House Democrats pass the Senate health bill and their proposed ‘fixes’, Obama and Pelosi cite historical achievements while GOP blasts flawed process and attack on freedoms, Stupak decision draws fire from pro-life groups, tea party activists accused of racist verbal assaults, GOP leaders seek to have individual mandate declared unconstitutional.
Archives for March 22, 2010
Obamacare Unconstitutional
Texas Rep. Ted Poe was also a judge for many years before coming to Washington. Why does he think the individual mandate fails to meet Constitutional standards? How would his legislation stop the mandate from being enforced? How confident is he that state challenges to the new law will be upheld?
Dems on Obamacare Defensive
On Sunday, many House Democrats cast votes that could come back to haunt them in November. One of those key races is in Florida’s 22nd Congressional district where Democrat Ron Klein is trying to keep his job. We talk with GOP challenger Allen West, who says this bill will badly hurt the many Medicare recipients in the district. He also says instead of punishing insurance companies, this plan will make them richer than ever. So how big will this issue be in the midterm campaign? How did Klein duck the issue inside the district? What will determine who wins in November?
‘We Can Declare Victory’
Even as the Senate prepares for it’s latest role in the health care fight, Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe is also preparing for other major legislative battles. He says the momentum in the debate over so-called ‘climate change’ is now working against President Obama. He calls the cap and trade agenda the ‘greatest single tax increase in the history of America’ and slams senators of both parties for trying to bring back the same bill in new packaging. Inhofe also rips the proposed deal that would close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay while trying more terrorists before military commissions – saying he ‘can’t imagine anything worse’ than closing Gitmo.