BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance. Similar legislation is pending in 37 other states. Constitutional [...]
FOX News: This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Bret Baier” from March 17, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Watch the latest video at FOXNews.com BRET BAIER, “SPECIAL REPORT” HOST: Welcome to Washington. I’m Bret Baier, and this is a special edition of “Special [...]
The Hill: Momentum seemed to be building Wednesday for Democrats on healthcare, though they still appeared short of the necessary votes. Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-Ohio) decision on Wednesday to shift his position and support the Senate healthcare bill provided a huge boost to Democrats’ whipping efforts, but it wasn’t their only piece of good news. [...]
Fox News: President Obama is not worried about the “procedural” debate over whether House Democratic leaders should go ahead with a plan to approve health care reform without a traditional vote, he told Fox News on Wednesday. The president, in an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, was responding for the first time to the [...]
Daily Mail: A French game show which featured contestants willingly delivering lethal electric shocks to a rival has been aired.
They played a clip, and it did look combative, Obama trying to not let him challenge him, get a word in edgewise. For the rest, I’m just putting up my thread of Twitter posts: # In short, Baier looked kinda beat the f- up and pissed off. 5 minutes ago via web * Delete # [...]
Top Rules Committee Republican: I Will Do Everything I Can to Stop Slaughter Rule
Politico: As health care lobbying heats up, some members are getting calls from President Barack Obama, like the three Rep. Jason Altmire (D-Pa.) got in the past two weeks. “He believes that the economy will turn around, that people will be in a better position to judge the effects of this bill later on, that [...]
TPM: Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is calling for a new procedural solution to stop the health care bill: Have an angry mob of citizens storm Washington and prevent Congress from acting, in imitation of the Velvet Revolution that overthrew communist rule in Czechoslovakia! The Huffington Post interviewed King after his speech at today’s “Code Red” [...]
Washington Times: Rep. Mike Pence said Tuesday he and fellow Republicans will exhaust every method to keep House Democrats from passing health care reform without a vote but declined to say whether they would appeal to the courts if the legislation reaches President Obama’s desk. “Republicans are going to use every means at our disposal [...]
National Republican Congressional Committee: Is this Another Backroom Deal to Force Obama’s Bill Down the American People’s Throats? As a vote approaches on Obama and Pelosi’s government takeover of healthcare, Code Red is now considering two supposedly “undecided†California Democrats, Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa, to now be “yes†votes. The U.S. Department of Interior [...]
Roll Call: Senate Democrats hailed the passage of Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) $17 billion jobs bill Wednesday, saying the victory underscores the majority’s focus on job creation. “We’re very pleased that our strategy … to focus like a laser here on jobs and move these targeted bills is working,†Environment and Public Works Chairman [...]
Fox News: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, announced Wednesday that he would vote for the Senate health care bill, becoming the most prominent House Democrat to reverse his opposition. With Kucinich’s switch, Democrats now have 212 votes in favor of the bill, four shy of the 216-threshold needed for passage. “This is not the bill I [...]
Roll Call: Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.), one of the staunchest anti-abortion-rights Democrats in the House, said Wednesday he will now back the health care overhaul. Oberstar supported the original House health care bill that passed last fall and had been one of the Democratic holdouts to the Senate-passed plan because of its [...]
Two members of the Austrian special forces join Nato’s Operation Cold Response, one of Europe’s biggest military exercises, in Narvik, Norway. Dropping from 10,000ft, they glide in order to land unnoticed. The dogs often carry cameras and are trained to attack anyone carrying a weapon. “Dogs don’t perceive height difference, so that doesn’t worry them. [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print. Premiums are likely to keep going up even if the health care bill passes, experts say. If cost controls work as advertised, annual increases would level off with time. But don’t [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive. In testy exchanges with House Republicans, the attorney general compared terrorists to mass murderer Charles Manson and predicted that events would ensure “we will be [...]
