With the Health Care bill stalled the Democrats are calling for the “nuclear option”, which allows emergency passage with only 51 votes. But, with George Bush as President in 2005 the Democrats had different thoughts about this option in the Senate when the Republicans threatened to use it to confirm President Bush’s judicial nominations. […]
Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn offers this weeks response to the President’s weekly address. Coburn speaks about this past weeks health care summit. He accuses the Democrats of, “procedural tricks and back-room deals to ram through a new bill.”
From the White House; “The President takes a moment to congratulate our Olympic athletes. Discussing the unity and pride Americans feel in cheering them on, the President relates that sentiment to his own desire for bipartisanship in Washington. He praises the bipartisan meeting days before and talks about moving forward on health reform. February […]
Rep. Camp: “So in order to have a productive bipartisan conversation on health care, Democrats must first listen to the American people and scrap their massive government takeover of health care. We must go into the summit with a clean slate focused on making health care affordable. That is what Americans are asking for, and […]
From the White House; “The President points to outrageous premium hikes from health insurance companies already making massive profits as further proof of the need for reform. Looking ahead to the coming bipartisan meeting on reform, the President urges members of Congress to come to the table in good faith to address the issue. February […]
From the White House; “The President, having just signed the Pay As You Go law, discusses the importance of this fundamental rule to getting budget deficits in check. Ensuring that new spending and tax cuts are offset was a important factor in creating the budget surplus of the late 1990s.”
A Super Bowl ad from DefeatTheDebt.Com.
Children: “I pledge allegiance to AmericaŹ¼s debt, and to the Chinese government that lends us money. And to the interest, for which we pay, compoundable, with higher taxes and lower pay until the day we die.”
From C-SPAN 2/3/2010;
Alexi Giannoulias is a Democrat running for President Obama’s old Senate seat in Illinois. This is an anti-Giannoulias ad put out by the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
