White House rushes toward deal on health care

With ever-increasing public opposition to their plan, as well as the possibility of a defeat in Massachusetts costing the Democrats their 60th Senate vote, President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Reid have been meeting in late night sessions to rush completion of a compromise bill. According to Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats neared a [Click here to continue reading the full article...]

 

E-mail Alert from FireDogLake: Dear Daniel – For almost the entirety of the health care debate, the Obama Administration has relied on economist Jonathan Gruber to make the public case for its idea of reform – even the most unpopular parts. But as Firedoglake revealed on Friday, the Obama Administration has failed to disclose that [Click here to continue reading the full article...]

 
Clear as Mud - The Health Care Take Over "Debate"

“We don’t even know yet whether there’s going to be a conference,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen said responding to a question about the C-SPAN request. “It’s not clear whether or not that’s going to happen yet.” This format would seem ideal for closed-door meetings, which congressional Democrats have used many times [Click here to continue reading the full article...]

 
Letter from SC Medical Association re: Medicare

I’m thinking we should put some “tar” back in the name “tarheel” quite a few Congress Critters in North and South Carolina jumped on the pro-abortion funding via tax dollars “health care” reform bill. Dear Colleague: Midnight votes and backroom bargaining paved the way for a hastened passage of the U.S. Senate’s health care bill [Click here to continue reading the full article...]

 
DownsizeDC Dispatch ~ How your Congress spent billions, blindfolded

Action Item In the waning hours of 2009 Congress rushed to bundle unrelated bills that they then passed with little consideration or debate. They were so busy with the cancerous healthcare bill that they couldn’t be bothered to behave responsibly. DownsizeDC.org’s “One Subject at a Time Act” would have prevented this. Please send your representatives [Click here to continue reading the full article...]

 
ATR ~ NEWS: Comprehensive List of Tax Hikes in Reid-Obama Health Bill UPDATED

From Ryan Ellis on Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:46 PM (Page numbers reference ORIGINAL REID-OBAMA BILL unless noted): Individual Mandate Tax (Page 324/Sec. 1501/$15 bil/Jan 2014): Starting in 2014, anyone not buying “qualifying” health insurance must pay an income surtax according to the higher of the following (page 71 of manager’s amendment updates Reid bill): [Click here to continue reading the full article...]

 
WSJ ~ Change Nobody Believes In

A bill so reckless that it has to be rammed through on a partisan vote on Christmas eve. And tidings of comfort and joy from Harry Reid too. The Senate Majority Leader has decided that the last few days before Christmas are the opportune moment for a narrow majority of Democrats to stuff ObamaCare through [Click here to continue reading the full article...]

 
Republicans will say NO to everything to help America ~ according to Barry.

The fellow that has spent millions keeping his “Natural Born Status” from the public claims that the other branch of the single party system in America is keeping this from passing… Note: Hey Barry, we have the CBO reports that say they can not afford the ReidCare bill. The Reidcare bill you may or may [Click here to continue reading the full article...]

 
Single-payer health care plan dies in Senate

Really? I doubt it fully, but praise it because of all the “other” things added to the Senate bill behind the scenes of public comment. According to Yahoo news tonight: By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent David Espo, Ap Special Correspondent – 32 mins ago WASHINGTON – The liberals’ longtime dream of a government-run health [Click here to continue reading the full article...]

 
Welcome to Obamaville

The fastest growing community in Colorado (and elsewhere in America) President Obama: Federal Government ‘Will Go Bankrupt’ if Health Care Costs Are Not Reined In December 16, 2009 3:01 PM So the All Barry Channel interviewed Obama and he states that the government will be bankrupt if we don’t pass “his” healthcare reforms. However, we [Click here to continue reading the full article...]

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