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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2010 13 Comments
The lies behind the Obamacare push resemble birds flocking together and fish swimming in schools. By throwing forward so many falsehoods as to the supposed benefits of Obamacare, it confuses attackers and makes it harder to isolate any one lie. Firedoglake, which stands almost alone...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2010 8 Comments
Chuck Schumer and Lindsey Graham have put forth the outlines of an immigration plan, which has been endorsed by Obama as the basis for immigration reform. While there is no legislative text, as described by Schumer and Graham, the key is that illegal aliens automatically...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2010 5 Comments
Tom Coburn (R-Okla) has signaled that any Congressman who flips from a “No” to a “Yes” vote on Obamacare should not expect a federal appointment after he or she gets voted out of office: Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is putting wavering Democrats on advance notice:...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2010 5 Comments
Firedoglake has a great list (see images below) of Democratic Congressmen who pledged — in writing — not to vote for any health care bill which did not include a public option but who are voting for Obamacare which does not have a public option....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2010 11 Comments
At 10 a.m. this morning Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has a press conference at which he will announce whether he will vote for or against Obamacare. Until now, Kucinich has been a principled progressive. You may not agree with his principles, but at least like Jane...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 15, 2010 9 Comments
The Democrats have decided to include a government takeover of the student loan business as part of the health care package in order to convince some reluctant Democrats to vote Yes for Obamacare. As reported by The Hill: Attaching a student aid bill to the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2010 12 Comments
It’s hard to know if this really is the week when Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid finally get their way. Regardless of outcome, these have been some of our finest hours. From the Tea Parties which sprang to life last April, to the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2010 5 Comments
Ok, so Eric Massa has issues. But sometimes people with issues are correct. As we roll towards the latest deadline to pass Obamacare, it is clear that Massa’s departure at this moment in time was a result of his vocal willingness to vote against the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 11, 2010 16 Comments
The ruling by the Senate Parliamentarian requiring that Obama sign a health care bill into law before the reconciliation process could begin is damaging to the Democrats’ procedural maneuvers. But is it fatal? Hard to say. Allahpundit has the possible twists and turns, including the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 11, 2010 16 Comments
Don’t think government, if given the chance, will try to control the most minute aspects of your life? Don’t worry that once the bureaucracy gets ahold of the right to regulate your health care decisions — starting with what type of insurance you are required...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 11, 2010 3 Comments
I understand that some people were upset when Scott Brown voted for the $15 billion “jobs” bill in February. Brown’s voting for cloture on the $140 billion spending bill earlier this week, although he voted against the bill on the merits, also was worrisome (although...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2010 6 Comments
Yesterday almost was the greatest day in the history of Palin Derangement Syndrome. A deep, dark secret was revealed: When Palin was a child in the late 1960s, her family on a few occasions skipped across the border into Canada and … (wait for it)...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2010 15 Comments
Eric Massa (D-NY) is set to resign today. If he has not yet tendered his resignation, he should not do so. At least not if he is being forced out because of his health care vote, which is what he alleged over the weekend in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2010 7 Comments
There is no more pernicious aspect of the pending health care bills (Senate, House and Obama “proposal”) than the mandate. The mandate is the provision which requires that individuals purchase private insurance. From that mandate flows a host of governmental controls over our lives, from...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2010 9 Comments
Probably the single biggest obstacle to Obamacare is House Democrats who do not like the Senate health care bill, but whose votes are needed to move the budget reconciliation process along. The strategy appears to be for the House to pass the Senate bill as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 28, 2010 2 Comments
Britain’s health care system in many ways is our canary in the coal mine warning us about the dangers of Obamacare. What can and does go wrong in Britain is widely documented almost daily in the British press. From these reports, we learn the danger...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2010 12 Comments
A few days ago I wrote that Obama had declared legislative war in signalling that budget reconciliation would be the way to go to pass Obama’s health care plan. The doomed-to-fail health care summit was just a justification. The signals today are even clearer. Democrats...
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