Roberts By STEVE ROBERTS CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce would like to thank Rep. Shelley Moore Capito for voting against House Bill 3962, the health insurance "reform" bill that narrowly passed the House of Representatives. The bill, which passed by a razor-thin vote of 220-215, would have serious consequences for small businesses -- increasing taxes and imposing mandates...
10.2% unemployment? From my congresswoman, Shelley Moore Capito: “The economy remains the primary concern for families across our state, but instead of a clear economic agenda, this Congress remains committed to misguided policies that will burden our children and grandchildren with debt while saddling West Virginia businesses with job-killing tax hikes and regulations. “This morning’s...
I just concluded a conference call with Chief Deputy Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) , Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI), Ranking Republican Member on the Ways and Means Committee, and Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). The topic was health care and the vote scheduled for this Saturday evening. The full audio is here: The main points were that dems are peeling away from "yes" votes...
My Congresswoman, Republican Shelley Moore Capito, met with the Charleston Daily Mail editorial board on Monday. She is not going to vote for Obamacare. “This is a jobs bill for Washington bureaucrats,” she said. Ry Rivard has the story. I felt a lot better after hearing from her. She is one of those [...]
Republican Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito told the Charleston Daily Mail that the 1,990-page, 20-pound Nancy Pelosi health plan has 111 federal bureaucracies in it. That’s 111 $150,000-a-year directorships for Democrats to hand out — or $16.65 million a year in salaries alone. And this will reduce health costs? Cut out the middle man? Not come between [...]
There are times when I wish I were a congressman. This is not one of them. 2,000 pages. Sheesh. The press release: WASHINGTON — Today Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced that she will join a group of her congressional colleagues in sponsoring alternative legislation to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s, D-Cal., newly announced health care bill. Capito will co-sponsor the Medical [...]...
Earlier this afternoon we looked at some of the obstacles to passage of meaningful health care reform , primarily obstacles from Big Business in the form of an entrenched culture of corruption between many members of the Senate and with the Executive Branch. But not all the opposition is about dollars and cents. The Insurance lobbyists and their Republican cronies are counting on the Blue Dogs, of...
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On December 8, 2003, President George Bush signed the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 into law. His Department of Health and Human Services said: “This landmark legislation provides seniors and individuals with disabilities with a prescription drug benefit, more choices, and better benefits under Medicare.” [ CMS.HHS ] (PL. 108-173) The bill,...
My congresswoman, Republican Shelley Moore Capito, voted against the $787 billion stimulus and now she can point out that it did not stimulate anything.
Liberals in Congress have been busy smearing lipstick on their "cap and trade" bill this week, but guess what: It's still a pig. Some congressmen allegedly representing our area don't seem to recognize that. They seem to be more interested in doing the bidding of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., than in protecting West Virginians and Ohioans. Last fall on the campaign trail, then-candidate...
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