MichiganLiberal (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
This two paragraphs reminded me of something that happened when I was in college: Schuette, 56, is early leading contender to be next year's Republican nominee to replace term-limited AG Mike Cox, a top tier contender for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. During the recent 20th anniversary of fall of the Berlin Wall, I was reminded of what makes the ebullient Schuette such an interesting seize-the-moment...
www.radioleft.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Remember when the Democrats were called the 'nanny party'? When was the last time we heard the Republican Party out front and center on ensuring that the women of America get adequate services like mammography? Now the GOP is using the recent U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on mammograms as another weapon to oppose health care legislation. A quick round-up: From Republican Rep....
MichiganLiberal (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Dave Camp doesn't usually unleash Teh Crazy. In fact, he's mastered the art of dodging difficult questions and issues so softly that you don't know that the subject has been changed without him actually saying anything worthwhile. It's a skill I think he probably learned from Bill Schuette. Anyway, that all kind of changed the other day when a medical panel said that mammograms should begin when a...
National Textile Association (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Forty five trade associations from twenty nine preference and free trade area countries on November 16th urged Congress to reject proposals to grant duty free access to Bangladesh and Cambodia for textiles and apparel. The trade groups included major exporters from North and South America, Africa and the Middle East that depend on existing trade preferences and free trade agreements for over $30 billion...
Kicking Ass (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The DNC launched a new radio campaign today targeting 32 Republicans who voted against health insurance reform, even though President Obama won their districts in the 2008 election. The ads call out their Representatives for siding with the status quo, and urge listeners to call their Member to ask him or her to “stand up for reform, not the insurance companies.” “Not only did these...
War On You (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-27692-LA-County-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Total-government-convictions-for-IRS-tax-crimes-666 November 16, 4:14 AMLA County Libertarian ExaminerMartin Hill Thomas A Barthold, Chief of Staff of the Congressional ‘Joint Committee on Taxation, released a 4 page letter on Guy Fawkes day Nov. 5th, in response to Republican Congressman Dave Camp of Michigan....
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Glenn Beck is still falsely claiming that Americans face jail time as a penalty for failure to buy insurance under the House health care bill. From the provides that an individual must be "covered by acceptable coverage at all times." "Acceptable coverage" includes "qualified health benefits plan coverage," "grandfathered health insurance coverage," "Medicare,"...
The Blog of Walker (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Got this in my inbox today: Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail. The JCT letter makes clear that Americans...
Kicking Ass (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The Call 'Em Out series continues this week -- and this time we’re calling out the House GOP . All but one Republican member of the House voted against health insurance reform last Saturday. During the 12-hours preceding the vote, GOP members stood at the podium spouting lie after lie in a last ditch effort to kill reform. Watch our video showing all of the outrageous lies from the House debate...
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Discussing Democratic health care reform, Glenn Beck falsely claimed that "if you don't play ball with them now, if you don't get into their government health care, there will be jail time." From the November 12 broadcast of Fox News' Glenn Beck : BECK: But if you don't play by their new rules on health care, here's a new little twist. Have you heard this? You're going to be looking at a...
Feministing (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
I have been thinking a lot about what it takes to sensitize non-feminist folk to issues that have broad implications for women. I attend school in Michigan, where Dave Camp, Vernon Ehlers, Fred Upton, Bart Stupak, Candice Miller, Thaddeus MCotter,...
A Payne Hollow Visit (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Georgia Basham Originally uploaded by paynehollow Reading in the Rageosphere (ie, the nutty wing of the Paranoia Party), I have read some stuff about the Health Care Package that is being worked on. Things like... Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is prepared to jail any American who does not buy a qualifying health insurance plan if the healthcare bill she sponsored (H.R. 3962, as amended) is passed...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Marcus found herself cheering for the passage of the House health-care bill "because of the appalling amount of misinformation being peddled by its opponents." She offers seven examples of misinformation. I found them underwhelming. Michigan Republican Dave Camp: "Americans could face five years in jail if they don't comply with the bill's demands to buy approved health insurance."...
Chlorinated Liberty (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Speaker Pelosi was confronted by a local reporter on the legality of jailing Obamacare evaders during a presss conference in Seattle. Call us crazy... but we still don't seem to be getting an answer here, just more red herrings: From the video : According to Committee On Ways & Means Republicans Ranking Member, Dave Camp, “the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that...
QandO (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Coming in at 1,992 pages, I’m sure there’s something in there that appeals to everyone. But if I had to pick any part of the bill to single out for special mention, it’s this: Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on [...]
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