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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Repealing ObamaCare Would Be ‘Unconstitutional’

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, said Tuesday that repealing Democrats’ national health care overhaul law would violate the U.S. Constitution — a claim strikingly contrary to many Republicans’ claim that the law itself is unconstitutional.

During a meeting of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee Tuesday, Jackson Lee and her Democratic colleagues discussed Republicans’ efforts to repeal the law. According to Jackson Lee, passing the GOP’s repeal bill — H.R. 2 — would violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause because it would leave some Americans uninsured:

Later, on the floor of the House of Representatives, Jackson Lee expanded her case, claiming a repeal of the health care law would also violate the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment guarantees of due process.

“The Fifth Amendment speaks specifically to denying someone their life and liberty without due process,” the Texas Democrat said. “That is what H.R. 2 does and I rise in opposition to it. And I rise in opposition because it is important that we preserve lives and we recognize that 40 million-plus are uninsured,” she said.

“Can you tell me what’s more unconstitutional than taking away from the people of America their Fifth Amendment rights, their Fourteenth Amendment rights, and the right to equal protection under the law?”

“This bill has been vetted. This bill is constitutional and it protects the Constitutional rights of those who ask the question: ‘Must I die? Must my child die, because I am now disallowed from getting insurance?’” (h/t AmSpectator)

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  • spirited
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:56am

    “I rise in opposition…”

    >Should have done that when time was not allowed for the over two thousand page proposed bill to be read –before the vote was taken.

    …No?

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  • Rights of Man
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:53am

    We gots some dumb *ss politicians up in here.

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  • booger71
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:42am

    The 5th Amendment?

    Amendment V

    No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

    Are you kidding me?

    The equal protection clause is in the 14th Amend you moron Ms Lee not separate from it

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  • flyguync
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:40am

    They need to put her on a committee with that other idiot so they can study why Guam may capsize!

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  • texan59
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:40am

    At least she make her momma proud. The rest of us here in TX, not so much. I wish she were more like her predecessor, Craig Washington. He got to DC and could never find the Capitol! As we all know, just because she is a lawyer doesn’t mean you have to know too much about the Constittion. This one is almost as good as when she went to the MJ memorial and presented the bogus proclamation. BTW, who will she sit next to during the koombaya SOTU?? In her bright red dress!!

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  • spirited
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:38am

    “I rise in opposition…”

    >Talk to the NAACP

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:52am

      NAACP here…..Ms. Lee is on another call right now and can’t be bothered.

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  • bit.ly/gX930C
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:34am

    How do these people keep getting re-elected?

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    • Dale
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:55am

      Tax money: earmarks to special rich friends.

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    • Paul -Indiana
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:50pm

      The same way that Obama got elected. In that election only 58% of the voters turned out for the election. Of that group 52% voted for Obama. That comes to 30% of the electorate saddled us with Obama. Next time, people, VOTE!!!!!!!

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:34am

    Isn‘t she under investigation for doing something illegal or do I have her confused with another communist who doesn’t understand our Constitution? Yells a lot… thinks she’s above the law?

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  • republitarian
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:33am

    I‘m glad that you’re willing to have a constitutional debate. Bring it. You don’t stand a chance.

    Now, could someone please tell me what a “donut hole” is?

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  • flagbearer
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:32am

    She needs to borrow my fifth grade text book that explains the Constitution. Evidently it is higher reading comprehension than what she is capable of achieving.

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  • exliberalgrl
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:32am

    That woman is the so dumb just like her constituents.

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  • Dale
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:31am

    If I didn’t know a little about the Constitution, I might be persuaded by ms lee’s arguments. However, to make her arguments one must willingly ‘suspend disbelief’.

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    • mrclean
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 5:31pm

      Her constituents vote black on black. Gov. freebies is their mantra. They believe her lies because they’re as stupid as she is or at least as ignorant. There’s simply no other explanation. Stupid is as stupid does.

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  • twofoot_trucker
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:31am

    CNN forgive me for saying it, but this woman needs to be put in the crosshairs…for defeat.

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  • pamela kay
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:29am

    She was the one talking on her cell phone during a town hall meeting completely ignoring the questions directed to her, and we are supposed to pat attention to her now?…………….Nah!

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  • Robbedagain
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:29am

    You’re kidding me right?

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  • click4cheapandeasyweb
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:28am

    Some nut-case attorney told her that BS, but that was all she needed. It doesn’t matter if it happens to be true or not, just so long as she has an argument to use (although a silly one), where she could wave her pocket Constitution around for the cameras.

    Petty question… For some reason her hair has always creeped me out. Am I alone?

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  • spirited
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:28am

    Constitution rights?
    How about the oath that elected Officials take; and agree to abide ?

    Where wast Shelia when Nancy Palosi advised that the Bill needed to get passed in order to find out what was in it???

    “Disallowed from getting insurance”?
    Where is it written that insurance is to be provided by the government?

    >Bamboozle

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  • poofster
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:27am

    are you high woman?!? i don’t know how idiotic you have to be to CONTINUE to elect this woman.

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  • NoRoomForSocialismHere
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:26am

    I appologize for her being in Texas.
    She is has always been about her race and that is the begining and end of the story on her.

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    • poofster
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:29am

      being from Texas as well, i apologize too. she was the one who claims the system in which we name hurricanes is racist bc there aren’t any with black names, right?

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    • spirited
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:42am

      You’re kidding –right? What is a ‘black name’?

      >Anyone see the Oprah show years ago, about unusual names?

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    • Alphonso
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:01am

      You took the words right out of my mouth. I was going to apologize that my fine State elected and then reelected this maroon…

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:01am

      If the unit is malfunctioning, simply replace it!! She has created some really AWESOME footage for a contender to use against her. Just need a willing contender!

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:44am

      It is obvious she has not understood the constitution, she does not even represent but only 18.8% of the populaton of Harris county Texas if her numbers are correct and that is only those whose melanin level are in the same. And isn’t she the same Congress woman that assaulted a capitol police officer at a security checkpoint???

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    • SicSemperTyrranus
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 4:28am

      I’d like to apologize for our poor example of a congressional representative here in the 5th District of the state of Missouri: Emmanuel (they spit on me; they called me a bad name) Cleaver. He just keeps stealing elections over and over and over and over and. . . .

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    • HMwHC
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 5:40am

      so she’s a member of the klan with a tan

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    • JD Carp
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 11:33pm

      Please excise th reference here, I am only using it to make a point about Sheila Jackson Lee, not to insult my fellow citizens.

      She doesn’t even have 3/5 of a brain, how could she possibly find the motor skills to say such idiocy?

      I also find the folks who call her ignorant far too kind. Ignorance simply means a lack of knowledge about a subject, Ms. Lee is plain stupid and you can’r fix stupid.

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:26am

    The Constitution is the Democrat’s toilet paper.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:24am

    I didn’t think Socialist believed in the Constitution. Dems and the Left say the right has an unusual fixation on the constitution and borders on a fetish. And she supposedly says it would be unconstitional to repeal it? Only if she is quoting the Communist constitution of the old USSR. Then it would be against “The Constitution”

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  • 338lapua
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:24am

    There she is Ladies and gentlemen Sheila Jackson Lee…..demonstrating that she has absolutely no idea what the constitution is, much less says. Bravo for that mind numbing parade of stupidity!! (clap clap) She will be here ALL week.

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:46am

      (oops I forgot) BWAAAAHHHHHAAAHHHHHhhhhhhaaaaaaaaa
      haahaahaahaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahah

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  • paulamadden
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:20am

    This idiot needs to shut the hell up. We’ve heard enough from this Castro loving moron.

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    • LVMerrily
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:51am

      It is too bad that stupidity is not painful. This woman is unbelievable and an embarassment that she is in Congress. Unbelievable.

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    • RobertCA
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:57am

      Let the idiot speak @ least she started reading the Constitution but it will be hard for her to understand it .

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  • RightPolitically
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:19am

    She’s a dope!

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:25am

      You are TOO kind!

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    • GONESURFING
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:52am

      You got that right, she’s a dope. Everything she knows is wrong.

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    • Lord_Frostwind
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:05am

      Moral of the story, don’t trust the women who thought it was okay to social… I MEAN NATIONALIZE, the oil companies, on matters constitutional (I think that’s the right one, I get my crazy super-lib congresswomen mixed up)

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:29am

      The Constitution = give-me give-me free stuff

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    • darkloch
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:46am

      no i think she is a bigot…

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    • So
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:58am

      Rise all you want.

      The rest of us are rising in opposition to the back deal health care! Obama care was pushed through unconstitutionally, against the will of the majority of “We the People”. As a representative, she should be rising against THAT! Sick.

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    • IntheKnowOG
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 9:30am

      Notice her hand in the air grasping at straws?

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:37am

      @TOMMY.. It’s because they have the market cornered.. You can’t buy insurance over state lines like you can with car insurance.. That’s why it keeps going up…Thanks to the dems, If there are 2 insurance companies in a state they can pretty much demand how much money they want from you, but if you can shop around though other states, then YOU can pick the cheapest that you find and the others will have to comply.. Otherwise they will go under in no time.. THAT’S THE FREE MARKET AT WORK !!! Get it? hmm. capitalism sounds pretty good now, huh ?

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:51am

      @ TOMMY..he above numbers show that the United States spends far more on healthcare than the other countries do. What do the other countries have in common that the U.S. does not? GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH INSURANCE.
      Not only are the other countries spending less on healthcare than we are, EVERYONE is covered. Go figure. Yeah and look at their healthcare system and the type of care that they give..
      It’s funny, that most in the countries that you’ve listed people come to the U.S for BETTER care…lol
      You know the old saying right ? you get what you pay for, but in your case, you get what you don’t pay for.. Some patients in Cuba were forced drink water from the plants vases in their rooms. Now that’s the kind of care the U.S should strive for… Can I ask ? Do you like standing in line at motor vehicles ? because that’s what your going to get ,maybe not in the beginning, but soon enough the money is going to run dry… You should do yourself a favor, move to Canada or Cuba, those countries are right next door and they have that lovely healthcare system that you’re praising ..

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    • RollTideRoll
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 11:51am

      she needs to quit with the violent rhetoric

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    • tommee
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:59pm

      DEMINT.DISCIPLE…

      You too are forming an opinion based on what you want to believe rather than what the actual facts are telling you. The numbers say the United States spends more per capita on health care than any other developed nation in the world and the results are not as good.

      Check out the numbers for a 2007 comparison of the infant death rate per 1000 births and average the average life span of the citizens in the following countries:

      United States 6.4 78
      France 4.2 79.9
      Switzerland 4.3 80.6
      Germany 4.1 79
      Canada 4.6 80.3
      New Zealand 5.7 79
      United Kingdom 5 78.7

      Where’s the American exceptionalism in our healthcare? We spend more per capita than countries with universal health insurance spend, and we get less in return. Go figure.

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    • docvet
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:09pm

      Shows how valuable it was to read the Constitution aloud on the House floor. She was probably busy texting during the whole thing. Hmmm. it is unconstitutional to repeal a probably unconstitional law. I will have to think real hard about that. Maybe if I take some drugs of abuse, that might make sense then.

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    • Non-sequitur
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 5:14pm

      “It’s funny, that most in the countries that you’ve listed people come to the U.S for BETTER care…lol”

      Foreign citizens coming to the US every year for medical treatment: ~50,000

      US citizens going to other countries (Mostly Mexico/Canada) for medical treatment every year: ~1,500,000

      The so-called health tourism works both ways.

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  • GrannyATL
    Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:17am

    Obviously, Sheila Jackson Lee has never read The Constitution. Or, if she has, she doesn’t know what it says.

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    • Fletch
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:23am

      what a waste of skin

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    • click4cheapandeasyweb
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:25am

      Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas has no clue about our Consitution!

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:28am

      I think we all know that Obama-scare Bill is totally Constitutional.
      Don’t you remember the debates they had over this very same issue ,
      which were broadcast on C-Span ? All those Republicans who participated in those debates agreed too.
      The debate is over. The science is settled. Move on .

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    • NickDeringer
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:31am

      She’s still looking for the spot where the astronauts landed on Mars.

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    • TruthTalker
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:32am

      she meant to say racist.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:36am

      This bill is constitutional and it protects the Constitutional rights of those who ask the question: ‘Must I die? Must my child die, because I am now disallowed from getting insurance?’”

      ___________
      Obama’s bill takes care these questions with ” death -panels”
      which may or may not exist depending on what time of year it is ..

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    • AynRandLives
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:39am

      Is she a Producer or a Looter?

      AynRandLives  
    • GONESURFING
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:47am

      Sheila Jackson Lee wouldn’t recognize the Constitution if it was in front of her. Just another clueless commie.

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    • hkyfan36
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:48am

      Im supprized that she didnt throw in something about the 21 amendment What a quack.

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:49am

      Universal health care will never make it in America. Too many illegals,huge ghettos and freeloaders Most countries that have universal health care started with a reasonably sound economy and it takes health care about 50 years to bring the economy to it’s knees. America is starting on it’s knees,metaphorically speaking.

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    • click4cheapandeasyweb
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:56am

      AzDebi, newzeal.blogspot.com has had great Obama info from the very start. How a blog in New Zealand can get such accurate info concerning our prez is beyond me.

       
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:58am

      Liberal insanity on steroids. Have we reached the tipping point?

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:58am

      This woman seems to get ALL her knowledge about the US Constitution by watching Law & Order.
      Ever watched episodes of L&O where small time repeat offending drug-pushers speak to cops ?
      They sound cokky too …

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    • Mister President
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:04am

      I believe the right to Life means the right to exist, not the right to be kept alive at the expense of others by forcing them to pay your medical bills.

      Citing the Fifth Amendment doesn’t even make sense.
      “The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1791, represents five distinct liberties the that Framers attempted to safeguard from majoritarian impulses: (1) the right to be indicted by an impartial Grand Jury before being tried for a federal criminal offense,(2) the right to be free from multiple prosecutions or punishments for a single criminal offense, (3) the right to remain silent when prosecuted for a criminal offense, (4) the right to have personal liberties protected by Due Process of Law, and (5) the right to receive just compensation when the government takes private property for public use.” (Legal Dictionary)

      Citing the Fourteenth Amendment doesn’t make sense, either. It was passed to deal with reconstruction to ensure that laws were equally applied to newly freed slaves, from what I gather.

      “Its Equal Protection Clause requires each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people within its jurisdiction.” (Legal Dictionary)

      It is not the job of government to provide for people. Until liberals/progressives/lawmakers figure that out and act on it, things will never be fixed.

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    • HappyStretchedThin
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:08am

      Umm. Sheila. I think you forgot some of the context of those amendments. And the very sentences you quote condemn you too: not being deprived of PROPERTY being the case in point. This is Sheila pretending the Constitution matters to her. It does in the sense that there are words in it. She can use words. Words can be put together into sentences. And sentences can make her socialistic point. The fact that those words have to be completely divorced from their context to make her point is immaterial to her.

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    • RLTW
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:12am

      Those who ask the question must I get off my a$$ and work, must I have personal responsibility, must I contribute to society and must I have self respect…ah reality sucks.

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    • GEW
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:19am

      I am in Texas and I am just plain embarrassed to tears over this woman. Please Please don’t judge Texans by this woman. How on earth she ever got and stays elected is totally beside me. I am sorry for all who have to listen to her. gosssssssssssssh

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:25am

      Oh so now the Constitution should be a guarantee to health care.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:25am

      “According to Jackson Lee, passing the GOP’s repeal bill — H.R. 2 — would violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause because it would leave some Americans uninsured:”

      Health care is not a right, nor is insurance, but services for profit. Doctors and health insurers both incur the costs of labor, and since it is their labor, no one may demand it of them – that would make them slaves.

      “The Fifth Amendment speaks specifically to denying someone their life and liberty without due process,” the Texas Democrat said.”

      First, the Fifth Amendment was written to keep GOVERNMENT from taking someone’s life, liberty, or property without due process.

      Second, we are CREATED with certain unalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (to include the pursuit of property); That is to say, what life, liberty, and property we possess, the government may not take without due process – and like I said before, health care is done by doctors, whose labor belongs to them, and it is their liberty which is taken if they adhere to Obamacare (which they shouldn’t).

      “This bill has been vetted. This bill is constitutional and it protects the Constitutional rights of those who ask the question: ‘Must I die? Must my child die, because I am now disallowed from getting insurance?’”

      The Obamacare bill has not been vetted – it was voted on by those who didn’t know what was in it, which is certainly less than DUE process.

      Nobody has a Constitutional right to someone else’s labor or goods, including health care and health insurance.

      Look, health insurance doesn’t work unless they can deny coverage sometime – it’s a [private sector] pool of money that’s supposed to be there, for those who pay into it, should they happen to need it. Insurance is NOT SUPPOSED to cover everything at all times – that’s not how insurance works. The money would run out pretty quickly, otherwise.

      But everyone seems to be covered (by and large, I imagine) when they can afford it.

      Health care and health insurance are expensive because of all the regulations and the frivolous lawsuits, not because doctors and insurers are greedy. But even if they wanted to charge an arm and a leg to provide you either, that’s their right, because it‘s their labor or their business that they’re running, and they can charge however much they like; And a free market brings prices down.

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:26am

      On a visit to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2005, Rep. Lee made embarrassing news by asking if the Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong. She has also urged better relations between the U.S. and Venezuela, which she describes as a friendly nation. She said the U.S. should reconsider its ban on selling F-16 fighter jets and spare parts to that country.

      http://www.examiner.com/public-policy-in-louisville/is-sheila-jackson-lee-really-that-stupid

      HER STUPIDITY IS LEGENDARY!!!

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK3rTUgoQD4&feature=player_embedded

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    • Quad-rip-legic
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:40am

      I think the scariest part is realizing that she and others like her are elected time after time. Oh wait, what if the elections were dishonest and there was organized groups committing voter fraud and nothing was being done about it?

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    • TotallyBelievableGuy
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:44am

      After further examination, YES! it is unconstitutional to repeal it for the reasons given. Now that’s a damn clever way to keep something from getting repealed.

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:55am

      She is as sharp as a Tic Tac…..

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    • touch
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:01am

      This Bimbo needs to go back to Cameroon or whatever oppressive drug infested part of the world she came from. It’s unreal how certain immigrants to this country have such disdain for America.

       
    • godlovinmom
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:07am

      isn’t this the same woman that was at that townhall meeting and she was talking on the cell phone when someone was trying to ask her a question on the healthcare bill…totally ignoring the person asking…if so…she hasn’t gotten any smarter has she?

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    • KICKILLEGALSOUT
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:23am

      Sorry Dems, you’re going to have to sit in the backseat! We don’t care what you say you Socialist Traitors!

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    • 101
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:48am

      I know for a fact she didn’t read the 2,000 page health care/special interest bill, and she calls repeal of Obamacare unconstitutional…she’s on crack, I cannot believe we have such stupid elected officials!

      Call or e-mail your representatives, make some fricken noise and tell them to get their act together or get the hell out!

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    • rwsasinger
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:49am

      What Ms. Jackson Lee clearly misses in this debate is the part of the dialogue where you don‘t blow smoke up my ass and the other part where you don’t piss on my head and tell me its raining. Don’t they, the progressive liberal left know we have their number and see through all their slight of hand. Someone should tell them that despite what their elite think…most conservatives are educated, well spoken, and well written; we keep up with all the sides of an issue and make objective determinations. On the other hand; Progressives call whatever they want; whatever they want when ever it suits their way of thinking. Where I live, I am surrounded by liberal left sheep who resort to the only form of dialogue they know; name calling when the facts don’t support their position. Pray for me.

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    • WTH
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:12am

      This poor excuse for a representative should be in jail for violating election laws, but she is black so Holder and the DOJ won’t prosecute or even follow up those charges.

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    • 101
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:24am

      She needs to plea the 5th…[no pun intended]

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    • darkloch
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:45am

      you can not tell someone that they have to buy healthcare no more than you can tell them you have to drink from that fountain and not this one. but it must be ok for a democrate to tell a rebulican that you cant say that, but only i can …. we are going backwards people and the democrates are leading us there…

       
    • CYCLONE
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:53am

      …looking like a baboon and smelling like one too… is unCostitutional….

      … Eat Your Own Feces You Wretch….

       
    • tommee
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:57am

      Hey A DOCTORS LABOR IS NOT MY RIGHT

      You say with respect to healthcare, “a free market brings prices down”. Really? Throughout American history the essence of healthcare has been a free market system. What has happened? Prices have gone up, up, up… exponentially!

      I suggest you open your eyes to see how things really are my friend, instead of trying to fit them into your notions on how they should be.

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    • darkloch
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 4:01am

      a law of the size of the obamacare law, does it not have to take 2/3 of the house and 2/3 of the senate. now 2/3 of the house and senate did not pass this. oh and deeming it to pass is not voting on it. and not voting on it is not the same as 2/3.

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    • SteveMartin
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 4:43am

      I doubt she can read.

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    • Curator_JDR
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 5:00am

      Obviously a graduate of the Jonnie Cochran school of Jurisprudence. If we deem and pass we can *$%$# them in the $**. Did Jackson-Lee grow up in Chicago?

      Watch the good guys win and throw these criminals in jail. Share the laughter – animated video web movie http://www.marcrubin.com/hairmerica.ivnu

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    • staythecourse
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 5:02am

      To Tommee

      Look more closely at your history. What exactly is it that has made health care go up? It is not the “free market system”. Health care has been anything but a free market system since the government stuck it’s nose into it. Health care costs began to sky rocket with the advance of HMO’s. The advance of the HMO was thru the The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973. It was the HMO that radically transformed medicine in the United States. That and an incredible amount of red tape and reporting requirements by the government. You folks may not realize it but every time a visiting nurse comes into your home (or a physical therapist) they are required to fill out an “oasis” form and that form goes to the government. You would be shocked to learn what information is collected on that form. As a result of the information collecting requirements the government has imposed on the medical system, home health care visits are no longer driven by patient need, but by government documentation requirements. WAKE UP AMERICA… IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE![

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    • UPSETVET
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 5:18am

      Representative Sheila Jackson, like many others who are now in Congress and the Senate, doesn’t have a clue to the meaning or interpretation of the US Constitution. She is trying to bend and twist it around in order to give credibility to her outlandish and incredible remarks. She’s a very good exemple of those who were elected to represent us but are completely unqualified for the task. Personal opinions and misrepresentation of the facts do not and can not replace constitutional law. Since I’m also a TEXAN, I‘m embarrassed by Sheila Jackson’s stupidity. But, since she is a democrat, we have to take that into consideration. Ha

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 5:27am

      But Sheila, Obamacare does NOT insure all those 40 million plus Americans you claim have the right to life liberty and health care, and deserve equal protection under the law. You cannot argue for protecting that which the cr@ppy “universal” health care law does not give. What a bunch of commie demagoguery.

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    • Lonescrapper
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 5:54am

      I hang my head in shame for this is my congresswoman. I will work harder next time she comes up for reelection. She didn’t even TRY to campaign here and she got reelected…

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    • Lonescrapper
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 5:57am

      Luckily, though she is my congresswoman, she spends little time here. She knows more about Hollywood than Houston.

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    • CYCLONE
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:02am

      … good lord…. ya’ just want to take that pointing finger and shove it up the other purple lips of Osama…..yeh… ooOPssss……..

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    • exdem
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:40am

      This is an example of the loons that make up the Progressive Congressional Caucus and we need to get her and the rest of this caucus out of power in our government. Look them up. Its a huge group and almost all of them appear on MSNBC and the are all a threat to our freedom. Some openly praise Castro, Chevez and other dictators. Scary people and they need to go.

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    • AmericanSoldier
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:45am

      Our insurance system and the cost thereof does need to be reformed but giving it away for free at the cost of the taxpayer is not the solution. Is there ways to lower the cost to be insured, yup, there sure it. Is there ways to lower the actual cost of procedures, yup, there sure is. They just don’t want to hear any other option but to give it away for free. Someone actually has to work to provide someone healthcare, it’s not like air or water, something that naturally flows around you that you can access for free (lakes, rivers, etc for water)

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    • streetrodder
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:52am

      I wonder if thats her real hair.

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    • Ironmaan
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:56am

      She’s one stupid woman.
      http://guerillatics.com

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    • oldguy48
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:14am

      We don‘t know how we allowed this country to get into the mess it’s in. Of course, with idiots like this as our representative, these so called “elites” still think it’s politics as usual.
      Past time for a reset.

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    • StonyBurk
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:17am

      She has said some really dumb things in her time in a power position – I see where most of those who serve in Congress know less about the Constitution than the general population. I took the first ten of 33 q. and scored 100% without cheating or guessing. That she has been returned to Office by her State suggests either the people there are as ignorant as she is– or they just don’t give a flip.

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    • GeauxAlready
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:21am

      She makes stupid look like Einstein……………………

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    • 79USMC83
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:32am

      The first lady was a freaking DOCTOR and she could not help her brother!!! She also mentions that his employer could not afford Insurance. The New law will MAKE him and then the employer might just go OUT of business. Hence the JOB KILLING talking points of the REPUBS !! The last lady spoke about kids but we already have MedicAID and Pedicare,’Government Stupid” programs for those with NO means. I lived in Houston for 37 years and Jackson is a total embarassment. The spin is that that the MANDATORY “buying” of Insurance is Un-Constitutional. The left is playing into the hands of the UNIFORMED sheep that they are getting something for FREE!!!!!

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:32am

      Act now and receive Eddie Bernice Johnson as a free bonus! Fraudulent college scholarships not included.

      Yes, we have share of morons too, unfortunately.

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:32am

      I lived in Houston, when Lee was on the city council and she was in ignorant, unqualified and corrupt idiot back then too.

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:33am

      HOW do people like this get reelected over and over again?!? This isn‘t the FIRST stupid thing she’s said, and sure won’t be the last.
      Hey Texas — you can do better than this.

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    • Tagudinian
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:35am

      This woman is a loudmouth imbecile. Typical angry black woman.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:40am

      Stuck_in_CA, she represents a mostly black district. Same with Eddie Bernice Johnson. No doubt they vote solely on skin color.

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    • Jackers
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:47am

      Ms. Sheila Jackson Lee… If you’re so concerned about “preserving lives” and respecting the Constitution, how about securing our borders and enforcing all of our immigration laws…

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    • chazman
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:03am

      Besides being a stpid Liberal, what the hell are her qualifications? What qualifies her to even open her BIG MOUTH? Comon, TEXAS! Get it TOGETHER!!

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:14am

      @TOUCH “This Bimbo needs to go back to Cameroon or whatever oppressive drug infested part of the world she came from. It’s unreal how certain immigrants to this country have such disdain for America.”

      This is bit of a racist statement, don’t you think – she is a US citizen not an immigrant and she has America’s best interest at heart – she might be wrong, but her heart is in the right place. http://maboulette.wordpress.com:

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    • LittleLordFauntleroy
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:14am

      I would hate to think I was being represented by her. She couldn’t run a pancake house.

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    • AndMercy4All
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:16am

      It’s better than Constitutional. The good Congresswoman forget Article I Section 8 Clause 5 about the power to coin and regulate the value of the currency — ObamaCare is free … rememeber it’s all being paid for from “Obama-stash.”

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    • Marcobob69
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:19am

      On the (proverbial) other hand, ENACTING Obamacare was “unconstitutional”. REPEALING it is MANDATORY!!!

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    • joespeaking
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:22am

      The bill should be found unconstitutional–Government cannot mandate what we must purchase. Repeal it and move on to correcting the problem with current system.

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    • techengineer11
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:23am

      Must be a product of the public schools?

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    • Miguelito
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:26am

      What a joke! These people will say anything.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:31am

      “According to Jackson Lee, passing the GOP’s repeal bill — H.R. 2 — would violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause because it would leave some Americans uninsured:”

      There is a fundamental, deep disconnect going on here. Does repealing laws that force all of us to, say, do 100 jumping jacks every morning violate the Constitution, because it would leave many Americans without incentive to do 100 jumping jacks?

      Good gravy, these people really need to just leave the country. I cannot for the life of me even fathom how they “think”, it’s utterly alien to actual Americanism.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:42am

      She just needs to “go to jail, do not pass go, just go to jail”! I hope her trial begins soon so she will be taken down a notch or two.

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    • Jackdaball
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:46am

      Unfortunately us Texans have to claim her,shes in a protected district.Her supporters will continue to vote for her without question.If they put her name on the ballot years after she passes away, they’ll continue to vote for her.I worry about where the uneducated will take us in the years to come.Shes as clueless and the people she represents,I’m sad to say.

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    • hoodm85
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:52am

      Sheila Jackass Lee proves once again that she is the most ignorant and unqualified member of Congress ever.

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    • mikem1969
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:55am

      Wow, this woman is stupid. So now it is unconstitutional to take away handouts that hurt us all. It was unconstitutional to pass the bill forcing us to buy a product to begin with. Get over your crap woman.

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    • happyboy
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 9:50am

      WE NOW KNOW WHO OBAMA’s NEXT NOMINEE IS FOR THE US SUPREME COURT

      The GOP White Guilt Ewoks in US Sentate would never vote NO for a black women.

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    • SHOESHINEBOY
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 9:54am

      it is in the CONTROLLED DICTATED STATES OF DEMOCRATICA..Where She lives. but here..nope..a repeal vote is just fine, and going to happen…but she can keep on telling more and more lies…only her Democrat Comrades will “attempt” to believe her….

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    • tommee
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 9:56am

      Hey STAYTHECOURSE

      You are being delusional by just seeing what you want to see. You should look at the facts, the real numbers for guidance.

      Money spent on healthcare in 2007 as a percentage of GDP:

      United States – 16%
      France – 11%
      Switzerland – 10.8%
      Germany – 10.4%
      Belgium – 10.2%
      Canada – 10.1%
      New Zealand – 9.2%
      United Kingdom – 8%
      OECD AVERAGE – 8.9%

      The above numbers show that the United States spends far more on healthcare than the other countries do. What do the other countries have in common that the U.S. does not? GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH INSURANCE.

      Not only are the other countries spending less on healthcare than we are, EVERYONE is covered. Go figure.

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    • dhert
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:16am

      Sheila Jackson Lee baselessly attacks the constitutionality of repealing a law that is in its own right unconstitutional!

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:21am

      Speaks pacificly ..?? is that what she said ? it doesn’t matter that you carry that constitution around if you read and understand it in your OWN progressive way and not what it really means..
      To Ed Burke, I didn’t realize that health ins. companies deny you your right to life, liberty and happiness. Can you explain ( other than that you want health ins. for free) how this is possible, please ?
      Do they actually say NO ED, you can’t have life ,liberty and happiness we are denying you those rights? huh? Yeah, Ok Stacy I‘m sure the doctors said NO you can’t have care and you must leave right NOW because you are uninsured.. lol, c‘mon you don’t see how stupid you sound ?

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:32am

      Okay, now stupid has finally been defined. Removing a bill is unconstitutional. Next it will be kicking people out of their house for non-payment will be considered cruel and unusual punishment. Then, if grocery stores don’t give their food away will be cruel and unusual punishment. Holy cow, who votes for these people?

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    • jamesctheman
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:42am

      Just so you know. We are starting a Tea Party group in the congretional 18th Ms. Lee represents. I find it hard to believe that she is the cream of the crop in the 18th. I have heard her speeches & I’d rather have the homeless guy on the corner take her place. I can promise pretty much anyone in that district has a higher I.Q. than she. If you want to know what’s wrong with our political system she would be the perfect example. Someone how knows nothing about this country, politics or shoe tying helping decide the future of our nation. What she does know is intimidation & how to hold power in her district. A disgrace to say the least.

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:43am

      The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those
      who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
      Thomas Jefferson

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    • Rogue
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:43am

      She forgot to mention that not allowing death panels to counsel the elderly is a violation of the 1st amendment(free speech), not giving people without arms or hands free prosthetics is a violation of the 2nd (right to bear arms), not treating people with epilepsy for free is a violation of the 4th (something about unreasonable searches and seizures)…. /end sarcasm

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    • drbage
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:45am

      And Ms “newly crowned geographically-challenged Constitutional expert” Jackson-Lee, where in the Constitution does it say that the government has to provide healthcare and force all taxpayers to buy it or be penalized?

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:51am

      My doo doo knows the Constitution better than this idiot does…

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:57am

      @TOMEE

      If you had government run computer industries in all nations but these united States, the money spent in these united States would also be more than in all the other nations. On the other hand, we’d have amazing innovation, tons of selection and endless amounts of replacement parts, whereas other nations would have defunct Dell 486 laptops from the year 1994. But hey, they’d all have defunct Dell 486 laptops from 1994.

      We also spend more on automobiles, food and housing than other nations. That’s because, get this, we’re rich compared to other nations.

      Your statistical tomfoolery, I’m afraid, is recognized as such. Sorry.

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    • Sparky101
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 11:08am

      Momma always said if I couldn’t say anything nice, to say nothing at all. Wow, if everyone took my momma’s advice, this page would be blank, not because of the people posting, but because there’s just nothing nice to say about her.

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    • gobluebuckeye
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 11:40am

      sooooooo I take it she is not knowledgeable enough to realize Obamacare is not Constitutional

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    • tommee
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 11:43am

      GHOSTOFJEFFESON…

      Were talking about what the United States spends on healthcare as a PERCENTAGE of GDP, not total spending. Using a percentage of GDP instead of gross numbers puts all nations on an equal footing for a more accurate comparison.

      As for your defunct Dell laptops. Look at the labels on the latest computers. They are all made in China!

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    • TheBMT
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:15pm

      this is painful to watch.

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    • mikelivi
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:20pm

      This moron wouldnt know what the constitution was if she tripped over it!

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    • Idaho Kirk
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:23pm

      I doubt this idiot has read ANYTHING of any historic American value. The list of embarrassing situations this woman has been involved in is ridiculous of a leader of this country. She is an absolute JOKE!

      1. passing by security and then screaming “racism” when detained.
      2. reading texts on her phone while being asked honest questions by her constituency.
      3. and now making it CLEAR that she doesn’t have even a shallow grasp on the constitution.

      EPITOMY of what is wrong with our gov’t

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    • rubintheartist
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:43pm

      Sheila Lee is unconstitutional and a crook under investigation besides the fact that she does’nt seem to know the constitution. Her ignorance is an example of how the democrat crooks have been ruining our nation for too many years… Watch this web movie and have a good laugh while you see the progressives get exposed. http://www.marcrubin.com/Hairmerica.ivnu

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    • AZfreeman
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:15pm

      @GEW
      “..Please Please don’t judge Texans by this woman. How on earth she ever got and stays elected is totally beside me..”

      She is from Houston !!! Do we need to say more?
      Obama got about 97% of the black vote. Do we need to say more?

      “race trumps everything” (… but only for them).

      This isn’t working out well for America. …rf

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    • drphil69
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:44pm

      Obviously, she left the out the right to food, shelter and clothing… anything else?

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    • Clive
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:06pm

      it doesn’t matter, repeal wont happen. move on.
      http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/19/carroll.health.reform.repeal/index.html?hpt=T2

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    • JGP
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:11pm

      First, she doesn‘t care if she’s right or wrong in regards to the constitution. The constitution means nothing to her despite some oath she blabbered. She could care less about the constitution.
      Second, someone mentioned in an earlier post, I think walkwithme, that her heart was in the right place. She doesn’t give a s**t about the “citizens of Harris county”. Nothing has changed since this woman has been their rep. They’re still in the same socio-economic mess they have always been and will always be if the rely on government for answers.
      It’s all about streaming the wealth of America through Washington where this woman and 99.9% of all the other politicians are standing at that stream grabbing that wealth for themselves and their cronies.
      We have got to dry up that stream by cutting the size of the fed back to it’s constitutional limits.
      The states can decide if they want wasteful entitlements and they alone will be responsible for the consequences.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:31pm

      This bill is constitutional and it protects the Constitutional rights of those who ask the question: ‘Must I die? Must my child die, because I am now disallowed from getting insurance?’”
      _______________________________________________________________________
      Last I heard the Republicans are not STOPPING ANYONE from GETTING health care are they?? or from getting emergency medical attention.. Did I miss something??

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    • DaveChen
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:24pm

      If you think that the voters in her district are dumb, think about this:

      Jackson Lee graduated from Jamaica High School in Queens. She earned a B.A. in political science from Yale University in 1972, followed by a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School in 1975.[1] She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

      That doesn’t say much for a couple of well respected schools.

      I don’t know where the following quote came from but it is frightening that it parallels the direction that our great nation is headed:

      “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years.

      Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage.”

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    • BoiseBaked
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:31pm

      Brilliant.

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    • bleuze
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:38pm

      She is a Socialist just like Obama when he first ranin Chicago. She and Obama do not know the Constitution!

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    • ron the veteran
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:56pm

      out of her mouth spews the stupidist things. just look at what she said. repealing commiecare is perfectly legal. thats how its done. who picks hese people? what the hell is wrong with you texas?

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    • greg
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 4:14pm

      wonder if she is one of 49% that couldn’t pass the test on the constitution well i guess that was a dumb question my bad

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    • Keconstitution
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 4:29pm

      Could she possibly be the dumbest, most incompetent person to ever hold office in the House of Representatives!?! What an embarrassment for the country including the left. Clearly she is queen wingnut.

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    • avenger
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 4:33pm

      why is this idiot in the government….never mind…silly question.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 4:46pm

      Tommee: What do the other countries have in common that the U.S. does not? GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH INSURANCE.
      ————–
      They have: 1) Closed borders; 2) RATIONED govt.-run insurance coverage; 3) LOWER QUALITY govt.-run health insurance; 4) Big government (meaning, suck it up, morons.) 5) Unsustainable debt because HEALTH CARE SPENDING IN ALL OECD MEMBER COUNTRIES IS GOING UP WHILE ECONOMIC GROWTH IS STAGNATING.

      Here are some questions I have:
      How many currently uninsured Americans are eligible for Obamacare? How many millions will remain uninsured in the next decade? Is that equal protection under the law?

      Does health care reform really reduce the deficit, as Oh-lying Obama promised? Where will the BILLIONS of dollars needed to cover legalized illegals come from, once immigration reform kicks in?

      Why are Obama’s darling unions allowed to opt out of Obamacare (222 waivers by Dec. 2010)? Is that equal or preferential protection under the law?

      Muslims (calculated at 6-8 million) are not required to buy health insurance or pay the fine. Is that equal or preferential protection under the law? More importantly, unlike the Amish and Native Americans, Islam is categorized by s ome as the fastest growing religion in the US. Together with ILLEGALS and UNIONS, Islam will be another group that will CONTINUE TO BLEED THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM (BTW, I predict conversions galore).

      One stat you “forgot” to mention: “The Health and Human Services Department expects that the health share of GDP will continue its historical upward trend, reaching 19.5% of GDP by 2017.” (Wikipedia) Thus Obamacare will not fix cost, only coverage of some of the uninsured.

      Here’s the bottom line, Tommee: Obamacare is about govt. control of one six of our economy, not about fixing costs. So SCR*W your Obamalies and irrelevant quote of OECD stats.

      I won’t accuse you of being delusional, just dishonest — or maybe dumb – or both.

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    • Pineapple Patriot
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 5:45pm

      Was she not in the room when they read it a few days ago? Was she not listening? Did she not care? Is she incapable of understanding the basics? Why was she re-elected anyway?? For what purpose?

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    • CultureWarriors
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:08pm

      A walking billboard for IQ requirements to serve in congress.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:39pm

      @tommee,

      “You say with respect to healthcare, “a free market brings prices down”. Really? Throughout American history the essence of healthcare has been a free market system. What has happened? Prices have gone up, up, up… exponentially!”

      A regulated economy (central planning) is not a free market economy, and insofar as our economy has been regulated, the prices have gone up.

      Competition REQUIRES prices to go down, and the manufacuring of goods and the provision of services to be streamlined. Therefore, a free market, by definition, lowers prices.

      But the primary goal of a free market isn’t to lower prices, anyway. The goal of a free market economy is to secure individual rights. So if, in a free market economy, people wanted to charge a lot for their goods and services, that’s their right to charge for their goods and labor whatever they want.

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    • mijoeca
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:06pm

      Who keeps voting for these people?

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    • dominke
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:10pm

      Jackson cant read,she has so much hatred in her. Constitution is only for smart americans. The last two years her and the liberal dems used it for toilet paper. Maybe when they bring her up on charges we can get rid of her.

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    • Butter-Pants
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:24pm

      And I bet she would spit in any White Mans Face……..We did not start this fight White America, but we damn sure need to finish it!

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    • DisillusionedDaily
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:21pm

      To keep this law would be unconstitutional!

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    • tommee
      Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:19pm

      Hey Kryptonite…

      Your response to me is full of inaccuracies. You say of countries with government health insurance, “They have: 1) Closed borders; 2) Rationed govt.-run insurance coverage, 3) LOWER QUALITY govt.-run health insurance; 4) Big government (meaning, suck it up, morons.) 5) Unsustainable debt because HEALTH CARE SPENDING IN ALL OECD MEMBER COUNTRIES IS GOING UP WHILE ECONOMIC GROWTH IS STAGNATING.”

      Let me speak of Canada – a country with universal health insurance – because I live near the border, and have many friends as well as a few relatives who are Canadian. I have first hand experience with their health care/insurance system.

      Canada does not have a closed border as you assert, quite the contrary. It is much harder to get into the United States then it is to enter Canada. My wait time to cross the border into Canada is much less than returning to the United States.

      Canada DOES NOT HAVE rationed government health insurance/care. Canadians take offense to any suggestion that there is rationing in their health system. If you’re a Canadian citizen you have health insurance period, no if, ands, or buts. If you are in need of treatment, medical care is readily available. Elective procedures may have a longer wait time, but more pressing problems are dealt with promptly.

      The charge of “lower quality government run insurance” in Canada is absurd. In Canada, no one is without health insurance and you can’t be cut off or refused health insurance like in the U.S.. In Canada is a right to have health insurance, not a privilege for those who can afford it, as in the United States. The cost of health care in Canada is much lower than in the United States, and the results are better, with lower infant mortality rates and a longer average life span.

      Your claim of “unsustainable debt because of health care spending” is also factually wrong. The Canadian Institute for Health Information – an outfit similar to our CBO – recently published a report that health care spending in Canada for 2010 is projected to grow 1.4% – the slowest annual rate of growth in 13 years. Contrast that to the ballooning annual growth of health care spending in the U.S…. we can only wish. Economically, Canada’s national health insurance is helping Canadians eat our lunch because business does not have to include healthcare spending in the cost of producing their goods and services.

      Perhaps you don’t know any better, or maybe you just feel more comfortable stretching the facts to fit your stubborn dogma of how things should be. But your spreading of misinformation only hurts our country. We should see the facts for what they are. If there is verified success in other countries we should learn from them instead of blindly find fault with them or misrepresenting them.

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    • Hobo Boondocks
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:22am

      Sheila Jackson Lee has shown by her diatribe on the house floor that she’s not just another pretty face. She can lie with the very best of them. She truly has a head on head on her shoulders, even though her hair reminds us of the Statue of Liberty. Next time she goes off like that on the floor, it would be a nice touch to have a pointy crown on the crest of that hair do.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:50am

      @tommee,

      “Canada’s national health insurance is helping Canadians eat our lunch because business does not have to include healthcare spending in the cost of producing their goods and services.”

      Taxes or government thefts (not the same thing, but governments do steal under the name of taxes, if the money is used for redistributive [read: Marxist] purposes) are always factored in to the cost of production.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 5:31am

      Tommee,
      Is that the best you can do? First you cite seven other countries besides the US, and now you base your argument on just Canada and on anecdotal evidence at that? I can say even better things about Switzerland, whose economy is obviously not stagnating. However, like Canada, it has closed borders. Closed borders means controlled immigration, not wait time to literally cross the border. Geez, Americans can cross over into Canada without a visa. I am talking about illegal immigration.
      –
      “Canada DOES NOT HAVE rationed government health insurance/care. If you are in need of treatment, medical care is readily available.”
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      The problem lies in whether the govt. doctors think you are in “need of treatment.” You have good stories to tell. Others don’t.
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      “The charge of “lower quality government run insurance” in Canada is absurd. In Canada, no one is without health insurance and you can’t be cut off or refused health insurance like in the U.S.”
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      You don’t have to explain how it works. I know. However, since we are basing this discussion on anecdotal evidence, why did Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, come to the US for heart surgery? Ever heard of one of our governors going over to Canada to get heart surgery? No? Me neither.
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      “Your claim of “unsustainable debt because of health care spending” is also factually wrong. The Canadian Institute for Health Information – an outfit similar to our CBO – recently published a report that health care spending in Canada for 2010 is projected to grow 1.4% – the slowest annual rate of growth in 13 years.”
      –
      I gave you the overall trend according to the OECD, since you cited seven countries and the OECD was your source. I don’t know about Canada specifically, but like I said, the Swiss are also doing fine. The OECD may confirm the above projection. However, the overall trend is one of unsustainability.
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      “Contrast that to the ballooning annual growth of health care spending in the U.S….”
      –
      And did you miss, or are you ignoring this quote: “The Health and Human Services Department expects that the health share of GDP will continue its historical upward trend, reaching 19.5% of GDP by 2017.” Wake up, Tommee. Obamacare will not and was not meant to fix that problem. Therein lies the deceit.
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      “We should see the facts for what they are. If there is verified success in other countries we should learn from them instead of blindly find fault with them or misrepresenting them.”
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      Forget Canada. You don’t need to look that far. If you want to know how universal health insurance will work in OUR country, given OUR unique makeup and circumstances, take a look at MA. That was the liberals’ secret pilot program. Here’s the naked truth:

      “The system… has… faced unexpected and unchecked growth in costs, both to the government and individuals, forcing the government to cut benefits and raise taxes. Now analysts say that without significant policy changes, the program’s long-term viability is in doubt.

      Physicians for a National Health Plan, a doctor’s group that supports a fully socialized, single-payer health-care system, warned in a February 2009 report that the new system had failed to reduce medical spending, and has subsequently drawn funding away from crucial health resources such as emergency room care.

      Since 2006, the cost of the state’s insurance program has increased by 42 percent, or almost $600 million. According to an analysis by the Rand Corporation, “in the absence of policy change, health care spending in Massachusetts is projected to nearly double to $123 billion in 2020, increasing 8 percent faster than the state’s gross domestic product (GDP).” Meanwhile, the cost of insurance premiums in the state is the highest in the nation…
      http://dailycaller.com/2010/01/10/massachusetts-health-program-a-model-for-obamas-national-reform-strains-state-budget/

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    • Flux
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 8:59am

      Exactly. She either never read it, is too academically challenged (that’s PC for stupid) to understand it, biased, or all of the above. My bet is all of the above.

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    • Mister_Bill
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:16am

      Hey GRANNYATL “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. “. This is what the Constitution says. You can amend the Constitution, but you cannot change what it says. No wonder that everyone wants to replace the representatives.Congress cannot endow unalienable Rights only the Creator.

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    • JGP
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:43am

      Hey tommee, It is not the federal governments buisness to provide health care, period. Don’t give me that “general welfare” b.s. If it were, why didn’t the founders of this government create federal hospitals?
      If what ever state you live in wants to provide health care to their citizens, then by all means do it. But if and when it costs more than that states income is through taxes the other states aren’t obligated to be bail you out.
      There needs to be reform but asking the corrupt greedy s.o.b.’s in political office to do it is a total waste of time and money. Please understand this, THEY DON”T CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH CARE! It’s about funneling money through their hands.

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    • tobywil2
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:46am

      It’s a great step forward for the wannabe tyrant. At last she recognizes that we have a Constitution..http://commonsense21c.com/

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    • JGP
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:46am

      Hey tommee, one more thing, if Canada can have a sustainable health care system then God bless them. Maybe their politicians have more integrity.

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    • tommee
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:14am

      Hey JGP…

      “Why didn’t the founders of this government create federal hospitals?” Your answer? The same reason they didn’t create airports. There weren’t any. They weren’t on the radar back then.

      Benjamin Franklin and some friends founded the first hospital in 1751 which admitted everyone – those who could pay and those who could not. That’s right, SOCIALISM in America’s first hospital! It wasn’t until the late 19th century that hospitals became a significant part of medicine. Prior to that patients were mostly treated in their homes, even for surgery.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:58pm

      @tommee,

      “Benjamin Franklin and some friends founded the first hospital in 1751 which admitted everyone – those who could pay and those who could not. That’s right, SOCIALISM in America’s first hospital!”

      Pennsylvania Hospital History: Historical Timeline – 1751-1800
      http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/timeline/1751/

      “1751
      “On May 11, 1751, a charter is granted by the Pennsylvania legislature to establish a hospital to care for the sick-poor and insane who wander the streets of Philadelphia. The story of the Good Samaritan is chosen by Franklin and Bond as the official seal, and “Take Care of Him and I will repay Thee” ushers in a new attitude of social responsibility.”

      I’m not sure that a charter, in this instance, means “government-run”, but it was at the state level of government, not the federal, so this isn’t Socialism.

      Also, it wasn’t for the use of everyone, but for the sick-poor and insane who were wandering the streets.

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    • JEANNIEMAC
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:15pm

      Rep. John Lewis said the repeal is against the “pursuit of happiness”. This phrase is in the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution. Even if it were, it means people are free to pursue happiness, not to be handed it on a silver platter.

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    • DirectlyUnPCman
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:42pm

      Idiot!!!

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    • mrclean
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 4:47pm

      She’s looking for her 15 min. of fame. She’s ignorant of the Constitution. She’s useless because her argument is totally off the wall, right out of left field….

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    • JGP
      Posted on January 20, 2011 at 8:13pm

      Hey tommee, as A Doctors Right… say’s, it was the state that did that. That’s where it should be. That’s fine. I have no problem with that. It’s constitutional. I’m all for it.
      We need to get over this idea that the federal govrnment is where we turn to for solutions to all of our problems. They are too far removed from you and I and it’s hard to keep them accountable. Giving them this much power is just asking for corruption. And I think we can mostly agree, D.C. is corrupt to the core. Both parties. They are ruining our future with their out of control spending.

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    • CNCFan
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 12:20am

      She has no idea what is in the U.S. Constitution. It does not have any pictures.

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