I don't know: as Lefty hyperbole goes, Klein's latest magnum opus seemed...' [...]
I don't know: as Lefty hyperbole goes, Klein's latest magnum opus seemed...' [...]
Report: Senate Health Bill Will Raise Costs
The report, compiled by the chief actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, estimated that total health costs in the U.S. would be $234 billion higher than if the bill weren’t passed. President Barack Obama has said Democrats’ health plan [...]
says the WSJ:
Worse Than the Public Option
Harry Reid’s Medicare gambit.
It’s hard to imagine a better illustration of the panic and recklessness stringing ObamaCare along in the Senate than the putative deal that Harry Reid announced this week. The Majority Leader is claiming that a Medicare “buy-in” [...]
The original version of the SENATE RESOLUTION ON YEMEN follows, and the language is very specific in supporting innocent Yemeni civilians.
Senate Floor Statement of Senator Cardin
SENATE RESOLUTION ON YEMEN
Friday, November 6, 2009
MR. CARDIN. Mr. President, today I would like to draw attention to a dangerous [...]
Senate tables Nelson's abortion amendment 54-45
Democrats rejected legislation that would have banned federal support for abortions in their nationalized health care bill. That means the democratic health care legislation will result in the biggest expansion of taxpayer-funding of abortions since Roe v. Wade.
Senators voted Tuesday [...]
So glad they are paying attention and that the whole statement wasn’t about al Qaeda. They actually mentioned the refugees, food and medicine!
Matoob Business WASHINGTON – The United States and its international partners must “use all appropriate measures” to keep Yemen from becoming a “failed state,” the US [...]
That's Not Only Offensive! That's Language That Should Never Be Used! 'One Whooping Lousy Bill'
- Senator Hatch
Obama Again Violates No Abortion Funds Pledge by Backing Senate Bill
Barack Obama told the American people in a national speech in September that “my” health care [...]
Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean.
While Evo Morales won yesterday’s election and apparently gained control of the of the senate, the big story of the week is the crisis at the Venezuelan banks. Read the Venezuela News and Views post and [...]
Today’s podcast at 11AM Eastern,
Evo Morales Appears to Win Bolivia Vote
Second Term Expected to Bring More Ambitious Economic Changes; Ruling Party Poised to Take Over Senate
Related reading:
Bolivia’s Morales Wins Election, Congress on Vow to Help Poor
Bolivian elections: Evo [...]
Support The SEALs: Drop the Unfair and Outrageous Charges NOW!
The hearing is scheduled for December 7.
SupportTheSeals.com is currently running 30- and 60-second ads on cable TV outlets in order to pressure the House, Senate, Administration and Military to drop the charges against [...]
Vets Shielded From Health Care Reform
Military Beneficiaries, Vets Shielded From Health Reform
The national health reform bill passed by the House last month and the Senate version to be debated in early December pose no threat to current health care benefits provided to military families, retirees [...]
‘President Obama is in no position whatsoever to criticize what President Bush did, because in 2007, President Obama, then a member of the United States Senate, voted against war funding for Iraq and Afghanistan. If this was so vital, then why did he not speak out?” Rove asked. “He was [...]
HHS would become federal giant under Senate plan
A quick search of the Senate health bill will bring up "secretary" 2,500 times.
That's because Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius would be awarded unprecedented new powers under the proposal, including [...]
Senate Bill:Â 2,074 pages
House Bill:Â 2,014 pages
118 new boards, commissions, and programs
$1 trillion new entitlement of stupefying arbitrariness and inefficiency
Charles Krauthammer says Kill the Bill:
You’ll find mandates with financial penalties — the amounts picked out of a hat.
You’ll find insurance companies (who live and [...]
ObamaCare's winners and losers
By BETSY MCCAUGHEY
November 24, 2009
After the Senate voted Saturday night to proceed with debate on health reform, Majority Leader Harry Reid declared the public the winner. In truth, more Americans will be losers than winners.
Both Senate and House [...]
In spite of 39 members of the senate, we are about to join the rest of the world in the 21st century.
---some Lympian
I strongly suspect the Lympian wanted to say ”despite” but the truth came out. Whoops.
We know what this is really about. You want [...]
The U.S. Senate tonight voted 60-39 to invoke Cloture on the Senate Health Care Bill, meaning it now will move to the floor of the Senate for Debate.
It does NOT mean the bill has passed the Senate. It will now move to an amendment phase, and before moving to [...]
Back in the olden days this is what passing a bill in Congress was like:
Back then the bill was read, and sat in Congress while it was debated.
Ah, for the good ole days…
Now a senator can make headlines by simply asking people to Read the Senate health bill yourself
“You’re [...]
