And Phil Bredesen is all about it:
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen is “apoplectic” over the millions of dollars he believes the proposed federal health care bill would cost the Volunteer State, Senator Bob Corker said Wednesday in Chattanooga.
One of the things the legislation would do, the Republican senator told rotary [...]
The Senate voted 60-39 Saturday night to proceed with a floor debate on Majority Leader Harry Reid’s $848 billion health care bill.
“Like most Americans, I want to see responsible health care reform, but paying for it by sending an unfunded mandate to states, taking money [...]
The Senate Health Bill: Budget Gimmicks Galore
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled his 2,074 page health care bill with claims that the massive measure falls under the $900 billion cost threshold promised by the President.
To put it charitably, the truth is more complicated. The bill depends on budget gimmicks [...]
….I wanted to know how many times certain words were used in the Senate’s non-health care bill. Yes, I have been reading it, which is what got me to thinking, I’d like to know how many times certain words came up in the bill. It seemed, while reading through [...]
Then again, I’m not among the faithful so I could be wrong:
Sarah Palin is acknowledging that “death panels” aren’t part of Democrats’ health care bills.
But, she says, she’s been talking about them to make a point — and she’s comparing her use of the term to Ronald Reagan’s cold [...]
Under the health care bill being considered in the Senate Finance Committee, Americans who fail to pay a penalty for not buying insurance could be charged up to $25,000 by the Internal Revenue Service or face up to a year in jail, according to congressional analysts.
Excerpts from a letter from [...]
A Deathblow for Obamacare
The Foundry
Standing in the Rose Garden on November 7th, President Barack Obama celebrated the passage of the House health care bill claiming: “The Affordable Health Care for America Act is a piece of legislation that will provide stability and security for Americans who have [...]
New Orleans media is reporting that in the wake of his vote with the Democrats to pass House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Health Care Bill, Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao (pronouced “Gow”) is experiencing some backlash back home.
WGNO, ABC 26 News is reporting there have been two fundraisers canceled in the [...]
Well Lord knows I’ve give the Bredesen administration my share of grief and he’s still no hero in my free market book for his enormous growth in government, but Andy Sher reports and I must say I appreciate Governor Bredesen’s understanding of the repercussions of the current health care bill [...]
The Tennessean today reported that Tennessee 5th District Democrat Jim Cooper testified at a Senate hearing and said “… that the country’s huge debt is a “fiscal cancer.””
The Tennessean goes on to report that Rep. Cooper has authored a bill to address the issue and “… create a [...]
The Health Care Bill Americans Don’t Want
by J. D. Longstreet
Just a snippet:
Why is it so difficult for the democrats to understand that Americans would have settled for insurance coverage for those unable to afford it? THAT we could do. It would be a strain but we could manage [...]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz admits that the Stupak Amendment will most likely not be in the final health care bill.Ilissa Gold is not letting Rep. Jim Cooper off the hook for his vote for a controversial amendment to the health care legislation which passed the house last weeked:
Besides, how do you define what is an indirect subsidy of abortion anyway? If someone gets a tax credit (for [...]
House Votes to Pass Health Care Bill
In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
The 220-215 [...]
The word from the distinguished gentleman from Knoxville:
“I am voting against this bill for many reasons, but primarily because it is both unconstitutional and unaffordable.
Our health care system is in need of major reform, but we need to go more in the direction of free enterprise, free market principles.
When [...]
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