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• Repealing the Death Tax Would Create 1.5 Million Jobs

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 754
  Congress will take up debate on the dreaded Death Tax once again in the coming weeks. It will do so because the Death Tax expires for one year starting January 1, 2010. But like the villain in a horror movie, it will rise from the dead with its full power in tact on January 1, 2011. The one-year expiration will likely ...
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• What About The Republicans Who Conspired With Stupak? One, Joe Pitts, Is Vulnerable To Defeat Next Year

  
  DownWithTyranny! — Authority: 625
  -by Mary Jean Collins Lets not let this Republican off the hook. Remember the name Joe Pitts, Republican Rep from PA-16. On Saturday night, the House passed the Health Care plan with a narrow 220 to 215 majority. Before passage, an amendment was added to the bill making it virtually impossible for private insurance ...
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• Pelosi bill: Jail for no insurance

  
  lgstarr — Authority: 433
  By Dick Morris and Eileen McGann The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation reported that the House version of the healthcare bill specifies that those who don’t buy health insurance and do not pay the fine of about 2.5 percent of their income for failing to do so can face a penalty of up to five years in prison! ...
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• Catholic Bishops’ Faustian Bargain: “Burn Health Care Reform” to Advance Anti-Abortion Cause

  
  Unsilent Generation — Authority: 417
  Ad from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops We now know that the U.S.  Conference of Catholic Bishops , which in the end run reports to Rome, was intimately involved in the crafting and promotion of the Stupak Amendment, which turned a tepid health care victory for the Democrats into a serious loss for ...
  7 hours ago

• Next Steps on Health Reform, LGBT Provisions & Anti-Choice Amendment

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 499
  As we reported over the weekend, the House passed its version of health reform legislation on Saturday, including a number of key provisions for the LGBT community.  However, this process is far from simple, and far from over.  Before final passage, a last-minute anti-choice amendment, offered by Reps. Bart Stupak ...
  8 hours ago

• Meyers: A Paul/Buchanan candidate for Congress

  
  Lucid Idiocy (politics) — Authority: 122
  General Lucid Idiocy policy: Get criticized for poor media management, get interviewed by a blog with a dumb name. Five questions for Valerie Meyers, who recently announced a run for U.S. Rep. Jim Marshalls seat here in the 8th District: Tell me a little bit about yourself . Im a mother of two and I am a business ...
  9 hours ago

• An Answer to Nathan Deal…

  
  Left on Lanier — Authority: 131
    First of all, I am not a proponent of Nationalized Healthcare, the public option, or any other healthcare mandate, but I also cannot stand to listen to hypocrisy and misinformation like that of Nathan Deal’s ilk.  So Mr. Deal you got questions, I got answers.  Here is Mr. Deal’s objection to the healthcare ...
  12 hours ago

• US army chief ‘concerned’ about Fort Hood backlash against Muslim soldiers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  By Arun KumarWashington, Nov 9 (IANS) The US Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey has expressed concern that the Fort Hood shootings allegedly by a US-born citizen of Palestinian descent could result in a potential backlash against Muslim soldiers.Declining to get into any details of the investigation into ...
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• It’s been a year since the Election and the Republican Party STILL doesn’t get it

  
  The Real Revo — Authority: 489
  It’s been just over one year since the American people awarded executive power to a radical Communist. In spite of the long lasting damage that has been deliberately inflicted on this Nation with malicious intent on the part of our Congress and the White House there are plenty of people who are screaming loudly ...
  14 hours ago

• Hopefuls Have At House Healthcare Bill

  
  Chattarati, Chattanooga news and opinion — Authority: 473
  Several of the Republicans running to replace current U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp in Congress made their feelings known after Saturday’s narrowly affirmative vote on HR 3962 . Tommy Crangle : HR 3962 just passed the House. I cannot believe that 220 House member3 are so out of touch with the people. We will have to ...
  15 hours ago

• The Outrage of Pretzel Ethics

  
  snaggletoothie of the Loyal Opposition — Authority: 510
  ********************************************** When the Republicans do it she calls it an abuse of power. When she does it she is shamelessly happy. She might lack the ability to be an ethical person. Instead she is talented at gaming the system while demanding ethical behavion from those she would manipulate. ...
  22 hours ago

• House Health Care Reform Passes, But It’s Far From the Last Word

  
  The Alan Katz Health Care Reform Blog — Authority: 115
  History was made on November 7th when the House of Representatives passed HR 3926, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Yes, it was a close vote (220 in favor versus 215 opposed). Yes, only one Republican voted for the bill. Yes, the legislation leaves a lot to be desired. At the end of the day, all that ...
  1 day ago

• Who Voted Against Health Care Reform-- And Why?

  
  DownWithTyranny! — Authority: 625
  Bipartisanship: anti-health care clowns in Georgia & Wisconsin I lived-tweeted last nights historic session of the House of Representatives as it voted to pass the health insurance reform bill. Despite countless attempts over nearly a century, no chamber of Congress has ever before passed comprehensive health ...
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• Andrew Napolitano on "Health Care Reform": Kiss Your Freedoms Goodbye

  
  The Saloon dot net — Authority: 449
  When I recently asked Congressman James Clyburn, the third ranking Democrat in the House, to tell me "Where in the Constitution the federal government is authorized to regulate everyones healthcare--, he replied that most of what Congress does is not authorized by the Constitution, but they do it anyway . There you ...
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• Healthcare vote: Obama says courageous, Palin says mess

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  The House passage of healthcare legislation means different things to different folks. For President Barack Obama it was a “courageous vote” by members of Congress. Originally posted here:  Healthcare vote: Obama says courageous, Palin says mess
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• CCAGW Releases 2008 Congressional Ratings

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 457
  The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) has released its 2008 Congressional Ratings , drawing attention to the outstanding voting records of dozens of members of Congress who consistently work to protect tax dollars, as well as to the congressional bottom-dwellers whose votes were hostile to the ...
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• H.R. 3962 – The Health Insurance Exchange and Public Option

  
  Keep America At Work — Authority: 147
  By Mitch Gurney November 8, 2009 I have been reviewing H.R. 3962 (PDF), which passed over the weekend, plus a couple of other reports to better understand the roles and functions of the Health Insurance Exchange and the public option as outlined in the bill. In addition to the bill itself, the two other reports ...
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• Ben Chandler is on his own

  
  Barefoot and Progressive — Authority: 527
  Ben Chandler is all on his own versus the Teabaggers next year, because were not apologizing for him anymore. Not only did Ben Chandler vote for the Stupak amendment to end private insurance coverage of abortion in America last night, he voted against the entire health care reform bill. This is the last straw, and ...
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• Health Reform Passes, No Thanks to Alabama

  
  Tim Lennox OFFair and ONline — Authority: 136
       Both of Alabamas "Blue Dog" Democrats voted against the health care reform legislation, which nonetheless won narrow approval last night. The only Alabama Congressman who doesnt generally keep his party affiliation at arms length also voted against it, though unlike Parker Griffith, Artur Davis doesnt ask ...
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• How African American males can succeed in school

  
  Let's Talk Honestly — Authority: 129
  Ivory A. Toldson, a senior research analyst with the  Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ( CBCF ), has written a report titled Breaking Barriers, Plotting the Path to Academic Success for School-age African-American Males,” which  offers important clues to improving academic success for a group with persistent ...
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