White House On Broken C-Span Promise: ‘Forget About It!’
Byron York writes at The Examiner:
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs declined to answer questions about the president’s campaign commitment to hold health-care negotiations on C-Span. Gibbs said he had not seen a letter from C-Span’s Brian Lamb to congressional leaders requesting the coverage and thus could not comment on it.
On Wednesday, Gibbs [...]
Behind Closed Doors, Part II
Scott noted yesterday the Democrats’ decision to craft their health care bill–presumably the final one–in secret, and C-Span’s offer to televise the proceedings. Since then, the story has exploded. Newspapers across the country have editorialized against the Democrats’ corruption of the legislative process. The New York Post, for example, wrote:
As DC Democrats [...]
Casey’s ‘Compromise’ Amdt. ‘Completely Fails’ to Stop Abortion Funding, Says National Right to Life
From the National Right to Life Committee:
Dear Senator Casey:
We have reviewed certain legislative language that you have proposed to add to Senator Reid’s pending health care bill, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” by having it incorporated into a “manager’s amendment” that Senator Reid is now preparing. We thank you for your willingness [...]
The History and Significance of the Cabinet
The President has stated on many occasions that one of his proudest accomplishments has been assembling a Cabinet of such high caliber. As the Cabinet Secretary in the White House, I have the privilege of interacting with this amazing group every day, and can attest first-hand that his pride is more than merited. Every day, the [...]
Goodbye Public Option?
The Associated Press reports that Democratic Senators, who have been negotiating behind closed doors, have come up with a compromise health care bill that does not include a public option:
In place of a government-run plan, originally designed as a way of forcing competition on private industry, officials said the Democrats had tentatively settled on a [...]
Harry Reid’s Bill
Harry Reid’s version of Obamacare, crafted behind closed doors, has been posted at Republican.Senate.Gov. As Phillip Klein notes in his HarryCare is a Rotten Deal, Americans who bother to actually delve into the 2,074-page piece of legislationre are likely to recoil at its massive cost, encroachment on individual liberty, and unprecedented expansion of [...]
