Politico: In the jittery days following Scott Brown’s Senate victory, Nancy Pelosi was eager to resurrect comprehensive health reform. But first, she had to get past longtime ally Rahm Emanuel, who was counseling President Barack Obama to consider a smaller, piecemeal approach. During a mid-February conference call with top House Democrats, Pelosi made it clear [...]
The Hill: Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), allegedly called a “Homo Communist” on Saturday by protesters opposed to President Barack Obama’s health plan, says his GOP colleagues need to do more to “differentiate themselves” from the hateful speech spewed in the healthcare debate’s final hours. Frank, an openly gay lawmaker, called the Captiol Police “to move [...]
MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) – The bullet-riddled and beheaded bodies of four Pakistani tribesmen, killed by the Taliban for allegedly spying for the United States, were found Sunday in a semiautonomous tribal region near the Afghan border, witnesses and officials said. Hours later, a bomb exploded in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan, where authorities have [...]
BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq’s president on Sunday called for a recount in this month’s parliamentary elections, which have turned into a tight race between the prime minister and a secular rival amid accusations of fraud. A new count could further extend political wrangling in the contentious race. The demand from President Jalal Talabani came a [...]
Sons of Liberty burn and sack the house of the Massachusetts lieutenant governor, Thomas Hutchinson. I’m reprinting the entire thing, but make sure you visit, and bookmark, and return frequently to, this man’s blog: Sipsey Street Irregulars: To all free Americans who still hold dear the Founders’ vision of a constitutional Republic and who wish [...]
Reparations by another name? “Most of the 30 million uninsured are black”- Geraldo Rivera
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democrats heard it all Saturday—words of inspiration from President Barack Obama and raucous chants of protests from demonstrators. And at times it was flat-out ugly, including some racial epithets aimed at black members of Congress. Most of the day’s important work leading up to Sunday’s historic vote on health care was [...]
But can they do it anyway, if the vote fails? Fox News: House Democrats on Saturday decided against using a controversial tactic to pass the Senate’s version of the health care bill without an actual vote. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD., said he believes Democrats have enough votes to pass the legislation. The decision [...]
“Latest unfulfilled commitments related to Obama’s health care proposal emerged when Democrats unveiled the final bill this week”. WASHINGTON (AP) – It was a bold response to skyrocketing health insurance premiums. President Barack Obama would give federal authorities the power to block unreasonable rate hikes. Yet when Democrats unveiled the final, incarnation of their health [...]
The New York Times: BALTIMORE — The community organizing group Acorn, battered politically from the right and suffering from mismanagement along with a severe loss of government and other funds, is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy, officials of the group said Friday. Acorn is holding a teleconference this weekend to discuss plans for [...]
