MASS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE TO PROTEST THIS."
This declaration is significant both politically and morally as Conyers is not only the second most senior representative in the House, but was also the first member of Congress to endorse candidate Obama. Conyers doesn't merely draw a moral "line in the sand' but he presents a candid picture of violent contrasts between himself and the first African-American president.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Rep-Conyers-Obama-Demand-by-Jeanine-Molloff-110729-352.html
"We've got to educate the American people at the same time we educate the President of the United States. The Republicans, Speaker Boehner or Majority Leader Cantor DID NOT call for Social Security cuts in the budget deal. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CALLED FOR THAT," declared US Representative John Conyers in a press conference held by members of the House "Out of Poverty' Caucus on 07/27/11."
Conyers added ""My response to him (President Obama) is TO MASS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE TO PROTEST THIS."
This declaration is significant both politically and morally as Conyers is not only the second most senior representative in the House, but was also the first member of Congress to endorse candidate Obama. Conyers doesn't merely draw a moral "line in the sand' but he presents a candid picture of violent contrasts between himself and the first African-American president.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Rep-Conyers-Obama-Demand-by-Jeanine-Molloff-110729-352.html
![](http://bvar22.iwarp.com/images/Conyers.jpg)
I trust John Conyers to get it right, and to tell me The Truth.
He has had a long career of doing just that,
Getting it Right for the American People,
even when it has been politically inconvenient for him to do so!
This man has sterling creds.
He was #13 on Nixon's Enemy List!
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Dear Mr. President: Don't You Dare Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid [View all]
unhappycamper
Feb 2014
OP
why the poutrage? it hasn't happened, yet. which, of course, is proof it would never happen.
KG
Feb 2014
#2
No apology from me for understanding basic civics. Article I, section 8. If the members
msanthrope
Feb 2014
#6
Sure...but then you have the problem of omnibus spending and section 7. This is why 2014 matters.
msanthrope
Feb 2014
#18
He can't do it by himself, but he has hearalded that he thinks it would be a good idea.
NorthCarolina
Feb 2014
#32
Can you give me a link on him saying we need to cut SS, Medicare and Medicaid.
Drunken Irishman
Feb 2014
#23
DI, the fact is that he never said anything about cutting SS, Medicare and Medicaid...
George II
Feb 2014
#25
For your presumptuous information, I was born in Brooklyn NY and live in Connecticut, AND....
George II
Feb 2014
#34
Obama only said the things he did to bring Republicans to the table. That isn't gonna happen now
berni_mccoy
Feb 2014
#20