Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said did not agree with his Oklahoma colleague Tom Coburn’s comment Tuesday that Medicare cuts proposed in the Senate health care bill would lead to earlier death for seniors.
But Grassley stopped well short of criticizing his fellow Republican, attributing the comment to a debate environment
that [...]
Obama forbids lobbyists from being appointed to federal agency advisory boards and commissions.
Oh, also, forty-one Republican Senators are dead set against his health care bill that insures 36 million people because they were gonna do it under Bush II but they forgot and they really will do it next [...]
Former Gov. Terry Branstad’s endorsement of Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., in 2000 helped him win his seat and eventually allowed him to join fellow Democrats in moving their health care reform bill forward, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bob Vander Plaats said Monday.
“Ben Nelson gave Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid [...]
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley opposed the procedural measure in the Senate to allow a health care proposal to advance, although the position mattered little in light of majority Democrats’ unified stance.
Grassley, a senior Republican and ranking member of the finance committee, said he opposed the Senate bill that combines his [...]
Senator Chuck Grassley issued the following comment about his opposition to the motion to proceed to H.R. 3590, the legislative vehicle for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009. The text of Senator Grassley’s floor speech is below the comment.
“This proposal is another big government [...]
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This afternoon Governor Sarah Palin was on Sean Hannity’s Radio show for about 15-16 minutes. Talked the health care bill, the Obama administration, Ronald Reagan, made a reference to “lamestream media,” federal deficits, 2010 elections, government spending, political party machines, and 2012.
She [...]
May Congress follow the lead of Blizzard Entertainment, and vote on the health care bill “when it’s ready.” Ezra Klein, who’s essential reading on health care reform, points out some of the cost control measures being considered.
The first comes from the excise tax on high-cost health insurance plans. The [...]
There have been numerous letters to the editor praising Rep. Loebsack’s support of the health care bill. Courageous? Does the public know that this bill: cuts Medicare by $400 billion? That that there will be 35 million new patients with no new doctors or nurses? That the bill fines the [...]
The Democratic National Committee announced today it will begin airing radio advertisements criticizing 32 Republicans in the U.S. House for voting against health care legislation this month, and Iowa’s Tom Latham is on the list.
Latham, an eight-term member from Ames, voted against the bill on Nov. 7 because, he said, [...]
Statement by Christopher Reed for Congress 2010, 2nd District Iowa GOP
Republican hopeful, Christopher Reed, criticizes Congressman Dave Loebsack’s yes vote on the massive health care bill. In the late hours of this past Saturday, the Democrat-controlled, US House of Representatives, voted to pass a $1.2 [...]
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said today the House-passed health care bill “goes too far” in restricting insurance providers from covering abortions.
The Democrat said he supported the status quo, which prohibits federal funding for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or to save the woman’s life.
“I fear that the House-passed [...]
I wasn’t able to watch any of the debate yesterday on HR 3962, the House version of the health care reform bill. I was kind of busy. I did see the final result with it passing 220 to 215 in a late night session.
Why the [...]
The health care reform bill passed Saturday night by the U.S. House requires the government to encourage suicide, according to U.S. Rep. Steve King.
While walking away from the U.S. Capitol, King, a Republican from Kiron, said page 644 of the health care bill says the government [...]
Iowa Democrats Make History - Loebsack, Braley, Boswell, Vote for Health Care Bill, Against Stupak Amendment
The United State House of Representatives will vote on the controversial health care bill tonight at sundown. You can watch the floor debate on CSPAN live by clicking here.
[...]Today, I’m sacrificing watching the whole Iowa Hawkeyes game to attend the Iowa Tea Party Statewide Convention here in Des Moines. They are currently beating Northwestern 10-0 in the first quarter. Later tonight I’m going to be Leadership for Iowa, an event hosted to the Republican Party of [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. -- The House Democratic leadership announced that it will propose a "Rule" on the health care bill, H.R. 3962, that will insert language proposed by Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-In.), and exclude a House vote on an amendment proposed by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mi.).
The House is expected to [...]
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U.S. Rep. Tom Latham of Ames spoke on the House floor Tuesday about health care, saying the health care bill unveiled last week “isn’t what people want.”
[...]Well we are getting a peak at how much Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s health care bill will cost taxpayers.
$1.2 Trillion – $1,200,000,000,000
Well it’s got to have a big price tag as big as the bill is – 1900 pages. AP reports:
The health care bill headed for a vote in [...]
The Pelosi Health Care Bill is ready for all to peruse, all 1990 pages! Yet there is no time to spare, one must read quickly and then even more quickly, call Washington and tell them "NO"! Several month ago I wrote [...]
Oh, I know… President Obama said that it wouldn’t happen.
But apparently Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats weren’t listening to President Obama, because surely he was telling the truth… so it must be an act of defiance because in this 1900 page monstrosity of a bill it’s [...]
