Too Many Democrats in Washington
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 24th, 2009 5:31 am by HL
Too Many Democrats in Washington
Peter Ferrara, American Spectator
The Senate's votes this week on the pending government takeover of health care are highly instructive. With all 60 Democrats voting yes, and all 40 Republicans voting no, the simplistic homily that there is no difference between the parties has now proven to be a very costly fallacy. This has been a persistent pattern all year. When campaigning for office in 2008, candidate Obama promised the American people a new era of post-partisanship, where he would bring Democrats and Republicans together to solve the nation's problems. There was nothing in Obama's…
Disturbing Process Behind the Health Bill
Megan McArdle, The Atlantic
Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) pointed out some rather astounding language in the Senate health care bill during floor remarks tonight. First, he noted that there are a number of changes to Senate rules inthe bill–and it's supposed to take a 2/3 vote to change the rules. And then he pointed out that the Reid bill declares on page 1020 that the Independent Medicare Advisory Board cannot be repealed by future Congresses:there's one provision that i found particularly troubling and it's under section c, titled “limitations on changes to this subsection.”and i quote –…
U.S. Must Have Will to Pass Healthcare Bill
Jeffrey Simpson, Globe & Mail
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Matt Welch, Reason
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