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The next act in the drive to pass ObamaCare is the mother-of-all political maneuvers -- in which Democrats will use an incredibly convoluted and possibly unconstitutional process.Things were already arcane: President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have been threatening to enact "health-care reform" through the narrow path of budget reconciliation. … [Read more...] about Nancy's Nutty New Rules

President Obama will be visiting the St. Louis area Wednesday to garner support for his health reform plan.  As Washington prepares for a final bare-knuckled battle this month, the stakes could not be higher.  With Republicans united in opposition, Democratic leaders are planning to enact a sweeping health overhaul that the American people continue to say in the every way possible that … [Read more...] about Fact Checking President Obama

Talk about hard to swallow. At last Wednesday's White House press conference, President Obama urged Congress to pass his massive health reform bill without Republicans votes. This would be possible only by using a procedural tactic known as reconciliation, which would allow the Democrats to pass their measure with a simple up or down vote. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker … [Read more...] about Irreconcilable Differences on Federal Level

The next act in the drive to pass ObamaCare is the mother-of-all political maneuvers -- in which Democrats will use an incredibly convoluted and possibly unconstitutional process.Things were already arcane: President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have been threatening to enact "health-care reform" through the narrow path of budget reconciliation. … [Read more...] about Nancy’s Nutty New Rules

America’s Catholic bishops are being used in a negotiating ploy that could lead to enactment of Obamacare and to federal funding of abortion.Representatives of the bishops reportedly are working with the White House and Democratic leaders in Congress to write legislative language that would “fix” the liberal abortion provisions in the Senate health-care reform bill. They are … [Read more...] about Dangerous Negotiations Over Abortion

America’s Catholic bishops are being used in a negotiating ploy that could lead to enactment of Obamacare and to federal funding of abortion.Representatives of the bishops reportedly are working with the White House and Democratic leaders in Congress to write legislative language that would “fix” the liberal abortion provisions in the Senate health-care reform bill. They are … [Read more...] about Dangerous Negotiations Over Abortion

The health reform debate can be bewildering, with thousands of pages of legislation and mind-numbing complexity of parliamentary procedures. But none of that matters now.The Congress is just one vote away from passing legislation that would put one sixth of our economy under permanent government control.How can that be when this legislation is so overwhelmingly disapproved by the American … [Read more...] about The End Game

Let's get to the heart of the debate: First, set aside the extraordinary complexity of thousands of pages of health-reform legislation. Next, throw out the labyrinth of impossible details about the Senate reconciliation process. Not important.Only one thing really matters. And that is convincing the House to pass the Senate bill. Everything else is a side show at best.White House Press … [Read more...] about The End Game for Obamacare