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• Senators Warner and Webb Vote to Table Anti-Abortion Amendment

  —Blue Virginia

  Here's the vote on the motion to table Sen. Ben Nelson's amendment that would "[disallow] public funding for abortion to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, the Senate health care bill." Both Senators Warner and Webb voted "yea" to table the amendment. Thank you to [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 7:32pm EST
  

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• Working on health care reform

  —Fishersville Mike

  How come when I read about various Senate amendments to the health care bill, I think of these guys?
  
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 8:27am EST
  

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• The "Health Care Reform" Bowl

  —Fishersville Mike

  The Ravens lost to the Packers Monday in a game featuring seven turnovers and 23 penalties for 310 yards. So many mistakes, you'd think Harry Reid was running the show.
  All the penalties reminded me of the health care bill.
  GrandpaJohn has a picture of the star of' [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 6:49am EST
  

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• Sen. Jeff Merkley Announces Health Care Bill of Rights

  —Left of the Hill

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  With the Republicans and insurance companies spending so much money lobbying against health care reform and the tea party folks helping to spread their misinformation, I think a lot of people have lost track of what's really at stake here. That's why I was very pleased to see that Sen. [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 6:04pm EST
  by Bryan

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• Defeat Obama Care!

  —Virginia Conservative's Weblog

  As SWAC Girl reminds us, please call Senators Webb and Warner and let them know you want them to vote no on the upcoming health care bill vote.  I’ve already done most of the work for you: Senator Jim Webb 202-224-4024 Senator Mark Warner 877-676-2759 All you have to do is tell them to vote [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 10:31am EST
  by virginiaconservative

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• Webb & Warner ... contact and ask to vote "no" on health care bill

  —SWAC Girl

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  Fourteen senators hold the fate of America in their hands ... 14 senators who could be the difference in not passing the mammoth socialized health care bill.
  
  Virginia's own Sens. Webb and Warner are two of the 14 as noted in this video. Please let them know -- [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:16am EST
  by SWAC Girl

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• Health Care Bill Supporters Plan Vigil

  —hburgnews

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  As the fight over the Democrats’ health care bill is being hotly debated in the U.S. Senate, some local supporters of the proposed reforms are planning a vigil on the court house steps for Tuesday, December 8 at 5:30.

  I asked Timothy Jost, a local expert on [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:17pm EST
  by Brent Finnegan

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• A transportation reality check

  —Tertium Quids

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  Regarding the on-again, off-again $500 billion federal transportation bill, Randal O'Toole notes:After a stimulus bill that cost nearly a trillion dollars, a health care bill that is likely to cost trillions (after the first decade, which is all the further the CBO looks), and a cap-and-trade bill that is also' [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 8:38am EST
  by Norman Leahy

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• Black Friday: 4,000 rally at St. Louis tea party ... did you hear about it?

  —SWAC Girl

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  Bet you haven't heard about the 4,000 people who rallied in St. Louis Friday to protest the health care bill, rampant runaway government spending, and overreaching government regulations. The mainstream media have ignored it.
  
  Ralliers sang ~gasp!~ Christmas carols and listened to speakers including James O'Keefe of [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:29am EST
  by SWAC Girl

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• U.S. Senate phone lines overwhelmed so keep calling to protest health care bill

  —SWAC Girl

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  Harry Reid is trying to pull a Pelosi and jam the nationalized health care bill through before Christmas! Is it any wonder Americans by the thousands (millions?) are contacting their representatives?
  
  Virginia Politics blog reports the U.S. Senate phones were so overwhelmed with calls over the weekend that [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 7:57am EST
  by SWAC Girl

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• Health Reform: Kill the bills and do it right | Richmond Times-Dispatch

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From the Times Dispatch: The United States has the best health care in the world -- but because of its
  inefficiencies, also the most expensive. The fundamental problem with the
  2,074-page Senate health care bill (as with its 2,014 page House counterpart) is
  that it wildly compounds the complexity by [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 12:16pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

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• Random thoughts from Virginia Citizens..

  —The Lee Brothers Blog

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  This new Senate Health Care bill has 118 new government agencies! Listen here! Best Buy runs an ad in support of Muslim holiday. Listen here! New Calf mutilations show up in western states! Richard and Scott argue it here! Obama finally deals with War on Terror, after 11 months! A horrible Commander-in-Chief!  Listen [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:58am EST
  by Scott Lee

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• Howard Dean Says Republiucans Are Right On Health Care Bills!

  —Virginia Right!

  While Left Wing nut Howard Dean is still wrong in believing a Public Option is the only way to go to provide Health Care, he is absolutely correct in what he says about the House and Senate bills for Health Care Reform. Dean’s comments in this video echo those in [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 8:58am EST
  by Tom White

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• "Money for Nothing?"....

  —RightsideVA

  
  
  YankeePhil had an interesting take on the $300 million that Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) now has for her state after coming up with her much needed vote this week on the health care bill, but it appears this Democratic Senator is not the [...]

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:27am EST
  

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• No reconciliation from reconciliation

  —Fishersville Mike

  After taking our money (and giving it to Louisiana) to get to 60 votes in the Senate Saturday, Democrats are struggling to keep their 60 votes together. It sure would be easier to just need 51.
  So, what's stopping reconciliation on the health care bill?
  1. History. Robert Byrd [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:03pm EST
  

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• Only 38% of voters support the Democrat health care bill, 60% believe it will lead to increased costs

  —On The Right

  Like Obama’s approval rating, the Democrats health care bill approval is sinking like a rock. just 38% of voters favor it, with 56% opposed to it, 60% believe it will increase the cost of health care, and 54% believe it will hurt the quality of care in America. Tagged: Health [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:19pm EST
  by Garrett Watson

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• Reid Bill in trouble with Dems.

  —Augusta Conservative

  
  The Reid Health Care Bill, currently in the U.S. Senate, trips over illegal aliens who are here in the United States. What to do with them and how this one issue could unravel the bill, read more at Keith Hennessey. [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:42pm EST
  

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• The REAL 10-Year Cost of the Senate Health Care Bill

  —Virginia Virtucon

  $1.8 TRILLION. [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:58pm EST
  by Riley

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• Will Obama sink the U.S.S. America?

  —SWAC Girl

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  What are Democrats doing to our country? Their latest attempt to break America's back is the federalized health care bill that moved forward in the Senate on Saturday ... perhaps a giant step toward sinking the U.S.S. America?
  
  Yankee Phil notes:
  Blanche Lincoln Like other Democratic moderates who [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:32pm EST
  by SWAC Girl

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• "I want to live forever" - Fame? No, Reid's Delusion of Obamacare

  —TwoConservatives

  Senator Harry Reid, who couldn't craft a health care bill that solved a SINGLE ONE of the "problems" the health care bill is supposed to fix, has a much bigger target in mind -- immortality:
  
  "Today we [decide] whether to even discuss one of the greatest issues of'" [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:11pm EST
  

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• Health Care Bill Passes First Senate Hurdle

  —Below The Beltway

  On a party-line vote:

  WASHINGTON – Invoking the name of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.

  The [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:28pm EST
  by Doug Mataconis

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• Senate votes on health care

  —Clem's Politics

  Just like the House of Representatives did two weeks ago, the U.S. Senate is going to vote on the health care bill on a Saturday night when most Americans are out at the movies or something. Majority Leader Harry Reid thinks he has enough votes in the Senate to pass [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:19pm EST
  

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• The Health Care Bill Moves Forward in the U.S. Senate!

  —Augusta Conservative

  
  The United States Senate voted 60-39 to move forward in debating the Health Care Bill submitted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Now the real task of gaining support or opposition to the bill begins as they work toward a final vote! Virginia Senator Jim [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:11pm EST
  

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• Messages To Senators Webb And Warner Regarding The Socialized Health Care Bill Vote Today

  —84RULES

  Here is the text I sent to them:
  
  I am writing to ask you to please vote "Nay" on the upcoming cloiture vote regarding the socialized Health Care package that Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are trying to push through Congress. This bill is a disaster waiting to happen, [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:33pm EST
  

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• COSTLY WHITE, UNCONSTITUTIONAL ELEPHANTS

  —Citizen Tom

  Here is the email I sent Senator Jim Webb today. Subject:  Senator Reid’s 2074-Page Monstrosity Dear Senator Webb I write to ask you once again to vote against proposals that would lead to a government takeover of health care.  In particular, I want you to vote against Senator Reid’s Health Care Bill.  The [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:33am EST
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• Thanks To Bribery, Senate Democrats One Vote Short On Health Care

  —Below The Beltway

  Oh wait, this is Washington, they don’t call it bribery, they call it “leverage”:

  Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said Friday night that she’s “leaning towards” voting to start debate on the health care bill – which would leave Democrats just a single vote shy of clearing a critical test for [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:07am EST
  by Doug Mataconis

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• Ben Nelson Will Vote to Proceed With Debate on Health Care Bill

  —Left of the Hill

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  Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb) is one of the centrist Democrats who had previously been wavering on whether or not he would vote to proceed to the debate on the health care bill. Today he released the statement below saying that he would vote to proceed with the debate, but that [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:44pm EST
  by Bryan

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• RNC: Call Sens. Lincoln and Nelson TODAY!!

  —Virginia Virtucon

  Chairman Michael Steele and his team at the RNC have identified Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) the weakest links in Harry Reid’s ability to pass his travesty of a health care bill. If you want to stop government run healthcare, here’s your chance: call these two senators, in [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:21pm EST
  by Steve Albertson

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• Will Mark Warner vote anti-business and create new federal agency?

  —StrictlyVA

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  Call Sen. Mark Warner (804.775-2314 or 202.224-2023) and tell him NO new federal agencies.
  
  While most eyes are on the massive federalized government health care bill now making its way through the Senate, Congress is secretly working on other legislation to broaden and expand government even more. We cannot [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  by SWAC Girl

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• Warner To Vote Yes On Cloture

  —Virginia's 5th District

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  According to Mark Warner’s office the Senator plans on voting for cloture on the health care bill this weekend. A member of his staff told me that Warner had problems with certain aspects of the bill but would vote for cloture in order to bring it to the floor for [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:31pm EST
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