Democrats Against Democracy
For weeks, President Obama has been demanding an “up or down
vote” on health care legislation. So where is the president now
that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she would like to pass the
Senate health care bill in the House without allowing an up or
down vote on [...]
Jobs Bill Advances Past GOP Filibuster
A bipartisan bill that would provide tax cuts for businesses that hire unemployed workers cleared a GOP filibuster in the Senate Monday, opening the way for final congressional approval.
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Unprecedented or not, here they come
As has been expected for some time, President Obama has announced that he will forge ahead with Obamacare, this time attempting to push it through via reconciliation. Doing so, of course, avoids a filibuster and thus permits Senate approval with only 50 votes unless the Republicans can find some other method of indefinite [...]
Reconciliation - now vs. then (oh, what a difference)
Today, only hours away from Barack Obama’s so-called “bi-partisan” health care summit,” Democrats appear ever-determined to use the budgetary tactic of reconciliation to shove comprehensive healthcare reform past the GOP filibuster and onto the Barack Obama’s desk. In fact, Harry Reid has gone so far as to tell the GOP the should “stop crying” (video)about [...]
Speaking of reconciliation…
Watching this video assembling the vehement pronouncements of prominent Democrats inveighing against circumvention of the filibuster, It would be easy for a citizen to become cynical about politics. It would be easy, but it would be right.
Naked Emperor News has compiled the wise words of Democratic worthies including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, [...]
Obama’s approval tanks to basement level
Richard Baehr writes at the American Spectator:
President Obama’s approval numbers in the Rasmussen daily tracking poll have been quite volatile the last few weeks but today reached a new basement level — with only 22% expressing strong approval, and 41% strong disapproval. The 19% margin favoring strong disapproval is the 2nd widest registered since Obama [...]
