Issa Accuses Obama of Trying to Make Affordable

By Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker

12 November 13

The article below is satire. Andy Borowitz is an American comedian and New York Times-bestselling author who satirizes the news for his column, "The Borowitz Report."

n an explosive accusation, the House Oversight Committee chairman Darrell Issa (R-California) today charged President Obama with "using all the resources at his disposal to make the Affordable Care Act work."

Accusing the President of participating in "a wide-ranging conspiracy," Mr. Issa told reporters that "behind closed doors, the President has quietly assembled a high-tech brain trust that is working around the clock to fix the Healthcare.gov Web site - at government expense."

Rep. Issa said that he would call for a new round of hearings and would subpoena "all those persons suspected of being involved in the ongoing plot to fix Obamacare."

"This is a conspiracy, if you will, that goes all the way to the top," Rep. Issa said. "If there is a plan to fix Obamacare, what did the President know about that plan and when did he know it?"

Rep. Issa concluded his remarks on a defiant note, drawing a line in the sand: "If the President thinks he is going to repair that Web site so that it works when anyone tries to access it, I've got news for him: not on my watch."