http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bill/ en-us Mon, 4 Jan 2010 23:14:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420912/posts WASHINGTON — Early versions of the Senate’s far-reaching health care bill said that small businesses with fewer than 50 workers would not be penalized if they failed to provide insurance. That was before labor unions in the construction industry went to work and persuaded Senate leaders to insert five paragraphs. In a provision of the Senate health care reform bill, construction companies with five or more workers would generally have to provide health insurance or pay a penalty. Their provision, added to the 2,074-page bill at the last minute, singles out the construction industry for special treatment, in a way... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420912/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 23:14:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418855/posts Here is the BEST quote from 2009 This is dedicated to all the Patriots and American citizens out there concerned about the government over-stepping their bounds and passing un-Constitutional laws and taxes. From Bill O'Reilly. syc1959 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418855/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 07:46:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415963/posts "Should the debt incurred by the United States be the direct result of one administration's actions, the reimbursement of that debt shall become the sole responsibility of that administration. Should that administration be unable to reimburse such debt by the end of their tenure, the reimbursement of that debt shall be carried out though the incarceration of appropriate parties for the appropriate periods." In other words, the United States could send their president(s) to jail along with others who are ultimately responsible for the debt that they personally produce during their administration; potentially for life! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415963/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:43:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414347/posts There may be an ornament with the face of China’s evil Mao Zedong on the White House holiday tree, but for many of the rest of us there’s an elephant right in our living room. The elephant in our living room is what moseyed in when the mainstream media took a holiday and the mask of President Barack Obama began to crack. How long have we known in our hearts that Obama is not an American? How long have we known that even though he professes to be one, Obama is not a Christian, nor even a Christian sympathizer and... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414347/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:57:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414026/posts Taxes and fees will kick in first, most benefits come later under Dems' health care billBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR , Associated Press Last update: December 23, 2009 - 8:38 AM WASHINGTON - The costs of health care reform being pushed through Congress by Democrats will be felt long before the benefits. Proposed taxes and fees on upper-income earners, insurers, even tanning parlors, take effect quickly. So would Medicare cuts. Benefits, such as subsidies for lower middle-income households, consumer protections for all, and eliminating the prescription coverage gap for seniors, come gradually. "There's going to be an expectations gap, no question about... Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414026/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:30:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413363/posts If you are not sure what is in the healthcare bill, just ask Wall Street. Following news that the Senate had passed its 2700 page health bill, insurance industry stocks shot up. By 11AM the morning after Harry Reid’s middle of the night vote, the big board showed United Health up 4.31%, Aetna up 5.63% CIGNA up 5.89%, Humana up 4.00%, WellPoint up 3.79%, and Coventry Health up 3.91%. (Information taken from www.fivethirtyeight.com) Main Street Radical http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413363/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:18:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413223/posts Kill the Senate Health Care Bill. Sign the Petition. The Senate's health care bill must be killed. Sign our petition to Congress and President Obama: We must do better for health care than this bill. The Senate health care bill is an ungodly mess of errors, loopholes, and massive giveaways. When the American people find out what's actually in this bill, they will revolt. Here's why: action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413223/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:56:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413125/posts "To get all 58 Democrats and two independents on board, Reid, among other things, had to drop a government-run insurance option and a Medicare buy-in and had to increase taxes by $25 billion more than planned, bringing the total tax increases to $518 billion." FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413125/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:08:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412633/posts A Ugandan legislator who proposed the highly contested Anti-Homosexuality Bill insists the measure is being misconstrued. "There has been a distortion in the media that we are providing death for gays. That is not true," ruling party MP David Bahati said on BBC. "When a homosexual defiles a kid of less than 18 years old, we are providing a penalty for this." The bill, which is currently being debated by a parliamentary committee, has drawn global attention from gay rights advocates and religious leaders alike, many of whom are condemning the legislation for promoting hatred and handing down severe penalties... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412633/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:49:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412493/posts Congress has been working on a health care bill for the better part of a year. The coverage of the legislation inevitably takes on a day-to-day, blow-by-blow account of the political machinations in Washington, D.C. The public option is in, then it's out, then maybe it's in with a trigger, then it's out, then maybe Medicare is expanded to include some as young as 55, then that's out. The legislation will have changed more between the time we write this and you read it. Anything to come up with 60 votes in the Senate in a big hurry. What's easy... Pioneer Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412493/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:36:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411673/posts "There’s no way around this. Democrats in the White House and on Capitol Hill have just perpetrated the most criminal rip-off in the history of this country on the American people. And with its passage now a certainty, the only thing left to do is to start working on getting it repealed. Here’s how to do that:1. Republicans need to immediately start a coordinated, national congressional campaign for 2010 that focuses on two promises. One is to finally get federal spending under control, which won’t be an easy promise to sell because they didn’t do anything of the sort... The North Star National http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411673/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:30:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411669/posts Health bill poised for Christmas Eve passage By CARL HULSE and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN New York Times Dec. 20, 2009, 8:09AM WASHINGTON — Outnumbered Republicans are pledging to delay passage of historic health care legislation as long as possible after jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote. Nelson’s backing puts President Barack Obama’s signature issue firmly on a path for Christmas Eve passage. Democrats will need to show 60 votes on two additional occasions, with the next — and most critical — test vote set for about 1 a.m. Monday. “This bill... New York Times via Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411669/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:24:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411500/posts With Obamacare, you get the good, the bad, and the ugly -- except for the first part. The Congressional Budget Office's score is in for the final Senate health bill, and it's amazing how little Americans would get for so much. The Democrats are irresponsibly and disingenuously claiming that the bill would cost $871 billion over 10 years. But that's not what the CBO says. Rather, the CBO says that $871 billion would be the costs from 2010 to 2019 for expansions in insurance coverage alone. But less than 2 percent of those "10-year costs" would kick in before the... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411500/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:50:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408875/posts In a blow to the bill grinding through the Senate, Howard Dean bluntly called for the bill to be killed in a pre-recorded interview set to air later this afternoon, denouncing it as “the collapse of health care reform in the United States Senate,” the reporter who conducted the interview tells me. Dean said the removal of the Medicare buy-in made the bill not worth supporting, and urged Dem leaders to start over with the process of reconciliation in the interview, which is set to air at 5:50 PM today on Vermont Public Radio, political reporter Bob Kinzel confirms to... Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408875/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:16:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408597/posts Hundreds of people dressed in red and carrying American flags gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to protest the Senate health care bill, chanting “kill the bill” and calling for the impeachment of President Barack Obama. The protesters also called for the impeachment of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and the crowd cheered as members of Congress, tea party activists, and conservative talk-radio host Laura Ingraham harpooned the Senate’s health care legislation as costly and dangerous. The bill could be voted on as early as this week... CNS News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408597/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:35:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408527/posts The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesday to impose sanctions on foreign companies that help supply gasoline to Iran, a move lawmakers hope will deter Tehran from pursuing its nuclear program. The bill authorizes President Barack Obama to levy sanctions on energy companies that directly provide gasoline to Iran along with the firms that provide insurance and tankers to facilitate the fuel shipments. The Senate is likely to approve a similar bill, but it is uncertain how soon it will vote. HaAretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408527/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:46:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398800/posts The state’s largest doctors group is opposing healthcare legislation being debated in the Senate this week, saying it would increase local healthcare costs and restrict access to care for elderly and low-income patients. The California Medical Assn. represents more than 35,000 physicians statewide, making it the second-largest state medical association in the country after Texas. L.A. Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398800/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 23:10:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397192/posts Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants could receive health care coverage from their employers under the bills winding their way through Congress, despite President Obama's explicit pledge that illegal immigrants would not benefit. The House bill mandates, and the Senate bill strongly encourages, businesses to extend health care coverage to all employees. But the bills do not have exemptions to screen out illegal immigrants, who usually obtain jobs by using false identities and are indistinguishable from legal workers. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397192/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:04:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393295/posts Democrats at odds over health billMonday, November 23, 2009 8:43 AM CST WASHINGTON (AP) — Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren’t met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend. The dispute among Democrats foretells of a rowdy floor debate next month on legislation that would extend health care coverage to roughly 31 million Americans. Republicans have already made clear they aren’t supporting the bill. Final passage is in jeopardy, even after the chamber’s historic 60-39 vote Saturday night to begin debate. “I don’t want a big-government, Washington-run operation that... Charles City Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393295/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:20:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2392192/posts Preface: Lake Placidena is a fictional place where women run the entire city sub rosa (clandestinely) through the non-profit PEF and Historical and Cultural Preservation Commission, men play all year at staging a national parade, all the children in public schools are designated in poverty, but all the schools must be above average. The permanent state of drought in Placidena is a local joke because groundwater comes from underneath "Laughing Waters (Ha-ha-monga) Park," The actual Lake Placidena was fittingly created by impounding waters behind Devil's Gate Dam and is known for its strange green color due to perchlorate contamination which... Pasadena Sub Rosa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2392192/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:40:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390519/posts Coburn Backs Off Threat to Read Health Care Bill in Senate The Oklahoma lawmaker says there's uncertainty about whether reading the bill during Thanksgiving week would be productive. WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Tom Coburn is backing off his threat to require that the Senate read the 2,074-page health care bill because some GOP colleagues aren't supporting the effort. The Oklahoma lawmaker said there's uncertainty about whether reading the bill during Thanksgiving week would be productive. He also said that if the Republicans do decide to tie up the Senate for the dozens of hours it would take, six GOP colleagues... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390519/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:24:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389547/posts In the Battle of the Health Bills, the Senate wins out, bulk-wise – weighing in at 2,074 pages. The House health reform bill was a mere 1,990 pages when introduced. That means the Senate bill -- like the one in the House -- runs more pages than War and Peace, and has nearly five times as many words as the Torah. The table of contents alone is 14 pages. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389547/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:21:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388857/posts But many of the ideas on the table so far are extensions of last February's $787 billion economic stimulus package -- such as unemployment benefits and subsidies to help the jobless pay for health insurance. They maintain the social safety net for the 15.7 million Americans out of work but they don't directly create new jobs. "I wouldn't characterize it as a second stimulus," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday. "I don't want to be as broad as that, I want it to be very targeted on jobs." House Democrats debated ways to address job creation at a caucus... FOXNEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388857/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:16:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388635/posts Democrats promise jobs billBy ANDREW TAYLOR (AP) – 40 minutes ago WASHINGTON — House Democrats are looking at swelling deficits further, at least temporarily, on a jobs-producing bill in response to double-digit unemployment and a sense within their ranks that the party needs to do more to put people back to work. But many of the ideas on the table so far are extensions of last February's $787 billion economic stimulus package — such as unemployment benefits and subsidies to help the jobless pay for health insurance. They maintain the social safety net for the 15.7 million Americans out of... Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388635/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:16:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388621/posts Secretive front group battles health billAmericans for Quality and Affordable Healthcare is trying to shape opinion updated 1:34 p.m. ET, Sun., Nov . 15, 2009 WASHINGTON - One operative tried to enlist trade groups in Maine to oppose government-run health coverage. Another helped a member of a Las Vegas conservative group appear on local talk radio to criticize the proposal. A third persuaded a Louisiana activist to post an opinion piece on a conservative blog. These below-the-radar activities were the handiwork of a law firm in Charlotte, N.C., that operates a secretive group called Americans for Quality and Affordable Healthcare.... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388621/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:47:44 GMT