According to nutroot blog FireDogLake, Pelosi has made a deal in which his abortion language would be substituted for Senate language:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made a deal with Rep. Bart Stupak in order to secure his vote and that of other anti-choice Democrats for the health care bill, which is scheduled to be voted on this […]
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Monthly Archives March 2010
RUH-ROH: PELOSI & STUPAK HAVE A DEAL?
PELOSI JUST GOT ANOTHER DEFINITE “NO,” NOW HAS TO RUN THE TABLE TO WIN
Bad news for the Dominatrix of the House. Another member of her caucus refuses to obey:
U.S. Rep. Harry Teague said Friday that he will vote against the health care reform bill expected to come up for a vote in the U.S. House next week.
According to the Lefty blog FireDogLake, which has no incentive to make […]
OBAMACARE STUCK ON STUPAK AGAIN?
Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak has apparently gummed up the works for Obama, Pelosi and their accomplices yet again:
Anti-abortion Democrat Bart Stupak of Michigan is asking for a vote on his language restricting taxpayer funding for abortion, and a group of female abortion rights Democrats came out of an emergency meeting in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office Friday […]
90 SECONDS TO GOVT-RUN HEALTH CARE
A quick recap, from the NRCC Code Red project, of how we came to this pass. At every turn, it is the Democrats against the American people. These people should change the name of their party. If it ever had anything to do with Democracy, that’s a part of history. A more appropriate name would be […]
THOMAS SOWELL EXPLAINS WHY THE DEMS WANT TO DEFY THE VOTERS ON OBAMACARE
If you still harbor doubts that the public hates Obamacare, the latest survey from Pew (hardly a hive of Tea Party types) should extinguish them. Echoing all the serious polls, it shows 48% to 38% against:
This is where the public has been since early last Fall. So, why do Obama, congressional Democrats and the establishment “news” […]
STUPAK: OBAMACARE BATTLE HAS BEEN A “LIVING HELL”
There aren’t very many Democrats left with actual principles, and the price Bart Stupak has paid for his anti-abortion stand goes a long way toward explaining why:
Leading a revolt against President Barack Obama’s healthcare legislation over abortion has been a ‘living hell’ for Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) … The telephone lines in his Washington and district […]
HOWARD STERN: THE DEMS ARE COMMUNISTS
Yep. That’s what he said. He’s apparently been mugged by reality (the reality of the Federal Comunications Commission):
The fact that these democrats at the FCC are communists - they’re for communism. They don’t want to see companies — this is gangsterism:
So … can we expect a different attitude from HHS and the other health care […]
COBURN WARNS HOUSE DEMS: “BE PREPARED TO DEFEND SELLING YOUR VOTE”
Among the consolation prizes Obama and Pelosi can promise House Dems who lose their seats due to a “yes” vote on Obamacare is a cushy job running some federal agency. Senator Tom Coburn had a warning for such people today:
If you voted ‘no’ and you vote ‘yes,’ and you lose your election, and you think any nomination to […]
LANDMARK LEGAL FOUNDATION “READY TO GO” ON CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO SLAUGHTER RULE
Mark Levin said yesterday that he and his partners are ready to go:
Landmark Legal Foundation President Mark Levin, who served as chief of staff in the Reagan Justice Department, said he plans to file an immediate lawsuit if House Democratic leaders try to use an unconstitutional manuever to pass the Senate health care bill without […]
STANFORD LAW PROFESSOR EXPLAINS HOW SLAUGHTER RULE VIOLATES CONSTITUTION
Michael W. McConnell, a director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School and a former judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, explains that the Slaughter Rule departs from the Constitution at several points. He also disposes of the disingenuous argument that it has been done many times […]