Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Jon Stewart On MSNBC Anchors Trying To Replace Keith Olbermann Vacuum
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Obamacare Repeal Fails In Senate Vote Failing By 47-51 To Stop Filibuster, All Republicans Voting For Repeal
CBS News reports that the "Democratic majority in the Senate late Wednesday voted down a GOP measure to repeal the health care law. The vote was 47-51, largely along party lines. Senate Republicans, who are unified in their desire to repeal the bill, have known all year they had virtually no chance to pass a repeal measure. But Republicans campaigned in the midterm elections on a promise to 'repeal and replace' the law, and they have been eager to show they are trying to follow through on their promise. The Republican-led House passed a repeal bill last month. With a Democratic president and Republicans 13 votes short of the 60 votes they would need to break a filibuster in the Senate, the odds of the law being overturned legislatively in the next two years are essentially zero. It is possible that it will be overturned in the courts, however; two federal judges have deemed the law unconstitutional, while two have found it to be constitutional. The issue will likely end up before the Supreme Court. In classic Senate fashion, the vote on the repeal measure was anything but straightforward. The repeal measure was actually in the form of an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, and the vote was actually on a 'budget point of order' and needed 60 votes for passage." Tweet
Michael Steele Meets Puppet Michael Steele
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Florida Federal District Judge Declares All Of Obamacare Unconstitutional In 26 State Challenge
The LA Times reports that a "federal judge in Florida dealt President Obama's healthcare overhaul a sweeping blow Monday, ruling the law unconstitutional because of its requirement that Americans have health insurance starting in 2014. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson declined to suspend the law but said the government should abide by his ruling, potentially complicating implementation in some states. The Washington lawyer who represented the 26 states in the lawsuit said the ruling freed them from complying with its provisions, including requirements not to cut people from their Medicaid programs, as some governors say they want to do."
"For the 26 states that were parties to this suit, the entire statute is dead," said David B. Rivkin Jr. "The decision has immediate force, and it means all the new Medicaid stuff is gone."
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Senator Schumer's 3 Branches Of Government: House, Senate, And Presiden
It's legislative, executive, and judicial, Senator Genius. Forget knowing the Constitution, how about starting with elementary school civics lessons?
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