Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | yesterday
DOWNLOADS: (59) PLAYS: (165) Steve King is out of his "freedom-loving" mind. In what world do all Americans have health care coverage? Oh yeah, the emergency rooms. That's the GOP's idea of health care coverage and "freedom".
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
So earlier today, Republican Congressman Steve King actually said : "All Americans have health care, every single one." What a noble sentiment. And what a spectacularly, blatantly false one. One would have to believe King knows full well it is false, but then again he is a conservative Republican, and conservative Republicans are at this point synonymous with manufactured realities in which...
Drunk at idrunk.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Yes, according to Rep. Steve King (R, Of Course-IA), "All Americans have health care, every single one." Yes! We all have health care! Except for the tens of thousands who die from lack of insurance each year : Nearly 45,000 people die in the United States each year -- one every 12 minutes -- in large part because they lack health insurance and can not get good care, Harvard Medical School...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Representative Steve King (IA-05) enjoyed Thursday's "House call" rally against health care reform so much that he organized another rally at the Capitol today to "kill the bill." Unfortunately for fellow Republicans, King and several other wingnuts blew off a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday. In their absence, [...]
Blue Hampshire (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
And he'll take PAC money this time. With the winds of l'affair Scozzafava blowing strongly in his direction, my only question is: what took him so long? And on the heels of the most important House domestic policy vote in decades, Ovide's solution to the health care crisis is to channel Steve King: "No one is denied health care in America," Lamontagne said. "There is a safety net, and...
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
The health care reform bill passed Saturday night by the U.S. House requires the government to encourage suicide, according to U.S. Rep. Steve King. While walking away from the U.S. Capitol, King, a Republican from Kiron, said page 644 of the health care bill says the government must “encourage the promotion of suicide or assisted [...]
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week over at StarkReports.com, I began asking republican opponents of health care reform if they could tell me how many of their constituents are uninsured. I asked Joe Wilson , Steve King , Jim DeMint , Darryl Issa and Virginia Foxx . None of them could answer the question. Today, after months of debate, the House vote is upon us. Steve King decided to rally the tea-baggers on the Capitol lawn...
Drunk at idrunk.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week over at StarkReports.com, I began asking republican opponents of health care reform if ay could tell me how many of air constituents are uninsured. I asked Joe Wilson, Steve King, Jim DeMint, Darryl Issa & Virginia Foxx. None of am could answer a question. Today, after months of debate, a House vote [...]
The Political Game (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the final minutes of what was an entire day of debate on the floor of the House of Representatives, the American people were given the opportunity to witness both political cowardice and courage. Though it may have been predetermined by a series of compromises, in the final minutes of the roll call vote on health care reform, Representative Joseph Cao (R-Louisiana) surprised many when he cast his...
Sue's Place (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
According to Rep. Steve King, “All Americans have health care, every single one.” He needs to be elected to the Stupid Hall of Fame. No, a whole LOT of Americans do NOT have healthcare. You’ve heard the horror stories. I have three friends and co-workers who had flu-like symptoms, were very sick and could not afford [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Alright... we're doing some intros... Videos from Latham and King are up... they are working on defeating government heath care... also... Steve King is missing his son's wedding... how boot leg is that? Pretty boot leg. FIRST QUICK TAKES - Kind of an interesting crowd... new/old activists... interesting.. [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Early Friday afternoon, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) announced his intentions to wrap the Capitol building in a massive copy of the 1,900-page health bill. "Let's do it," he proclaimed. "Let's wrap the building." A security guard urged them not to try ("You can't do that sir, you can't do that.") but King was determined. King and his partner Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) don't...
MyDD (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The House of Representatives is debating HR 2962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act today. In a nice touch, Representative John Dingell (MI-15) is presiding over the chamber. He was one of the architects of the original Medicare bill. President Barack Obama went to the Capitol this morning to urge House Democrats to pass the bill. The final vote is expected this evening, and most observers...
Political Animal (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
THE ENDURING LOVE FOR EMERGENCY ROOMS.... This is easily my favorite conservative health care argument of them all. While speaking out against Democratic proposals to increase access to quality, affordable health care, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) claimed, "all Americans have...
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