Democrats from conservative states or districts are feeling the pressure after Tuesday's election, which could make them more likely to oppose parts of the Obama agenda. Despite the nerves from some members of her party, Nancy Pelosi has scheduled a vote on her takeover of the health care system on Saturday.
The PelosiCare bill assumes that millions of Americans would pay the fine rather than get health insurance, and that many companies would choose to pay the fine rather than provide their employees with health insurance, which will push people towards the government plan. As it is, the Democrats' plans would require the "uninsurables" to be uninsured for at least six months before they would be eligible for the government's high-risk pool.
Seventy-two percent of voters say that ObamaCare will shift people from private to government-run insurance, which is exactly what happened in Florida after the state created a government-run property insurance option.
PelosiCare would regulate snack machines at a cost of about $56 million in the first year, and the real cost of the total bill will be at least $1.8 trillion, including $1.1 trillion in new taxes.
The AARP and the AMA have both officially endorsed PelosiCare.
The Republicans' bill will not do much in terms of saving the government money, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
What does fuzzy stimulus math look like? How about examples from Georgia and Illinois where more jobs were created than there are total employees?
The Senate blocked an effort to add a question to the 2010 Census asking people if they are U.S. Citizens.
A Senate Committee passed cap-and-tax yesterday with Republicans boycotting the vote.
A Mayor in New Zealand wants to pay problem parents not to breed. I have a better idea; tell them that they will be cut off from the government assistance if they breed.
A year after his election, Obama is still blaming Bush. When is he going to grow a pair and take responsibility?
Apparently the National Republican Senatorial Committee got the hint from what happened in NY-23, and they will not get involved in contested Republican primaries.
Swine flu fears led to a cat fight on a New York City subway and the Washington Post criticized New York Yankees player Alex Rodriguez for the way he blew his nose given the swine flu problem. Meanwhile, Robins Air Force Base does not have any doses of the swine flu vaccine and experts say that the flu will mostly be over by the time the vaccines are widely available.
Mike Huckabee currently leads the other 2012 Republican prospects in a USAToday poll. If Huckabee is the nominee in 2012, Obama will get another term.
Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) and Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) support a bill to give the federal government the power to force private companies to shrink if they are deemed "too big."
The Senate voted unanimously yesterday to extend unemployment benefits to almost two years and extend the first-time homebuyers' tax credit that Sen. Johnny Isakson loves to much.
President Obama announced his daughter's poor performance in school to make the point that teachers are not going to demand excellence.
A majority of voters believe that America's best days are in the past. I'm afraid they may be right.
President Obama is not going to be able to find the time to attend the ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. He's too busy trying to emulate the policies that were used on the other side of the Wall.
Houston County District Attorney Kelly Burke is continuing his crusade against parents who sent their kids to the wrong schools or to the wrong district, including one family who allegedly owes 12 years of restitution for sending their child to Houston County schools despite never living in Houston County. Remember, Kelly Burke's daughter doesn't go to the school that she's zoned for.
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