Article Source – heritage.org Author – Greg D’Angelo and Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D. Congress is in the final phase of debating one of the most consequential issues before the nation: reform of the health care system. Congressional decisions on health care will directly affect the lives of 300 million Americans. Congressman Tom Price (R-GA), chairman [...]
Article Source – heritage.org Author – Brian M. Riedl As federal spending and budget deficits soar to percentages of the economy unseen since World War II, lawmakers must make spending restraint a top priority. This requires the political will to make difficult choices, as well as a budget framework that promotes responsible budgeting. Representatives Paul [...]
Article Source – nytimes.com Author – David M. Herszenhorn At first glance, it might seem as if House Democrats were so overwhelmed by their ambitious legislative agenda that they confused their big climate change legislation with their big health care bill. A package of last-minute changes to the Democrats’ health care bill made public on [...]
Article Source – freep.com WASHINGTON — The House will vote Saturday on legislation to overhaul the nation’s health insurance system, Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter said Wednesday. Slaughter, D-N.Y., said Republicans will be allowed to offer a substitute proposal. No determination has been made on whether Democratic liberals will be allowed to offer a substitute [...]
Article Source – sfexaminer.com Author – Susan Ferrechio The most liberal factions of the House sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, telling her that the House health care bill must strengthened to ensure the government-run insurance plan is not subjected to triggers or an “opt out” mechanism. The letter was signed by the [...]
Article Source – sfexaminer.com Author – Susan Ferrechio With the clock ticking on a health care overhaul, Democrats in the House worked furiously to win the support of a faction of moderates in their party while Senate Democrats wondered whether they would simply run out of time this year and be forced to wait until [...]
Article Source – wsj.com Author – Martin Vaughan WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–Republican victories in two gubernatorial elections are casting a shadow on House Democratic efforts to secure support from wavering members for health-care legislation. The GOP is framing the outcome as a rejection of Democratic proposals including the health-care bill, and some conservative and vulnerable Democrats [...]
Article Source – americansforprosperity.org Find Your Representatives’ Local Offices Below Join fellow freedom fighters in standing up one more time by going to their in-state office on November 5 with a simple message — “Keep your hands off my health care”. Please use the interactive search box below to find the office nearest to you. [...]
Article Source – www.american.com Authors – Alex Brill and Rachel Forward Many ‘shovel-ready’ projects are still tied up in administrative red tape. It is clear that the stimulus bill has done little thus far to help get workers back to work. When President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus bill last February, the administration projected [...]
Article Source – americansforprosperity.org Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats in Congress tried to re-brand the wildly unpopular and conspicuous “public option” as the softer sounding “consumer option.” The unfortunate part is that the consumer option is neither for the consumer, nor will it eventually be option. The most recent bill, which Pelosi proclaimed would [...]
