With the issuing of an executive order, President Obama may have tipped the scales in favor of the Democrat Health Care Reform plan. Representative Bart Stupak has indicated that with the assurance that an executive order barring the use of federal funds for abortions issued by President Obama, he and several other pro-life Democrats...
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Health Care Reform a Done Deal?
The Government Does Not Provide Rights
Often in the Health Care debate, people refer to Health Care as a Right. This is then taken further to argue that since it is a right, the government must ensure that people have Health Care and if not, the government must provide it. There are many other things that many people wrongly assume to...
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Health Care Reform Through Reconciliation Wrong According to Many Senators
With President Obama and the Democrat leadership in the House and Senate urging health care reform through reconciliation, several Senators are speaking out against using reconciliation. Reconciliation was set up to allow for budget items to get through Congress after both the House and Senate passed slightly different bills. However, both parties have used...
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Democrats Now Love Bush Patriot Act
Democrats, the ACLU, and thousands of protesters howled about George Bush stealing our freedoms and stomping on the Constitution whenever the Patriot Act came up for renewal. Apparently the opposition to the Patriot Act diminishes when the Democrats control both houses of Congress and the White House. Earlier this week, both the House and...
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Charles Rangel Ethics Issues Spell Trouble for Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi will be busy in the next few weeks trying to determine how do deal with the Charles Rangel ethics issues. In 2006, Nancy Pelosi jubilantly declared that she would lead the most ethical congress ever. However, Pelosi did not consider all the ethics issues that would be presented by Congressman Charles Rangel...
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Reid:Health Care Reform Through Reconciliation
Senate majority leader Harry Reid has indicated that Congressional Democrats will use reconciliation to pass health care reform. With the Democrat’s version of health care reform supported by less than 40% of Americans, it is no wonder that barely 20% of Americans approve of the job that congress is doing. Reconciliation is a process that...
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