Posts Tagged ‘ Obama ’

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 reconciliation...
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Where Have All the Bumper Stickers Gone? By Robb Austin Politicians know the best supporters are those who are not afraid to be public about their support – putting a yard sign up or a bumper sticker on their car. This is a clear signal they are proud of who they like and want the world...
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Incinerating a Hot Potato By Scott Spiegel If deficit spending is the way out of an economic downturn, as leftist economists like Paul Krugman keep telling us, then one way to characterize President Obama’s approach to reviving the ailing economy is “killing it with kindness.” Another is “tough love” – not the kind where you force hard...
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Once again, the Obama administration is back pedaling on promises that Obama made during the 2008 presidential campaign.  Most recently, the Obama administration was caught continuing a practice that candidate Obama criticized President Bush for during the campaign.  Apparently, President Obama does not see any problems of no-bid contacts now that he is the president. As...
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With the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts, Obama and House and Senate Democrats are wondering how they can pass any version of Obamacare.  Lacking the 60 votes (bought or otherwise) in the Senate leaves Democrats a few very unpopular options such as pretending that Obamacare is a budget bill or having the unpopular...
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The Obama administration recently trumpet their new “Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee”.  This new tax will apply to the nations largest 50 banks regardless if they participated in TARP or not.  They will also be slapped with Obama’s new Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee even if they have paid back any bailouts plus interest. One of the...
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Everyone remembers President Obama declaring that public insurance options would not cover illegal immigrants and Rep Joe Wilson shouting “You lie!”  We have also reported that the Congressional Research Service has stated that HR 3200 would cover illegal immigrants. There have also been numerous attempts by House and Senate Republicans to add amendments to the...
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President Obama is devoted to eliminating all the myths that exist around the Health Care Reform plans.  However, the Administration is one of the main sources of those myths. One of the myths that the Obama Administration is pushing is that the government will be able to provide health care cheaper as they will be...
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We reported earlier in the year that the stimulus bill isn’t helping the employment picture.  When the Obama administration was pushing for the bill, they said that doing nothing would push unemployment over 8%. On Friday, the labor department reported that unemployment rose to a 26 year high of 9.7 percent. Hotair.com has a great post...
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As always, the world of politics continues to make headlines in the media.  Below is a list of stories that you might have missed. HR 3200 Will Cover Illegal Immigrants - Despite claims from several people in congress, the health care reform bill will cover illegal immigrants according to the congressional research service.  This is exactly...
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