... Obama's presidency. In the hours before the vote, Obama traveled to Capitol Hill to urge fellow Democrats to answer a "call to history" and fulfill last year's voter mandate for change. "This bill is change that the American people urgently need," Obama said Saturday in a Rose Garden speech. "This is their moment, this is our moment to live up to the trust that the...
Democrats have been pounding the table on Health Care for decades, demanding Government action to help the American people. The average American desperately wants health insurance, but simply cannot afford it… or so the argument goes. Despite the Democratsclaim that Americans are begging them to take action, they are not taking any [...]
... he was not interested in the role, it emerged last night. Martin Schulz, the head of the Social Democrats in the European parliament also said yesterday that Miliband had declined the job offer. Miliband's dinner in Berlin with the German foreign minister and other senior European officials, stirred speculation that the job was his for the taking. The foreign secretary has been ambivalent...
The office of Diane DeGette (D-Colorado) has post this letter which has apparently been signed by more than 40 Democrats who claim they will oppose the final passage of health care reform legislation if it contains the Stupak amendment.
Alan Johnson has rejected Liberal Democratclaims that he misled MPs in his account of the sacking of government drugs adviser David Nutt. The home secretary rebutted claims made in a letter from the Lib Dem science spokesman Evan Harris of several apparent factual errors in the statement Johnson made to the Commons about Nutt's dismissal last week. Johnson conceded that the Home...
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The true cost of ObamaCare November 9th, 2009 By James Simpson, American Thinker The Congressional Budget Office has estimated the 10 year (2010-2019) cost of the House Democrats’ bill at $1.055 trillion. As usual, there is so much budget gimmickry in these estimates as to make them virtually meaningless. The Democrats are dishonest on so many levels about [...]
Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) was the lone Republican to vote in favor of the House Democratic health care bill--a move that surprised many, and a vote that some analysts are making a big deal of today. It is significant in that Democrats can claim their bill passed with "bipartisan support," and because House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), just two days prior, promised a...
... October. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated the 10 year (2010-2019) cost of the House Democrats' bill at $1.055 trillion. As usual, there is so much budget gimmicry in these estimates as to make them virtually meaningless. The Democrats are dishonest on so many levels about this healthcare "reform" it is almost impossible to untangle all their lies. Let's start...
ABC News Do you agree with the House passing the bill to overhaul health care? Wall Street Journal Late on November 7, the House narrowly passed its sweeping health bill, marking the biggest victory yet for Democrats in their drive to create near-universal health insurance. The bill passed by a 220-215 margin and garnered the unexpected backing of ... Historic healthcare overhaul passes House...
Democrats are having difficulty corralling 218 votes for the Pelosi bill because Americans do not want government to be as big and as powerful as the House leadership does. Pro-life Democrats do not want a government so big that it can force taxpayers to fund abortions. Pro-choice Democrats do not want a government so [...]
... out by Max Baucus's (D-MT) Finance Comittee in October. the 10 year (2010-2019) cost of the House Democrats' bill at $1.055 trillion. As usual, there is so much budget gimmicry in these estimates as to make them virtually meaningless.The Democrats are dishonest on so many levels about this healthcare "reform" it is almost impossible to untangle all their lies. Let's start by clarifying...
... I chalk this as a result of the diversity within the Democratic caucus. The Blue Dogs, Democrats who claim to be "fiscally conservative", are not willing to pursue a cheaper reform option. Their desire to preserve the corruption and greed of the insurance industry will ultimately cost the American people more money, and threatens Democratic majorities in both houses of the federal...
The Stupak amendment (passed on Nov 7) to ban public funding of abortions within HR 3962 (passed in the House 220-215 on Nov 7, 2009) suggests political maneuvers of the smoke and mirrors variety. Some have suggested that Democrats who claim to be pro-life do so to placate some voters in their districts and for other purposes. The question raised by this in terms of HR3962 asks if those liberals...
Democrats worried about this week's off-year elections on Tuesday might have reason to go into full-fledged panic after Thursday. The "spin" over the exact reasons why Republicans won governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia can go on for quite some time. Democrats can claim that these were about local concerns. Republicans can say that it was the beginning of voters rejecting...
... and $510,000 in today's dollars. Note that in pitching this "pay or play" tax today, Democratsclaim that most small businesses would be exempt. But because it isn't indexed, this tax will whack more and more businesses every year. The sales pitch is pure deception... Even if you are for the further nationalization and cartelization of health care, please help us oppose...
