Gruber Agrees To Testify For House GOP On O-Care Comments

FILE - In this May 12, 2009, file photo Jonathan Gruber, professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, participates in a Capitol Hill hearing on the overhaul of the heath care system in Washing... FILE - In this May 12, 2009, file photo Jonathan Gruber, professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, participates in a Capitol Hill hearing on the overhaul of the heath care system in Washington. A supporter of the Affordable Care Act, Gruber says, "It’s so crazy to think that a society that has Social Security and Medicare would not find this (law) constitutional.” Gruber advised both the Obama administration and Massachusetts lawmakers as they developed the state mandate in the 2006 law that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney championed as governor. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) MORE LESS
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MIT professor Jonathan Gruber has agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee after his comments on a “lack of transparency” and the “stupidity of the American voter” while describing the passage of Obamacare.

The Hill reported that Gruber and federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Marilyn Tavenner will testify at the Dec. 9 hearing, per a committee spokesperson.

Oversight Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) had asked Gruber to appear before the committee last week.

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  1. This can’t end well.

    Between Gruber’s oversized ego and GOP’s frothing to score points against PBO, it will make perfect wall-to-wall live coverage on Fox News.

  2. Avatar for tamdai tamdai says:

    Gruber’s testimony is going to blow the lid off of the administration’s Benghazi coverup once and for all.
    I’m pretty sure.

  3. Actually, I think there’s a really good chance it’s going to to turn into yet another case of Issa needing to be careful about what he “requests.” You’ll notice he didn’t subpoena the guy.

  4. Seriously, there is nothing there and ISSA wouldn’t be able to find it if there were.

  5. Avatar for sjk sjk says:

    Gruber has just described ALL legislation. Please proceed.

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