Today, the Senate passed yet another hurdle over health care reform, taking yet again the 60 votes needed for this go around. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in a statement following the vote that it was “long past time we declare health care a right and not a privilege.” It is fundamentally wrong to… Continue Reading
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The Constitutional Side Of The Health Care Reform Bill
In what appears as a neverending bill, packed away deep within the health care reform bill will prevent future Congresses will not be able to reform a single word. This was brought to light by South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint. How tyrannical is that? Preventing changes whether the would be for the good or for… Continue Reading
Religious Leaders Issue Declaration Over Federal Abortion Funding
In an effort to declare opposition over federally funded abortions, a coalition of Christian leaders have united and released their declaration. Fox News – Bishops Press Obama to Strike Senate Provision Allowing Federal Abortion Funding More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration Friday reaffirming… Continue Reading
The Pelosi Health Bill Option
Health care reform takes new form today with the release of the Pelosi Option. This 1990 page option convieniently falls below the $900 billion limit imposed by President Obama at a cost of $894 billion over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). However, the CBO indicates more analysis is needed and… Continue Reading
European Missile Defense System Shelved by Obama
President Barack Obama, along with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, announced today that the longtime debated missile defense system would not be continued. The missile defense system would have been built in Poland and the Czech Republic. The decision brought immediate criticism from Republicans. Ohio Representative John Boehner, the House minority leader said, “Scrapping the U.S…. Continue Reading
Cybersecurity Act of 2009 a Test in Presidential Power
If it isn’t health care reform, it’s something else. Now it comes in the form of the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, or S.773. The controversy raised with this is that it gives the President control to shut down the internet if certain emergencies arise. On pages 43-44 of the 51 page bill states: Some… Continue Reading
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