House Approves ObamaCare Repeal
- Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:05pm by
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Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa
In a vote of 245-189, Republicans were victorious in passing a measure to repeal President Obama’s signature health care overhaul law.
The final vote tally includes one no vote — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who continues her recovery. In addition, three Democrats voted with a solid Republican voting bloc to repeal the law — Ross (AR), McIntyre (NC) and Boren (OK).
The repeal measure now moves to the Senate where is faces a steep uphill battle against a Democratic majority.
The Associated Press has a full re-cap of the day’s debate:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to honor their campaign pledge, Republicans pushed legislation to repeal the nation’s year-old health care law toward House passage Wednesday despite implacable opposition in the Senate and a veto threat from President Barack Obama.
Passage would clear the way for the second phase of the “repeal and replace” promise that victorious Republicans made to the voters last fall. GOP officials said that in the coming months, congressional committees will propose changes to the existing legislation, calling for elimination of a requirement for individuals to purchase coverage, for example, and recommending curbs on medical malpractice lawsuits.
Republicans also intend to try to reverse many of the changes Democrats made to Medicare Advantage, the private alternative to the traditional government-run health care program for seniors.
Like the repeal bill itself, these other measures will require Senate approval and a presidential signature to take effect, and the prospect is for months of maneuvering on the issue.
For many first-term Republican lawmakers, this day was one they had long waited for, a chance to speak and then vote on the House floor against a bill they had campaigned for months to repeal.
Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C. said the legislation produced by Obama and congressional Democrats was a “job-killing, socialistic” approach to health care. Rep. Frank Guinta of New Hampshire, who defeated a Democratic incumbent last fall, said it was misguided, needing repeal.
“The American people have soundly, soundly rejected the Democrats’ government takeover of health care,” said Rep. Sandy Adams of Florida. Rep. Steve Southerland, also of Florida, said the law imposes a crushing tax burden on businesses, and he predicted “1.6 million jobs will be lost by 2014 due to this mandate” to require many businesses to provide coverage for employees. Both Floridians won their seats by turning out Democratic incumbents.
“This is not symbolic. This is why we were sent here,” added Rep. Michelle Bachmann, of Minnesota, a third term conservative with strong support among tea party activists.
On the short end of the vote, Democrats challenged Republican claims and highlighted politically popular elements of the bill that would be wiped out if repeal took effect.
Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., accused some Republicans of “the height of hypocrisy” by voting to repeal a vast expansion of health care at the same time they had signed up for coverage for their families through a government-organized program available to lawmakers.
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., said that despite claims of employment loss, the economy had added jobs in each of the past 10 months.
In one of the most animated speeches of two days of debate, Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., said repeal would return power to insurance companies. “Has anybody, any family in America, any single mother, any spouse, any child, any grandparent met a more bureaucratic system than the American health insurance system? There is no more bureaucratic system.”
In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid has said the legislation will not see the light of day there, although Republicans will seek ways to force a vote.
The law faces another challenge, well beyond the reach of Obama’s veto pen. Several lawsuits have been filed, and while some judges have upheld the legislation, one recently ruled it was unconstitutional to require individuals to purchase insurance. The Supreme Court is widely expected to have the final word.
In the meantime, Republicans clearly relished the day.
The Obama administration has made a major effort in recent days to emphasize parts of the bill that have met with public approval, including one that permits children to age 26 to remain on their parents’ policies if they do not have on-the-job coverage of their own. Democrats also argue that repeal would short-circuit other changes yet to take effect, including a ban on the insurance industry’s practice of denying coverage or charging sharply higher premiums on the basis of a pre-existing medical condition.
Republicans intend to address the same issues with legislation they say they will bring to the House floor in the coming months, according to officials who have been involved in discussions on the issue, but no details were immediately available.
Last year, for example, the Republicans proposed a 10-year, $25 billion program to help states fund programs in which high-risk individuals could receive affordable coverage.
GOP leaders are working on the assumption that the repeal legislation will not become law, and they intend to draft future bills as changes to the structure that Obama and Democrats put into place.
On one point, they conceded no change was warranted. Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., told reporters on Tuesday seniors would be permitted to keep the $250 they have been promised to help defray the cost of drugs under the Medicare prescription benefit.
The legislation Obama signed last year was sweeping in its scope.
The Congressional Budget Office said at the time that when fully enacted, it would spread coverage to tens of millions who now lack it and – in a forecast rejected by Republicans – reduce federal deficits over the next decade.
Beginning in 2014, millions of Americans would be required to carry health insurance, whether through an employer, a government program, or their own purchase. New insurance marketplaces called exchanges would open in each state, enabling individuals and small businesses to pick from menus of private plans that met government standards. Federal subsidies would help defray the costs.
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Comments (229)
BiteMePETA
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:26pmOverwhelmingly down in flames….
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:03pmNot quite overwhelmingly, but the bonfire and the furnace have just gotten roaring hot; now all that is needed is to melt down the monstrosity of Obama-care into smouldering **** once and for all.
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:26pmOnce again, Harry Reid tells the American People that he doesn’t care what the American People want.
Report Post »Miser
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:34pmHarry is an elitist. He doesn’t care because he thinks the American People are too stupid to know what is good for them. He thinks he is better than the rest of us.
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:43pm@ MISER
We should all phone and email Harry, and tell him we want OUR Senate to vote on the Obama Care repeal. We need to know what other Senators don’t care what the American People want.
Report Post »WBOB
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:25pmthank you to the House
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:41pmThat’s the Republican House of 242 AND three Democrats — Boren (OK), McIntyre (NC), and Ross (AK). We need to thank these Democrats.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:42pmI meant Ross (AR). My bad.
Report Post »FromtheBasement
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:36pm@Showtime. You’re right. It‘s only 3 Dem’s that crossed party lines on this vote.
I don’t believe the repeal will get past the Senate, or the President’s desk. Even though I support a repeal, I don‘t really feel like it’s time to celebrate. The results still show the same old divided country, divided across party lines. I have yet to see any of the “hope and change” that either the Dems, or the Republicans, have promised us, yet. So far (and it’s early, I admit), I‘m just seeing the same posturing we’ve had for the last … oh man, I don’t even know how many years. It’s been so long.
Report Post »Miser
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:24pmHeard some of the b.s. Spouted on the House floor. The Dems just don’t understand that the majority of America is not happy that Obamacare was ever passed. I don’t want my kids having to pay for an unconstitutional welfare system. Unfortunately, the Dems in the Senate don’t care what the people want. They are so self-righteous they think we are too stupid to care for and think for ourselves. I want freedom back for my family and our future generations. This perversion of our government has to stop.
Report Post »TANK3584
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:22pmThank You LORD……….We the people will take our country back!
Report Post »Center right
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:21pmThats what I’m talking about.
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Showtime
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:34pmYou’re in my Favorites, Timothy!
Report Post »Center right
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:33pmThank you show time.
Report Post »Jarski
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:21pmMake yourself a chart and keep track of every vote your senators and congressmen make and hang it on your fridge. This will act as a reminder every time you see it. Then just wait for Nov 2012
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:57pmJARSKI:
Report Post »Good tip. I copy then to catagorized files in the computer. That way they are more easily searched for reference.
Steve Martin
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:21pmStop going to Vegas. Stop going to Harrahs. Let them make their money from Harry.
Report Post »flagbearer
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 9:02pmDon’t go to conventions held in Nevada.
Report Post »lcassavaugh
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:20pma step in the right direction!!! :)
Report Post »Lion420
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:20pmA step in the right direction! Make him veto it. Make him defend it. Show the people what’s going on!
Report Post »Mackerel
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:19pmI think it would be wise for those on the left to take this opportunity to look over the bill and make sure that mental illness is fully covered under the plan.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:28pmOoooh, that smarted! Perhaps MSNBC employees need that coverage more than health coverage!
Report Post »Dale
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:18pmIt’s now reid vs McConnell, my money is on McConnell.
Report Post »flagbearer
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:15pmI hope Nevada is proud of their reelecting Harry Reid. For someone who claimed the GOP is the party of NO, he just put aside the wishes of the American people for his own vote of NO to what they want. If he doesn’t bring it up for vote, the House needs to refuse to address anything sent to them from the Senate. He needs to be recalled by the voters of Nevada. What a jerk!
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 12:42amI wonder how the complaint is going…….against harry reid for his ELECTION VIOLATIONS.
Report Post »SHOESHINEBOY
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:15pmThis is a good start…So what if COMRADE HARRY, says he is going to block it, keep it up..good job on now making legislation that America acutally supports…
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:25pmWell, that’s covered, too –
Report Post »http://www.tothepointnews.com/content/view/4372/2/
lcam67
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:13pmawesome !!! remember one step at a time, but this is a great start. don’t let the freshman class forget why they are there. to speak for the people !!!!
Report Post »Pawhuska
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:13pmyea!
Report Post »it the repeal doesn’t stick at least de-fund it!
the house has the power to do that!
youguysready_letsroll
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:42pmThat’s a good point. Obama can’t do anything about it, right?
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:02pmLook at the link that SHOWTIME has posted above; an interesting strategy for the right to employ. I hope they succeed.
Report Post »MozarkDawg
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:44pm>Pawhuska
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:13pm
yea!
it the repeal doesn’t stick at least de-fund it!
the house has the power to do that!
>youguysready_letsroll
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:42pm
That’s a good point. Obama can’t do anything about it, right?
*****
The president must sign all appropriations bills, 0bama will veto the HHS or whichever others the GOP use to zero out, de-fund. They do not have the numbers to override his vetoes, so there will be no de-funding at this time. People are getting a bit too far ahead of the game here.
De-funding requires the same thing as repeal, enough GOP in both the House and the Senate to override a presidential veto or a president who will sign the bill to do it.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:11pmNothing more than a political stunt to quiet the tea-baggers. The House knows that the bill is not going to pass the Senate. This is a meaningless act to throw a bone to the rabid GOP supporters.
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 3:21pmYou hope.
Report Post »Raul
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:10pmThats a start.
Report Post »Carrie3570
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:10pmSomething to make me at least smile :-)
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:10pmWhat the House has in mind to ensure that Obama signs the Healthcare Repeal:
http://www.tothepointnews.com/content/view/4372/2/
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:01pmMy God I do believe the strategy could actually work; instead of taking it on from just one direction, approach it like a chess game, many paths at one time while seeking the final goal of the game. I pray they can pull it off.
Sixty days progressive vermine…sixty days…
Anyone wants to see what can happen in sixty days…”Sixty Days that Shook the West.”
Read the book, it is old, and of WW2 concerning the German, British and French at the wars start both militarily and politically; yet it is facinating to see the insights.
You can find several comparisons to the progressives we are stuck with for now as well.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 11:44pmSounds like a “plan” … ;- )
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:09pmWho’s up for re-election in the Senate?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:42pmhttp://www.wrhammons.com/class-1-senators.htm
We are really going to try to take out Bill Nelson from Florida .. We put in Marco Rubio in the last election but Nelson is in a more Dem area. Hope to have a strong person running so that we can support them financially.
Report Post »diesel71dan
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:55pmExactly!!!! You want re-elected? How did you vote?
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:04pmThere will be 23 seats up for re-election.
Report Post »republitarian
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:49pmIf we put enough pressure on the senate it might come to the floor. They wouldn’t listen before, let‘s see if they’ll listen now. If Reid holds it up, we will be on the capitol steps again.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 7:35amYou’re right Republitarian,,,,,we must keep fighting too…..call your Congressman or woman…..Thank them for voting to repeal…….call your Senators….keep encouraging them to stand and fight against this awful healthcare bill.
Report Post »cykonas
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 7:47am@CATB
Report Post »How can one Senator be in “a more Dem area” than another Senator? They both are on the ballot statewide. It’s not like they only run in their own district????????
NickDeringer
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:08pmHappy days are hear again. The House is gona’ Repeal Again…..
Happy days are here again!!!!
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:49pmHappy days are here again
Report Post »the skies above are clear again
So lets sing a song of cheer again
HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN…
tower7femacamp
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:06pmNow let’s repeal the Patriot act and get our freedom back
moriseiki2002
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:12pmone thing at a time
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:18pmHere here!
Report Post »dgness
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:18pmAnd please tell me what freedons you have lost due to the Patriot Act. Listen to what I just said before you reply. You personally.
Report Post »I personally have not lost any of my freedoms from that Act.
jbl8199
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:35pm@DGNESS What about freedom of privacy? Does wiretapping ring any bells?
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:39pmDGNESS
TowerSevenFemaCamp
lives in a bunker in his parents backyard.
Report Post »He listens to Alex Jones five times a day
you know like the muslims do to their false god as well
DashRipRock
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:41pmJBL8199
you are going to have us to believe that the FBI is wiretapping your phone right now as we type?
How many times has the FBI wire tapped your phone in the past seven years?
Report Post »chazman
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:58pmI would be for repeal of the Patriot Act, but all muslim immigrants must first be deported before I would agree to it.
Report Post »Miss Muffin
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 9:10pmright, like they’ll every do that, nothing for Americans!!
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:47pmhttp://www.prisonplanet.com/new-legislation-authorizes-fema-camps-in-us.html
straight from the Basement
Report Post »patriot4ever
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:06pmYes!
Report Post »7.62AirMailComeGetIt
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:25pm“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are,
‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”
- Ronald Reagan
Govt is
Pushing nanny state
Over pushing gun laws
Re starting NAFTA- which is the North American Union= No USA No More CONSTITUTION No Freedoms
Attacking FREE SPEECH
Arresting People and keeping them for as long as they want for NO REASON
EPA does what ever they want shut you down -follow no rules
TSA- can keep naked pics of not just you your children, you one of their hands down you pants, sons or daughters, JUST FEELIN AROUND
Police beating people and still having jobs
Teachers molesting students and paid to sit in a rubber room and read or get on the internet
Teachers assault 7-8 year old children and keep their job
Forcing obamacare down your throat as they admitted is a new TAX payable to the I R S
Re-writing history right in front of your eyes, doubt me go read the new version of TOM SAWYER, or HUCK FINN
Tell me which one is not happening???
TIME TO WAKE UP AND TAKE A STAND—- For CONSTITUTION and COUNTRY
I ask all TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOTS to click this link and see how they plan to destroy our GREAT NATION. you know where i stand. View Politicians in the house and senate rex 84 and the terrorism talked about 25 yrs ago.
it has BEEN THEIR PLAN FOR YEARS Most Shocking REALITY YOU WILL EVER SEE news clips newspapers congressmen video backing everything
POLICE STATE 4 (FULL VERSION HQ ) youtube.com/watch?v=fXBNRxUIZBM
pumphrey [Moderator] 20 minutes ago in reply to sheeplle_wakeup
i just got done watching police state 4 very good info
“You don’t die for your country,
you make the other bas tard die for his.”
- Gen. George S. Patton
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.”
- Benjamin Franklin
Report Post »Miss Muffin
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:47pmI thought the repubs got voted in for JOBS
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:22pmOh goody goody….you got a little plastic trophy.
Report Post »Ain’t worth a dime…but you got it.Trying is all that matters. LOL
Now go get a cookie and off to bed.
moriseiki2002
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:05pmyeah
Report Post »NoMoreGray
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:06pmTime to pressure the Senate. Tell your Senator not to agree to move forward (vote for cloture) on any business until the Senate puts this to a vote! Might also help to tell your Rep, as I did yesterday, to tell the Senate they will not move on any Senate issues until they Senate votes on this.
Report Post »Don’t ever let them get away with saying following our instruction is meaningless. Let them who missed it know, king Harry Reid was dethroned in November, the people rule again.
DashRipRock
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:09pmHarry Reid just downloaded in his pants.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:11pmThis is good news. Now watch your Senators!
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:13pmDefund the EPA FDA and USDA…for starts…
TAXLORDCOMETH
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:15pmTake a look at that vote tally today to repeal. A whopping 56 votes. The bill was passed by Congress with a total of only 7 votes.
Report Post »Fletch
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:15pmat least the repeal is bipartisan LOL
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:16pmDASHRIPROCK, are you kidding? The Senate Majority Leader sees this as a golden opportunity to publicly attack the new “radical, right wing” Republican party. He will never allow it to come up for vote in the Senate. (If your screen name is an MST3K reference, I’ll cut you a little slack, if not…..)
Report Post »BMartin1776
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:17pmOoohh aaahhhh big whoop!! Harry isnt going to let it see the light of day on the Senate floor and if through some act of God it does hit the floor and gets passed BHO is going to VETO it.
If anything history will record it as the voice of the people being heard by elected official and struck down by a radical president… the worst in US history. A radical president supported by a bunch of long over due radicals in Congress like Reid, Pelosi, Frank, Jackson Lee, etc etc who are now using scare tactics that a bill not even in full effect will cost millions of jobs and tank the economy!
The only way obamacare is going away is with a republicant denominate House, Senate and POTUS.
STOP playing their game and start playing your game through http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:17pmWhere is Nancy’s giant gavel now?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:17pmThis should be an interesting fight. Did you hear all the rhetoric from the liberals today. People are going to die because of this according to Shelia Jackson Lee. I thought we were all supposed to watch what we say. Ed Schultz is going to flip his lid over this.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – Check out the lesson in civility video
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:18pm@Dustyluv
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:13pm
Defund the EPA FDA and USDA…for starts…
They’re going to take care of that, too!
Report Post »http://www.tothepointnews.com/content/view/4372/2/
RobertCA
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:19pm@ DUSTYLUV
You’re right .
The EPA bankrupted CA or @ least it had a big part in moving CA towards bankruptcy .
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:20pmIf we keep this repeal thing up maybe we wont have to raise the debt ceiling.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:21pmNow de-fund it and cripple it.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:22pmDoes this mean all the R‘s and the 3 D’s will decline their own “government-run” health-care?
Report Post »booger71
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:27pmDefund the EPA FDA and USDA…for starts…
And Dept of Ed, DEA, ATF, Dept of Agri, Dept of Labor, Fish and Game,and many more
DashRipRock
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:28pmBROKER AGAIN YOUR ARE WRONG
There will be many many defections in the Senate now
and Harrys hold over his base is cracking like the drunk chicks voice on American Idol.
Report Post »jbl8199
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:30pmThis bill goes against everything that America stands for and that’s freedom of choice. I don’t know about anyone else, but they aren’t getting a cent from me if this thing passes. They can fine me, send me to jail or whatever, but I‘m not going to be forced into buying something I don’t want to buy.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:30pmNo TIFOSA just yours and yours alone
The repealed only your healthcare
dumbass
CatB
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:35pmA good start .. and interesting that 3 dems agreed with the repeal. The fight in the Senate will take the Republicans showing backbone .. I hope they do.
Report Post »Jarski
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:35pmHere’s the roll call, for those interested.
Report Post »http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll014.xml
CatB
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:37pmFunny hearing the Dems say that the repeal will cause “deaths” .. while OBAMACARE includes ABORTION .. even though we were told it did not. So really Obamacare will certainly cause DEATHS .. but repeal does not guarantee the same.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:38pmCultureWarriors
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:21pm
Now de-fund it and cripple it.
AGREE!
Report Post »chazman
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:40pm@BROKER101
Loser … abandon your liberal, marxist’s leanings, BROKER! You and yours, come back into the fold
Report Post »before it’s too late for you … come back to America. Think about it.
snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:41pmNow we take on the Senate and then the President; hold their feet to the fires and their accountability to the people of the nation. We are not sheep, we are individuals who chose how to govern and who to represent us, not to rule us. Now we again remind them who they work for.
One more battle has been won, and one more step forward.
We Will Win.
What we need to watch and warn of is this new ‘regulations’ executive order; Obama will make the changes he wishes via the back door without the will or consent of the people. Watch and warn.
Be ready.
Be happy and congradulations America.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:47pmClearly a class-act Rock. Btw, guess that means “no?” :)
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:49pm>>>>>>EPIC FAIL<<<<<<<
Report Post »Now de-fund it ALL!!! And if prince Harry won't debate it…..start to defund some of his pet agencies. NO MERCY! Not a penny is spent without house approval. Ball is in the house's court.
kryptonite
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:54pmReid refuses to bring Obamacare repeal to the floor for a vote?
Well, it goes to prove that the left’s 2011 bipartisanship mantra is pure, unadulterated, radical deceit.
Report Post »Smith523
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:17pmI think it is absolutely hysterical that a law the Dem’s passed is Unconstitutional, but its now being called unconstitutional to repeal it by those same Dem’s….I am so confused because my mom always told me that two wrongs never make a right. Except for Obama-care where one wrong will cost well over 10 trillion dollars in a 10 year period!
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:21pmWhat great news. Please call your senators and tell them what you want them to do. Mine are flaming liberals, perhaps even more to the left than Obama (somehow), but I’m still gonna call.
Report Post »Adam Coble
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:27pmOutstanding!!!!!!
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:33pm@ broker0101………………………………………………………………….
Report Post »Who cares who you cut slack to, your just another moron of no consequence!
My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:03pm“The repeal measure now moves to the Senate where is faces a steep uphill battle against a Democratic majority.’
Report Post »Not for long if they don’t step in line with the will of the people.
Mister President
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:30pmI sent an e-mail to the Democratic senator in my state:
I urge you to allow an up or down vote on the Obamacare repeal.
I urge you to vote to repeal it. Everyone makes mistakes. You have an opportunity to correct your mistake by voting to repeal this.
If you do not vote to repeal Obamacare, I’ll vote to repeal your Senatorship in 2012.
Thank you.
Contact your Senator: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Report Post »FreeMan5771
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:47pmHopefully they will get this done and we don‘t end up with some BS like a watered down government run healthcare system where you can’t file medical malpractice lawsuits. Word to the wise, if a doctor amputates the wrong leg, you deserve to have a jury decide your award, not some government standards.
The republicans ALWAYS revert back to this same old BS just like the Democrats steer us toward communism. Hey republicans, repeal Obamacare, and do NOT restrict malpractice lawsuits. Geesh. If you guys go back to this, we have no choice but to form a third party that represents the wishes of the people and the USA way of life.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 11:52pmNoMoreGray, very good suggestion.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 11:55pmCultureWarriors
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:21pm
“Now de-fund it and cripple it.”
That’s the sort of positive thinking we need. Good job!
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 12:18amIf you’ve read this, thank your congressman.
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:54amThe good news is that all the Republicans voted to repeal it. If you want to see all the big government Socialist traitors who voted against the repeal you can see who they are here.
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Mikeyyy
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 3:25amThis was a great start to try to honor their pledge. I really believe that. And I hope the Republicans will continue such…like defund projects, etc. We saw the crazy programs that they were heaping upon the Americans, making them foot the bill. Check Please!
Ultimately I believe voters vote with their wallet, and if times are bad, economy and jobs, then Mr. Obama could be one and done. So I like how Congress is not focusing on Stimulus, Bailouts, Jobs, and so on. Just keep cutting programs, and then figure out how to turn around the economy when Obama and all of the Dem Senators are ousted out of office.
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 8:03amAlright! Now we can start defunding this monster, which will freeze it in its tracks until we can run on a “Repeal and Replace” bill during the Presidential election next year…
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:10pmDASHDRIPROT I would rather live in my parents basement then to
have your IQ
In Title V of the Patriot Act, it discusses National Security Letters (NSL). An NSL is a demand for the release of information and paperwork related to a person under investigation. The Patriot Act makes NSLs much stronger, allows them to be used against U.S. citizens and contains a gag order preventing the target of the NSL from ever knowing about it or telling anyone else about it. There is no judicial review or need for probable cause when an NSL is requested and issued.
2) Right of Due Process and Trial by Jury
The Patriot Act allows detainment of material witnesses and terrorist suspects without access to lawyers, hearings or formal charges. Complete erosions of the 5th and 6th Amendments. These rights can be striped from you by suspicion alone.
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