Archive | March, 2010
More Democrats You Need to Call
You know the drill by now. We need to stop this $940 billion government-run health care monstrosity. It guts Medicare, hikes taxes, increases bureaucracy, and sets the foundation for eliminating private industry health care. It needs to be stopped in its tracks. And we’ve been making progress. We’ve been able to push several “yes” votes [...]
Pelosi Whip Likely to Oppose ObamaCare
18. March 2010
Even one of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reliable floor whips is likely to oppose the government-run health care legislation before the House of Representatives, the Boston Herald reports today. Even one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s floor whips, U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, says a proposed parliamentary move to pass health-care reform would be “disingenuous” and harm [...]
Newest ObamaCare Cost: $940 Billion
18. March 2010
Which, incidentally, is about $40 billion over the target considered acceptable by Barack Obama himself. From last October and a few versions ago: Pelosi said Democratic leaders would not bring forward a bill that did not meet Obama’s goal of $900 billion and has repeatedly said the final House bill will include a strong government-run [...]
Walgreens To Stop Accepting New Medicaid Patients
17. March 2010
I’m sure Democrats will find some way to use this as part of their argument for more socialized medicine, but let’s keep in mind the reason why this Walgreens region will stop accepting new government-sponsored patients: It’s become a money-losing operation. Bureaucrats have been mishandling the program, Congress has refused to reform it, and the [...]
Good News: “Slaughter Strategy” Too Corrupt for Chris Matthews
17. March 2010
As Let Tingles says, you can’t demand an up-or-down vote in the US Senate and then deny one in the House of Representatives. Not only is it hypocritical, but it looks awful. And any political damage averted by not having members actually vote for government-run health care will be dwarfed by the damage done by [...]
Conrad: Don’t Count On The Senate For Health Care Fixes
17. March 2010
Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND), chairman of the powerful Senate Budget Committee, has warned House Democrats that they shouldn’t count on the United States Senate to implement “fixes” to the government-run health care legislation. Not exactly the news Democratic leaders wanted when they’re already struggling to gather enough “yes” votes for legislation even top supporters concede [...]
Blanche Lincoln Brags: I’m Part of the Washington Establishment!
17. March 2010
You’d think this would be the year for incumbent Congressmen and Senators to separate themselves as much as possible from this corrupt, tax-and-spend, far-left Congress. But then you’ve obviously never met Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), proud member of the Washington establishment. In a year when poll after poll demonstrates anti-incumbent, anti-Washington sentiment amongst voters, Lincoln [...]
Report: CBO Puts ObamaCare Cost At $1 Trillion
17. March 2010
Rep. Joseph Barton (R-TX), ranking member on the Committee on Energy and Commerce, reports that the official non-partisan CBO score for the government-run health care legislation puts the cost at over $1 trillion. That would be consistent with reports yesterday that the CBO score came in higher than Democrats expected. And then there’s this: AFL-CIO [...]
Obama: “I don’t spend a lot of time worrying about what the … rules are”
17. March 2010
We all knew it already, but hearing it from The One’s mouth is still breathtaking. And those are actually his words, by the way. He actually told Fox News that he doesn’t spend a lot of time worrying about the rules. He just basically does whatever he wants. Ends justify the means and all that. [...]
Thank Costello For Standing Up for Principles
17. March 2010
I asked you to contact Congressman Jerry Costello (D-Ill) when he talked about voting for government-run health care. So it’s only fair that I ask you to thank him now that he’s voting against government-run health care. Costello, who voted “yes” last time around, has announced through his spokesman that he will oppose this latest [...]
18. March 2010
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