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How PelosiCare Will Bankrupt Health Insurers Inside A Year

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:38:00 +0000

Buried deep inside the 2,200 pages of H.R. 3962 ("The Affordable Health Care for America Act", A.K.A. "PelosiCare") is section that mandates the profit margins for health insurers.‘SEC. 2714. ENSURING VALUE AND LOWER PREMIUMS. ‘(a) In General- Each health insurance issuer that offers health ...

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Lee Stranahan: Kucinich's Brave Health Vote Vs. Obama's Failed Promise

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:24:20 +0000

There were plenty of cowardly votes in the House last night but there was only one truly brave one. The unsung hero of the night was Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich. Despite enormous pressure to support H.R. 3962, Rep. Kucinich did the right thing and voted 'no'. Unlike the Blue Dog votes ...

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Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:45:42 +0000

By Jonathan S. Landay, John Walcott and Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a ...

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Update: Lone GOP vote came after call from President Obama

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:26:16 +0000

Washington (CNN) - Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao was the only Republican to vote in favor of the Democratic health care bill that passed the House late Saturday, a vote that came after President Obama called to personally to ask for his support, Cao told CNN. The president dialed the freshman congressman from Louisiana around noon on Saturday, hours before a vote on an amendment offered by anti-abortion Democrats that banned most abortion coverage from the public option and other insurance providers in ...

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Obama asks House to vote on health care bill (AP)

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 06:23:29 +0000

AP - President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to "answer the call of history" Saturday as the House pushed toward a vote on a landmark health care bill holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it.

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Health care takeover roll call vote — and what GOP Rep. Joseph Cao got from Obama

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:40:27 +0000

The final roll call vote on passage of the House Dems’ government health care takeover bill is here . [...] Read the rest »

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The One Minute Health Care Bill

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:19:00 +0000

A quick summary of H.R. 3962:CostCBO: New House Health Bill Spending Estimate, $3 Trillion over 10 Years. Since the CBO historically underestimates expenses, assume massive new deficits for a country that can ill afford them.Personal RequirementsYou'll be required to buy a 'qualified' health ...

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care victory as Republicans remain opposed to bill

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 05:00:51 +0000

Pictured from left to right, House Majority Whip Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.); Chris Van Hollen of Kensington (D-Md.); Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.); House Majority Leader Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.); and Rep. John B. Larson (D-Conn.), hold a press conference following a meeting ...

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Lawmakers Detail Obama's Pitch

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:22:30 +0000

The president, according to one Congressman, told Democrats that a failed health care bill would "encourage extremists."

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Obama visits Capitol Hill as abortion issue looms

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:00:43 +0000

Questions about an abortion-related provision threaten to derail a health care bill in the U.S. House.

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President Obama’s Saturday Schedule

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:27:12 +0000

11:25AM THE PRESIDENT addresses the House Democratic Caucus - Cannon House Office Building 2:30PM THE PRESIDENT makes a statement to the press on Health Care - Rose Garden 2:45PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart The White House en route Camp David - South Lawn

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The US making nice to the terrorists...

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:49:00 +0000

Abomination accepted: U.S. shamefully silent in the face of UN Israel-bashers Editorials Sunday, November 8th 2009, 4:00 AM The United States stood abysmally, disgracefully silent last week as the United Nations General Assembly debated a resolution endorsing the stacked investigation that ...

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Obama will not Attend Berlin Wall Celebrations

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:16:00 +0000

This Monday November 9, 2009 represents the twenty year anniversary of the first time the Berlin Wall was opened in Germany. On that glorious day, it marked a significant step in the destruction of the Soviet Union and the end to the long and brutal cold war. America emerged as the lone super ...

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Now, Italy Must Gird for the Repercussions Over CIA Convictions: La Stampa of Italy

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:45:48 +0000

Judge Oscar Magi: Repercussions over his decision to convict 23 CIA agents of kidnapping on Italian soil are already being felt. Italians today may be proud that their system of justice hasn’t spared intelligence agents of the world’s mightiest power, but the children of ...

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An Obama Funny

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:53:19 +0000

(Via E-mail) Barack Obama was out jogging one morning along the parkway when he tripped, fell over the bridge railing and landed in the creek below. Before the Secret Service guys could get to him, 3 kids who were fishing pulled him out of the water. He was so grateful he offered the kids ...

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Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:37:38 +0000

The Washington Post this afternoon reported "President Obama delivers remarks on Ft. Hood shooting at end of tribal leaders conference." The transcript begins: SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [*] OBAMA: Please, everybody, have a seat. Let me first of all just thank Ken and the ...

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Media Wakes Up About the Obama Administration’s Middle East Failure (Guest Voice)

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:28:42 +0000

Reality Raises It’s Head and the Media Wakes Up About the Obama Administration’s Middle East Failure By Barry Rubin There’s something big happening in the air regarding American media coverage of the Obama Administration. With the Washington Post in advance, the New York Times ...

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Who Is Joseph Cao?

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:22:11 +0000

So who is Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), the one Republican who voted yes on the House Democrats' health care bill? Cao was first elected to Congress in 2008 from the solidly-Democratic New Orleans district, winning a shocking victory against Democratic Rep. William Jefferson, who was then under ...

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Obama Says He's Grateful For Lawmakers Who Took 'Courageous' Health Care Vote

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:22:11 +0000

President Obama today said "millions of Americans whose lives will change" when health care reform finally becomes law are grateful to the House for passing a sweeping overhaul bill late last night. "Given the heated and often misleading rhetoric," Obama said during a brief statement in the ...

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The Weekly Standard, Where It's Always Good News For Republicans

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:52:00 +0000

Matthew Continetti's editorial in last week's issue of the Weekly Standard --"The Inevitability Myth: Health care reform is not a fait accompli"--makes the case that, despite all evidence, health care reform may not be enacted after all. (Continetti does concede that "the chances ...

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