Virginia‘s Rep. Boucher to Vote No on Obamacare, Cites Special Deals & Medicare Rationing – The Weekly Standard Congressman Boucher has, until now, been considered undecided. Boucher believes that the proposed $500-billion cut in Medicare funds would jeopardize the financial health of hospitals and physicians in southwest Virginia. – Dick Young Gates’ Bad Bet on F-35 – […]
Senate Parliamentarian Hands Down Ruling
This Is Big – The Corner, National Review BREAKING NEWS—The Senate parliamentarian has handed down his ruling. The House must first pass the Senate bill—and the president must sign that bill into law—before reconciliation fixes can be made. And as I have posted regularly, Senate Democrat Kent Conrad, the guy whose voice matters most on reconciliation, […]
There is Blood in the Streets!
6:30 a.m. Wake-Up Commentary President Obama is now at the pulpit in shirtsleeves, amped up and calling for an up-or-down vote on health care. It’s time, implores the president. I have to think he is drawing voters’ attention to the 51 almost certain “yes” votes in the Senate. But wait, Mr. President, the House must […]
Orin Hatch Knows All the Ways to Shut Down the Senate
Hatch: Biden Gambit Will ‘Blow Up the Senate’ – Critical Condition, National Review Seasoned Senate veteran Orin Hatch says that there are all kinds of ways the Senate could be shut down and that he knows them all. Regarding Nancy Pelosi and the House vote on health care, Hatch says that Pelosi admits she cannot solve […]