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Here's The Passive-Aggressive Payback Legislation Dinging David Vitter For His Prostitution Scandal


[ http://lynnrockets.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/david-vitter-is-a-diaper-wearing-baby-man/ ]
09/13/2013
WASHINGTON -- Sen. David Vitter could have a tough vote ahead. The Louisiana Republican, who weathered a prostitution scandal [ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/09/AR2007070902030.html ] in 2007, is the target of a new bill that would prevent him, and other senators who have come under ethics scrutiny for soliciting prostitutes, from getting health insurance subsidies by virtue of his Senate employment.
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In a sign of just how personal the feud has become, Democrats have done the math to figure out just how much the government has contributed to the Vitter family's health insurance since 1999, basing its estimate on 75 percent of the standard monthly premium, which is the limit on the Hill. The total, provided to HuffPost: $112,624.88.
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But Democrats don't appear to be trying to pass legislation in this case, so much as trying to punish Vitter for his nonstop agitation against Obamacare [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/02/obamacare-congressional-coverage_n_3697021.html ], particularly the provisions related to Hill staff subsidies.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/13/david-vitter-prostitution_n_3921179.html [with comments]


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David Vitter Calls For Ethics Probe Of Colleagues After Being Targeted By Prostitution Amendment


[ http://lynnrockets.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/david-diapers-vitter-catches-the-conspiracy-coach/ ]
09/13/2013
WASHINGTON -- A proposed Democratic amendment barring senators who have been investigated for soliciting prostitutes from receiving health insurance has hit a nerve with Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), its presumed target. Vitter, who survived a prostitution scandal in 2007, called on Friday for an ethics probe of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).
Without mentioning prostitution explicitly, Vitter accused the Democratic senators [ http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-requests-ethics-investigation-of-majority-leader-reid-and-senator-boxer ] of violating rules for "proposing and circulating through the press legislation that ties Members’ personal healthcare benefits to their performance of specific acts and votes."
Vitter said the move constituted "attempted bribery, and the exact sort of behavior that the Senate Ethics Committee has previously condemned."
"Senator Vitter has manufactured a bizarre and phony attack that demeans the Senate," said Boxer, who chairs the Ethics Committee.
"Senator Vitter's charges are absurd and baseless," said Kristen Orthman, a spokeswoman for Reid. "This is nothing more than Senator Vitter's desperate attempt to change the subject from his previous ethics issues."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/13/david-vitter-ethics_n_3922350.html [with comments]


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