Democrats’ Abandon Promise of Posting New Obamacare Bill 72 Hours Before Vote (Also plan to circumvent Constitution)
Remember Pelosi’s promise to post the new ObamaCare bill up for 72 hours before a vote?
Well, you can just forget about it, that was a lie. That pledge has now been “softened“:
House Democrats appear to be softening their pledge to allow the public 72 hours to review the health care reform package online before a [...]
Four big obstacles still remain for Obamacare
From House Democrats’ distrust of Senate Democrats, to Bart Stupak and his fellow pro-life Democrats, the fiscal moderates, and the hard-left Socialists wanting a government-run public option, with a little bit of luck and a lot of continued voter outrage, this miserable adventure should be coming to a (hopefully) “abrupt, and satisfyingly bad end very [...]
Are they messing with Massa or did Massa mess up?
The Washington Post reports that “conservative activists [have] rallied to the side of” Rep. Eric Massa “after he charged that his party’s leaders had conspired to oust him over his opposition to President Obama’s health-care legislation.” I’m quite willing to believe the worst about Rahm Emmanuel and the Democratic leadership in the House. [...]
Pelosi Doesn’t Tell the Truth About Taxpayer-Funding of Abortion in Health Bill
During her closing remarks–at which point Republicans didn't have a chance to respond–Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said that John Boehner had misinformed viewers today when he said that there's public funding of abortion in the health care bill:
Leader Boehner, the law of the land is there is no public funding of abortion, and [...]
Obamacare Faces Tough Road in the House
President Obama on Monday removed any doubt that he would scale
back his health care ambitions in the current political
environment,
releasing a plan that increases taxes, spending, and
regulation even more than the Senate health care bill that has
been overwhelmingly rejected by the public.
[...]
Will the Republicans Post Their Health Plan… and When?
The President believes strongly that Thursday’s bipartisan meeting on health insurance reform will be most productive if both sides come to the table with a unified plan to start discussion – and if the public has the opportunity to inspect those proposals up close before the meeting happens.
That’s why yesterday the White House posted online [...]
