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Senate Kills GOP Effort to Repeal ObamaCare

The party lines were clearly drawn Wednesday evening as Democrats remained united in opposition to Republicans‘ efforts to repeal last year’s controversial health care overhaul law.

Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s procedural maneuver succeeded in forcing a vote on the issue, however, a potential victory for the GOP as support for a repeal continues to climb.

Likewise, all Republicans voted together in favor of the McConnell-sponsored amendment, bringing the final vote to 47-51. The House passed the repeal measure in January.

Efforts to repeal the measure — namely the requirement for every American to purchase health care insurance — now rest in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court which is expected to hear arguments from an alliance of 26 states challenging the law’s constitutional basis. The high court may hear the case during its next term, which begins in October, although a number of members of Congress have urged the court to expedite the ruling.

The Senate did succeed, however, in agreeing on the repeal of one of the bill’s unpopular IRS reporting provisions. In a vote of 81-17, the Senate struck down the 1099 reporting requirement which would require businesses to report annual purchases of goods or services valued at more than $600 to each vendor.

The 1099 provision repeal must still be approved by the House of Representatives, but the GOP majority has signaled its support for a quick vote.

Once passed, President Obama is expected to sign off on the repealed provision. Until now, Democrats and Republicans have been unable to agree on how best to offset the $19 billion in lost revenue. The Senate-approved measure seeks to offset the cost by granting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) authority to identify unobligated funds with a specified exemption of funds from the Social Security Administration.

Seventeen Democrats voted against the measure, many hesitant to give OMB the power to cut federal funds.

“What is convenient is not always right,” said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who voted against the 1099 repeal. “The Constitution places in our hands, and ours alone, the authority to appropriate funds. We cannot statutorily pass that buck and we should not.” Levin instead proposed an alternative 1099 measure that would have used taxes collected from the oil and gas industry to fund the repeal.

Comments (162)

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  • RightPolitically
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:15pm

    Repeal the whole damn thing!

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  • CaptainSpaulding
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:13pm

    The Law was just declared UnConstitutional.

    Would love to hear their justification for vote against repeal.

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  • Gunonesis
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:12pm

    When these pathetic commie/democrat slugturds croak I’d love to take a big dump on their graves!

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  • eat-more-bacon-USA
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:12pm

    Our failed “president” and his democrats own the obamaCare boondoggle and if they would like to keep reminding America who is to blame – more power to them. ObamaCare will eventually be thrown out, but, Americans will never forget or forgive democrats for ramming it down our throats.

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    • Oldphoto678
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:25pm

      We don’t want or need any forgiveness from the likes of you and your ilk.

      I love that word. ILK. It just drips with contempt.

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  • KINGRUDDY
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:07pm

    Ok, judge in Florida says this law is void because it is unconstitutional. Now each one of these Senators swore an oath to uphold the constitution and now they are voting for a law that is unconstitutional. Imagine that, we need to do away with the nonbelievers or the ones who think the constitution is a evolving document. What abunch of crap, these idiots are employed in this thin thin market.

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    • Oldphoto678
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:13pm

      Don’t get huffy. Two judges ruled that it was constitutional, and two ruled it was not. One of those ruling that only the individual mandate was unconstitutional. BTW. The individual mandate was a republiCON idea.

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    • Stopit
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:49pm

      OLDPHOT…Go run along and play with the dups on some commie blog…this one didn’t need a judge to determine if it was constitutional. If your “ilk” had half a mind it would be self evident the federal goverment can’t make you buy something because your breathing. Truth has fallen in the streets and in the courts when “judges” are bought and paid for to be idealogues and partisans, and no longer maintain that words in the constitution mean what they say. Here “ilk” just drips with pity on your total blindness to where and what you are.

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  • DagneyT
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:07pm

    With so many Democrat seats in contention, 26-28 or so, I’m wondering why they did not vote for its repeal? Is it because they think we won’t remember in November of 2012, or is it because they think they can tell it they thought it was already dead because of the Federal court judgment in Florida? What do all y’all think?

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:16pm

      I think that they think that we don’t think.

      That’s what I think.

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:18pm

      I think the SCOTUS … will kill it … and we WILL NOT FORGET this VOTE! 2012! TEA!

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    • 912828Buckeye
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:17pm

      Think 2012…….2012…….2012……..2012

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  • stealthyk9
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:06pm

    Those who voted against repeal must be removed from office during their next reelection attempt.

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  • mcpbob
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:04pm

    2012… how many more Dems will be retired? ……

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  • jkb
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:03pm

    Here is how they voted:
    http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00007
    Grouped By Vote Position
    YEAs —44
    Akaka (D-HI)
    Baucus (D-MT)
    Bennet (D-CO)
    Blumenthal (D-CT)
    Boxer (D-CA)
    Brown (D-OH)
    Cantwell (D-WA)
    Cardin (D-MD)
    Carper (D-DE)
    Casey (D-PA)
    Coons (D-DE)
    Durbin (D-IL)
    Feinstein (D-CA)
    Franken (D-MN)
    Gillibrand (D-NY)
    Hagan (D-NC)
    Harkin (D-IA)
    Inouye (D-HI)
    Johnson (D-SD)
    Kerry (D-MA)
    Klobuchar (D-MN)
    Kohl (D-WI)
    Lautenberg (D-NJ)
    Leahy (D-VT)
    Levin (D-MI)
    Manchin (D-WV)
    McCaskill (D-MO)
    Menendez (D-NJ)
    Merkley (D-OR)
    Mikulski (D-MD)
    Murray (D-WA)
    Nelson (D-FL)
    Reed (D-RI)
    Reid (D-NV)
    Rockefeller (D-WV)
    Sanders (I-VT)
    Schumer (D-NY)
    Shaheen (D-NH)
    Stabenow (D-MI)
    Tester (D-MT)
    Udall (D-CO)
    Udall (D-NM)
    Whitehouse (D-RI)
    Wyden (D-OR)
    NAYs —54
    Alexander (R-TN)
    Ayotte (R-NH)
    Barrasso (R-WY)
    Begich (D-AK)
    Bingaman (D-NM)
    Blunt (R-MO)
    Boozman (R-AR)
    Brown (R-MA)
    Burr (R-NC)
    Chambliss (R-GA)
    Coats (R-IN)
    Coburn (R-OK)
    Cochran (R-MS)
    Collins (R-ME)
    Conrad (D-ND)
    Corker (R-TN)
    Cornyn (R-TX)
    Crapo (R-ID)
    DeMint (R-SC)
    Ensign (R-NV)
    Enzi (R-WY)
    Graham (R-SC)
    Grassley (R-IA)
    Hatch (R-UT)
    Hoeven (R-ND)
    Hutchison (R-TX)
    Inhofe (R-OK)
    Isakson (R-GA)
    Johanns (R-NE)
    Johnson (R-WI)
    Kirk (R-IL)
    Kyl (R-AZ)
    Landrieu (D-LA)
    Lee (R-UT)
    Lugar (R-IN)
    McCain (R-AZ)
    McConnell (R-KY)
    Moran (R-KS)
    Murkowski (R-AK)
    Nelson (D-NE)
    Paul (R-KY)
    Portman (R-OH)
    Pryor (D-AR)
    Risch (R-ID)
    Roberts (R-KS)
    Rubio (R-FL)
    Sessions (R-AL)
    Shelby (R-AL)
    Snowe (R-ME)
    Thune (R-SD)
    Toomey (R-PA)
    Vitter (R-LA)
    Webb (D-VA)
    Wicker (R-MS)
    Not Voting – 2
    Lieberman (ID-CT)
    Warner (D-VA)

     
    • EqualJustice
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:21pm

      Thanks. Now we know who to support and who to BOOT! This vote is just ONE MORE reason to take control of the Senate AND the W.H. in 2012! (Too bad Harry comes from a state with so much election corruption. We’re STUCK with the likes of him, Nancy and most of the CBC, unfortunately)

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:27pm

      @JKB ~ THANKS for your post! we will follow up on these names and the names missing in action!

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    • Miami Bob
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:46pm

      Thanks for posting the list.. WOW! I was expecting a YEA from Nelson (D-FL). He is just a yes man for Obama… The big devastating disappointment to me is Rubio (R-FL). I voted for this guy!!!!
      Did he get brainwashed already in Washington, What a two face……

      Miami Bob  
    • jkb
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:59pm

      The “YEAs” don’t want it repealed. (All Democrats)

      The “NAYs” want to repeal the Healthcare Law.

       
    • Stopit
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:25pm

      JKB…This is not true! the vote was 51 Nay and 47 Yea…along strict party lines. Rubio and all repugnants voted yea. All devilcrats, even “do & say anything to get elected” Joe Manchin from WVa opposed, in spite of their oath to uphold the US Constitution, the unconstitutional wrecking of our health care system so a socialist/communist government controlled system would be possible. (except for the 2 abstainers…Warner (D) and Lieberman (Dui).

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    • P C BE DAMNED
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:39pm

      The above as I read it is not the same as the link. It is spurious. Very misrepresentative.

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    • jkb
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:12pm

      OMG, I was wrong! Please forgive me!
      Here is the correct vote results:
      http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00009
      SORRY!!

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:02pm

    “Y’all”, “Guys”, “Gals”, “Folks”, “WE THE PEOPLE” ~~~ keep on praying, keep on calling, keep on writing, keep on keeping on. This is GOD’ country, GOD’s battle, and GOD’s victory. All we have to do is

    1. Get up
    2. Dress up – no lolly-gagging around in our undies in the basement
    3. Show up

    We will take this country back and make it what GOD intended it to be for the world ~~~ a beacon of light, a home to the homeless willing to work to be a part of HIS plan, a refuge, a sanctuary for HIS kids. HE never intended for it to become what we have allowed it to be~~ an overweight, out of shape, bloated, arrogant country resembling algore. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Oh, the thought of it!

    Call your Senators tomorrow and remind them: they work FOR us, period.

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    • 912828Buckeye
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:13pm

      Please Grandma…..Can I just sleep a little bit longer ?
      It’s Saturday!

      All in fun.

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    • catmandolin
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:57pm

      Please….. Keep your violent, jealous, petulant version of deity out of my secular government. When your god can testify in a court of law he’ll have a place to exercise his voice Until then, your scary sky-spook nonsense belongs in your homes and churches…

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    • TakeBackAmerica
      Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:13am

      Hope you like your eternity HOT, Chief

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  • William
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:01pm

    Goverment run health care is the key stone in the arch of socialism. Lennin

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  • libwhacker
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:58pm

    This is a good day gang we have the clowns on record now and the judge ruling we will be ok.

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  • tinydd
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:56pm

    Now we know who goes in 2012. Thanks for making this clear to the people in America.

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  • 82dAirborne
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:54pm

    Way to go U.S. Senate Democrats!!!!!!!! Keep ignoring the will of we the people. Hope you “ladies and gentlemen” enjoy your next career. A lot of us are more than fed up with being ignored by some of the folks WE ELECTED to represent us. To paraphrase Bill Cosby: “We brought you into this – We can take you out!”

    Attention: I meant with votes.

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    • Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:00pm

      Hey 82nd…did you ever know a Jonathan Jones in the 82nd?

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:04pm

      @82nd: Read you loud and clear and YES I can and will take them out with my vote, with my blood, sweat and tears~~~ those bloated self-righteous airbags are g-o-n-e!

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:05pm

      @CAPE – I don’t think so…. Lots of Jones’!

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    • Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:17pm

      He jumped with you guys in Afghanistan…never was the same when he came home. He was killed a few months back.

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    • 912828Buckeye
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:48pm

      Sorry for your loss Cape……..Peace of mind and God Bless.

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:03pm

      @Cape – Sorry to hear about your friend. I salute his service, beret and jump boots.

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    • Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:13pm

      Thanks 82nd and Buckeye…he was my son.

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:25pm

      @ Cape – So very sorry……I had no way of knowing. My heart goes out to you. My son is in Afghanistan now, I’d trade places with him in a second if I could.

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    • Scorchem
      Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:19pm

      I agree with you ‘82, Nov ‘11 and Nov ’12 are just around the corner!

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:19pm

      The will of the people? All the polling show a clear MAJORITY of people SUPPORT the healthcare reform.

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  • dealer@678
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:54pm

    There was a strange bright light hovering over Washington right at vote time

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:53pm

    I remember the time when they once called this land America….

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  • vtxphantom
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:52pm

    How many of these progessive dems are up in the nex election cycle. They and their staff had better sign up for some jobs at Walmart. They may not be qualified though.

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  • Jayhawker
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:50pm

    We pretty well knew this was going to be the case. Now, I say they should starve Obamacare. Kill it by denying funding for it.

    Now, they can get to the business of reducing the debt, and finding ways to help private business create more jobs.
    Oh, and one more ting I would LOVE to see them do is stop paying the czars! I say, if any President wants czars, let him/her pay for them out of their own pocket.

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    • flagman texas marine
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:02pm

      By the judges ruling none of obamacare can go forward from the date of the ruling. Plus anything that has gone forward is dead in it’s tracks.

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    • catmandolin
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:51pm

      You do know that “czars” in the government go back as far as the Reagan Administration, right? Jeez, read a history book…

      Good move by the Senate.

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    • calijohn
      Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:44am

      cat – history and/or reading are not the strong suit of beck’s minions.
      beck’s ilk.
      beck’s sheep.
      etc.

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  • duce023
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:48pm

    This issue needs to be expedited to the supreme court. Nothing in our history will have such a profound bearing on how the nation governs from now on. If the courts repeal the law and state it is unconstitutional, then we may have a chance of restoring our republic. If they do not and uphold the current law, then the commerce clause will be used to stifle our freedom and manipulate the populous until there is no more republic.

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  • JoeFriday
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:47pm

    The vote was to get a list of names of senators who will not be re-elected into the senate, I’m just amazed my two senators did not vote against the repeal, yes you guessed it I live in Maine.

    Mainers for Snowe (McKernan) removal 2012 !

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    • 912828Buckeye
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:57pm

      Sorry about that representation in Maine Joe,
      here in OH….IOOOO we got one down and one to go.
      @ 22-0 could not help my self.

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:00pm

      Funny that Obama can hear the people in Egypt .. but not his own people who told them in NO Uncertain terms that we did not want this takeover (or any of the other cr*p they keep pushing on us)… perhaps he needs to step down also (no perhaps about it really!).

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  • DeltaHawk
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:46pm

    Don’t expect miracles from the SCOTUS, hell thy won’;t hear on Himself’s eligibility either!

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  • darlenekay
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:46pm

    This is not good. I really hoped we would win this.

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  • 912828Buckeye
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:45pm

    Great!……. We got them on record!

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    • 912828Buckeye
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:51pm

      And Harry said it would NEVER happen.
      Looks like never can be a very short time.
      Some times.

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    • Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:57pm

      Exactly Buckeye! Another historical change for 2012…this time the senate. All the voters know now this is a disgusting bill…well except the lamestream robots!

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    • KenInIL
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:09pm

      Now the house has to pass a bill to void all the waivers. I kind of think this would go thru the Senate.

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    • beckwill
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:09pm

      Go Bucks! Sorry, Displaced Buckeye here and I miss home.

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:28pm

      I love it!!!! VOID THE WAIVERS! Sphincter tightening moment for some.

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  • rhaedge
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:44pm

    MSM – “Chirp, chirp…”

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:23pm

      Ah crickets……thats the sound of an important story!!!!

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:51pm

      Yes .. you can tell what worries them … by what they DON’T report!

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  • xm-1774u
    Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:43pm

    i cant swear here so @#$$%

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    • FromtheBasement
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:48pm

      @XM-1774U, I don’t know that anyone should be surprised by this. We pretty well knew it wouldn’t pass the senate. This is actually a good thing, though, IMHO. I believe this will force the issue to the Supreme Court faster than the various state’s appeals would have.

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    • ->How To Work From Home Site<-
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:51pm

      What a surprise. We knew this would happen.

      -&gt;How To Work From Home Site&lt;-  
    • Curator_JDR
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:51pm

      Does the implementation of Obamacare get slowed down because of the recent court ruling and until the Supreme Court hears the case in October?

      http://www.marcrubin.com/hairmerica.ivnu Patriots reclaiming America – animated satire

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    • rhaedge
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:53pm

      I want it repealed, bu this is not all bad! We want these people exposed for who they are! Keep the heat on them… MSM will ignore this because they know this isn’t a good thing for Dems. We will get this thing repealed- just be patient!

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    • nothingbuthetruth
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:53pm

      Thats ok. now defend it during the elections

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:56pm

      They keep going against the will of the people and 2012 will be so much bigger than 2010! Keep pushing a-hole Dems….. It is UNCONSTITUTIONAL .. so they voted against the CONSTITUTION! On to the SCOTUS .. as quickly as possible. KIll Obamacare.

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    • P C BE DAMNED
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:02pm

      Come on House now its your turn to get creative. Maybe you could exempt us all from having to pay in. You can do it and as your employer we demand you do such.And you the judiciary, you need to not only call it unconstitutional but put a stop to this Treason. Do it or go to jail. Its your sworn job to defend our Constitutional rights.

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    • cnsrvtvj
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:10pm

      Right on CATB! I’m feeling pretty good about 2012 after this.

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    • what4
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:14pm

      OK I’ll say it, at least we know who to target come the 2012 elections! There!

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    • azmomof6
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:14pm

      Actually, the vote was closer than I thought it would be. But anyone who would vote to take away our freedoms needs to go! How can they possibly think it’s okay to take away our rights? They were elected to make laws that represent the will of the people. We made it clear that this is not what we want.

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    • NoMoreGray
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:18pm

      One possibility that has been missed. The DOJ has to agree to have SCOTUS hear it now. So the power is in Holders hands. I think one of the many reasons they will drag it out as long as possible is the hope Justice Kennedy will retire and Obama can name his replacement. What do you think the odds are O will name someone who will vote it down? Result 5 to 4 for O-care.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:19pm

      275 days until the 2012 election and I will remind Bill Nelson everyday as I count down to when he gets booted from office. http://www.gradegov.com will allow you to tell your Congressional member what you think. I will work tirelessly to make sure Bill Nelson is gone ASAP.

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:19pm

      CatB
      Can’t say “kill” anymore.
      Big Brother is watching, and I am telling.

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:20pm

      what4
      Can’t say “Target” anymore. Big Brother is watching, and I am telling.

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:22pm

      grandmaof5
      *640 days.
      Yeah, I’m in a mood, Blazzers.

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:23pm

      Seriously, I’m about to go see who the two “non-voters” were. Wanna bet Olympia Snowe was one of them?

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    • BMartin1776
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:25pm

      This should be no surprise. Even if it did make it through the boy king would have waived his magic pen. This is symbolic if anything and allows us new TARGETS for the next election to TAKE OUT of office! At least we have the list of those that voted on this whose jobs are now targeted for termination in ‘12!

      Uh ohhh such hateful rhetoric.

      Republicants need to pass measures that counter every key part of this obamination until we can get real conservatives in power to wipe out the entire thing. Oh and libertards no jobs are going to be lost, or money lost over the repeal of this bill stop with the lies and fear mongering.

      56 men, our Founding Fathers, knew what had to be done and do what’s right, what about you? http://www.savingtherepublic.com

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:33pm

      And i was totally wrong!

      “Democrat Mark Warner of Virginia and Independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut missed the vote.”
      Maybe THIS is why Mark Warner “skipped” the vote, from http://bearingdrift.com/2011/01/24/mark-warner-reads-tea-leaves-tries-jumping-back-to-center-right/

      In a great piece by Bill Bartel, Mark Warner is teaming with Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss to announce trillions of dollars in spending cuts across the board, leaving no stone unturned.

      While this is welcome news given the ever-growing deficit, why the sudden about face?

      After voting for the stimulus ($825 billion) the additional stimulus spending ($192 billion) allowing cap and trade to move forward ($646 billion or $2 trillion, depending on the study) the health care bill ($940 billion) and loads more bills of ignorant, unapologetic spending.

      In case you’re adding, that total is 2.6 trillion or 4 trillion depending on the study, that Mark Warner has authorized in spending in just over two years of elected office.

      And now he’s having a bipartisan conversion? Please.

      Please. But at LEAST he has til 2014, well into the Biblical apocalypse forthcoming.
      Hope this cat is right with God.

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:35pm

      BMartin1776
      Did you see my post on http://www.theblaze.com/stories/pro-mubarak-marauders-use-horses-and-camels-to-beat-protesters/#respond ? Check it out, bro.

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    • BMartin1776
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:13pm

      @Sacred I did thanks, believe it or not that 5 min vid was a lot of work! Ive tried to get it to Blaze admin, NakedEmporer, Beck, Stu etc but you know how that goes….

      For those that haven’t seen it:
      Liberties Lost, Death of the Republic? How Much Is Enough? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1zkGZRfj24

      (side note to admin the reply system is desperately needed here like what IntenseDebate.com uses)

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    • chazman
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:55pm

      My, my, my … just who the hell do these politicians think they are? They think awfully highly of themselves, don’t they? OBAMACARE has been judged UNCONSTITUTIONAL, yet these senators who voted against repeal are simply saying to hell with the Constitution of the United States of America!! They are saying to hell with the American people!! Well, to hell with them …

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:15pm

      My Sacred Honor
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:19pm
      CatB
      Can’t say “kill” anymore.
      Big Brother is watching, and I am telling.

      ____________________________________________

      Lol .. I love to drive liberals crazy (not a hard thing btw) … sticks and stones … but words will never hurt me. Tattle TAIL!

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    • jzs
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:20pm

      If you’re going to cancer, get it now! Get it before you insurance company can drop you because you have a condition expensive to treat. If you are looking for a job, get it now before your new employer’s insurance can deny your insurance because you have high blood pressure, high cholesterol (which you know you have) or any other condition you’ve been treated for; i.e. preexisting condition. Have you’re baby quicker, induce labor if you have to, so that if there is anything wrong with you baby, your insurance will have to cover it!

      Work the system!

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    • mikem1969
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:33pm

      Now we know the libs and progressives, aka dems, will never here the voice of the AMERICAN PEOPLE. We spoke loudly in Nov 2010, let us speak even louder in Nov 2012 and kick as many of these idiots out as possible.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:10pm

      Is anyone REALLY surprised?

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:28pm

      It gives a count of who sided with whom, right? Very good strategy IMO!

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    • calijohn
      Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:34am

      right.
      get rid of no lifetime limits on benefits.
      get rid of no pre-existing condition prohibition.
      etc.
      you right wing tea partiers are wishing against your own best interests.
      this administration has done more for you than all 8 years of bush combined.

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    • Intellectual Honesty
      Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:01am

      The constitution is really inconvenient I know…

      We the people, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice and ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE …..

      A. At last, I can FINALLY leave my job to start my own business, and not have to worry about pre-existing conditions preventing me from qualifying for health insurance. But what about the “job killing” you say? The GOP failed to mention that becoming “unemployed” because of your new FREEDOM TO RETIRE was the primary job killer?! What a bizarre coincidence none of them ever mentioned that FACT….even the paragons of virtue that make up the Tea Party?! Say it ain’t so!!!

      B. Be careful to examine the current polling data on outright repeal.

      C. Compare the mortality rate of your fellow citizens that have health insurance to those that don’t. Then look at the estimated number of Americans that perish each year as a direct result of this lack of insurance, and think of a excuse that allows you to sleep at night.

      D. Demand your elected representatives LOUDLY call for repeal leading up to the 2012 election.

      E. Enjoy election night as much as I will.

      F. F is the GOP letter grade on this issue for the last 50 years. As W. said many times “we cannot accept the soft bigotry of low expectations.” On this issue the democrats took that advice…and got a passing grade, just ask former senate majority leader Bill Frist (R).

      G. God forgives the rest of you in spite of your heartlessness for the uninsured.

      H. Heckle me and expose yourself for what you are.

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    • OneNationIndivisable
      Posted on February 3, 2011 at 6:15am

      Let us not forget. The GOP icon is the symbol of an elephant. We will remember (like an elephant) at the ballot box in 2012.

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    • Uncle Sambo
      Posted on February 3, 2011 at 7:31am

      This vote was nothing but a cheap ploy by the RINOs in the Congress to gain our favor. If the Republicans are really serious about shutting down Obama Care they‘d pull the plug on financing the Junta’s appeal of U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson decision.

      But oh no; the Rino’s are merely content to orchestrate an act. Let’s see how gullible the American People really are.

      Tell the Congress to pull the plug on the Obama Regime’s appeals.

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    • IntheKnowOG
      Posted on February 3, 2011 at 9:01am

      Intellectual Honesty

      I’m your huckleberry…..

      Promote the general welfare- I don’t think these words mean what you think they mean…
      A. I shouldn’t have to pay for your pre existing conditions. Sorry, them’s the grapes.
      B. Polling? That matters between right and wrong? The Jacobins used polling.
      C. People do not die from wounds inflicted by “not having insurance”. That is a fallacy and logically invalid.
      D. Ok, we will.
      E. Ok, we will. Nice passive agressive threat by the way. Are you a psychic?
      F. Agreed, but for different reasons. If you stand for everything, you stand for nothing.
      G. Thank you. I figured it out, you’re not psychic, you’re Jesus Christ. My KJV does not have any markers for the sermons about socialist healthcare. I must have skipped over those verses. I guess they’re not near the ones referencing killing children, people of the same sex laying together, laziness, etc. You know, most of the biblical messages that leftists ignore when they are preaching.
      H. Another veiled threat? I have exposed myself for what I am. A conservative Christian who beleives in personal responsibilty, faith, hope, and charity. You got me (and most everyone else here as well).

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on February 3, 2011 at 9:05am

      Wish I could blame my math skills on wine last night, but, alas I guess it was just wishful computing.

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    • mikem1969
      Posted on February 3, 2011 at 9:55am

      calijohn, get off the lib progressive rag. The conservatives are trying to undo the damage done by libs and progressives. The health care bill is anything but about health care. It is about control, and causing the rationing of HC which will hurt and kill more people than it supposedly is set up to help. The whole bill needs to be repealed. The only things needed to reform HC were
      1) open up interstate competition between insurance companies (brings the price of insurance down and bring in more options)
      2) tort reform. Getting rid of junk lawsuits will save doctors offices millions of dollars in mal practice insurance payments. Thus in effect, bringing down the cost of medical procedures and in turn bringing down the cost of insurance prices. Got the picture yet? I doubt it since you are a lib.
      3) get rid of pre ex.

      By the way the conservatives had all these things on the table when the idiot libs and progressives rammed the HC abortion down AMERICA’s throat. Hmm, imagine that.

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    • valricoslash
      Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:57pm

      Do we have a Constitutional crises here? Both the President and the Senate refuse to honor a Federal court rullingdeclaring this law unconstitutional. This sounds like an impeachable offense for the preseident. However, in order to move this along a lot faster than two years, the states involved need to get the judge to add injunctive relief, even though his order does not require it, By putting the law on indefinite hold, it will screw up the timing and prevent thecollection of taxes. If Obama want to get it back on tract they would have to push to move it directly to the Supreme Court. The arguments have been made at the lower level, so additional prep time is not required from eithe side and I’ll bet the states would be ready go next week if afforded the opportunity. Since Obama is ignoring the courts decision (contempt of court) maybe a permenant injunction would get his attention. He is arrogant to the point of stupidity. And he is supposed to be a constitutional lawyer? I wonder what constitution he studied?

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:41pm

      Time for House to get another Bill together and keep sending them
      let’s see how many times Mark Warner will not vote ?????

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