Squirmer of the House Nancy Pelosi Doesn’t Have the Votes… Yet
I picture Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Haight-Ashbury, 100%) writhing and twisting in frustration; with all those Democrats, surely she can scrape together 218 to vote for SqueakerCare!
Surely not, at least not yet:
House Democrats acknowledged they don’t yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system, and signaled [...]
Hugh Hewitt: ‘A "Yes" Vote On Cloture Crushes Medicare and American Medicine’
Hugh Hewitt writes:
Eight Democratic senators stand between the Medicare and the destruction of the senior health care program as well as the ruin of American medicine generally. These eight know the stakes and have written Harry Reid to demand that the Democratic leader slow down the jam down so that they and the public [...]
House Rules Cmte. Chairwoman Won’t Say If She’ll Allow Floor Vote to Strip Abortion Coverage from Obamacare
At a press conference on Capitol Hill this afternoon, Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) wouldn’t say if she would allow a floor vote on the Stupak-Pitts amendment to prohibit abortion coverage from the public health-care plan and private plans subsidized by taxpayer dollars.
“The bill is exactly silent on abortion,” Rep. Slaughter said. “We think [...]
Will Waxman’s Deal with the Blue Dogs Survive?
After liberal Democrats forced the Energy and Commerce Committee to delay its health-care bill mark-up last night over objections to the deal that Chairman Henry Waxman had cut with four Blue Dogs on the committee, mark-up started back up again this morning and will continue until midnight, Capitol Hill aides say. Mark-up will resume tomorrow, [...]
Media Research Center Action Alert to Bring the Broadcaster Freedom Act to the Floor For a Vote
(Via Email) MRC is concerned about government censorship of the radio airwaves via a return of the Censorship Doctrine, also mis-known as the “Fairness” Doctrine - “issue mongering” “conspiracy theorists.” Howver, as they point out on their website, the so-called “Fairness” Doctrine isn’t a conspiracy theory. It’s a way for Obama’s FCC to silence our [...]
