http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/harryreid/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:33:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415310/posts The Democratic leadership in the Senate put off dealing with the growing threat of the Iranian nuclear program so lawmakers could devote their energy to the rush toward passage of a national health care bill. Now, with that work done, Senate leaders say they will take action on Iran -- but only, in the words of Majority Leader Harry Reid, "sometime after we return in January." Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415310/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415090/posts Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is vowing to “deliver the goods” in passing the Senate health care reform legislation on Christmas Eve. “This Christmas I’m Santa Claus, and me and my elves are bringing every person in America the biggest, most expensive present they’ve ever received,” said Reid in an interview yesterday. “It’s so huge it may not even fit down the chimney, hahaha.” Papundits.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415090/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:17:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414926/posts [You may have to play around a bit to get the video to operate. Make sure you click "Full Program" or you might just get a 2-minute clip.] This 30 minute video (including about 17 minutes of Q & A) from several months ago is Richard Epstein's analysis of the bill proposed by the House. But the main regulatory features of that bill are the same as the one just passed by the Senate. The gist of Epstein's lecture is that the total effect of these insurance regulations is to kill private health insurance, so we will eventually all end... Fora.tv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414926/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:27:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414918/posts Any legislation that passes is bound to be costly -- but no one knows how costly it will be. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the Senate version will cost $1 trillion over the next decade. But then, when Medicare was originally passed in 1967, it was estimated that the hospital insurance (Part A) would cost about $9 billion annually by 1990. By 1990 the actual cost to the government was $67 billion! Since then, Medicare has been expanded to include catastrophic coverage and also Part D, prescription drug benefits. The point is simply that it's impossible to estimate future... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414918/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:15:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414885/posts Obama's health care bill, the poisoned Kool-Aid making its way through the Senate, will not confer any of its supposed benefits on Americans until 2013. But they will find themselves chafing at its restrictions and paying its taxes immediately after the law takes effect. This odd juxtaposition of "suffer now, benefit later" is the byproduct of the administration's sleight of hand in specifying 10 years' worth of cuts and taxes in the legislation, but deferring its benefits for the first four years. By comparing six years of spending with 10 years of taxing, it managed to appear deficit-neutral under the... North County Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414885/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:54:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414688/posts Early this morning, after weeks of raucus debate and exhausting negotiations, the U.S. Senate passed a historic health-care reform bill. The gravity of the rather solemn moment, however, was momentarily broken when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the main architect of the bill's passage, accidentally voted against it. With the debate on the bill entering its 25th day and the Senate's storied polite decorum eroding, the roll was called for a vote at 7:05 a.m.... Reid, clearly weary from the process, stood when his name was called and said "nay." Realizing what he had done, he quickly switched his vote... Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414688/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:47:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414620/posts “This fight [is] about people, real people.”Harry Reid unwittingly elucidated a perfect right-wing war cry for the New Year, as he basked in the Democratic glory of his health care win in the Senate.Right back at ya, buddy. In securing the Christmas Eve win, the Democrats compared the Senate Majority Leader’s strength and perseverance to that of several biblical figures, and even Babe Ruth.“Harry Reid has the patience of Job, the wisdom of Solomon and the endurance of Samson,” declared Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin. “He has hung in there day after day, has put this together, and he is about... The Northstar National http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414620/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:23:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414563/posts Here is video of Democrat Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid mistakenly voting "No" on his Senate Health Care Bill today before he and others in the chamber caught the mistake. He then changed his vote to "Yes." Reid joked later he was making an effort at "bipartisanship." That's as close as he will ever come to being right, and being bipartisan! . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414563/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:56:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414441/posts I want to commend Sen. Harry Reid, extraordinary work that he did, Speaker Pelosi, for her extraordinary leadership and dedication. Having passed reform bills in both the House and the Senate, we now have to take up the last and most important step and reach an agreement on a final reform bill that I can sign into law. And I look forward to working with members of Congress in both chambers over the coming weeks to do exactly that. With today's vote, we are now incredibly close to making health insurance reform a reality in this country. Our challenge then... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414441/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:28:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414418/posts In the final minutes of the Senate health care debate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said lawmakers would hear "an earful" about the national health care bill from constituents who are solidly opposed to the legislation. In response, Majority Leader Harry Reid cited the case of a young disabled boy in Nevada who Reid said will now have health coverage and said that Democrats will indeed hear an earful -- "an earful of joy and happiness." "Yes, we'll hear an earful," Reid added, "but it will be an earful of wonderment and happiness." Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414418/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414376/posts University of Chicago Law Professor Richard A Epstein has brilliantly argued that the Reid bill unconstitutionally turns private health insurers into public utilities. Luckily for those who haven't time to study his detailed argument, he's now summarized it nicely in the Wall Street Journal: "As Harry Reid's 2,000 page health-care bill is being rammed through the Senate, most of the public debate has been focused on its expanded coverage, its now defunct public option, and its high taxes. Lost in the shuffle has been its intensely coercive requirements on health insurance issuers, especially in the individual and small group markets.... The American Thinker Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414376/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:45:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414362/posts Hi Freepers, I realize that only a few people are awake, but I am having trouble getting a clear, cliff-notes version explanation of the bill the Senate is about to vote on tomorrow. All I know for sure is that if Pelosi, Reid, and Obama are behind it--it must be very, very bad. It's finally sinking in that something "big" is happening. Up until now, I've avoided really examining the issue and its implications for fear of getting too upset. I've listened to coverage on every news network and end up being more confused. I realize that it may be... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414362/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:39:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414297/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiC7S12cwhE "TV AD: HARRY REID FAILED!" Video - Description - quote: OurCountryPAC December 20, 2009 More info: http://www.TeaPartyExpress.org Senator Harry Reid has shown contempt for the American people and the people of Nevada. Now, "We The People" are fighting back, and the Tea Party Express (and its principal sponsor, the Our Country Deserves Better Committee) fights back with this TV ad campaign against failed Democrat Senator, Harry Reid. Category: News & Politics Tags: harry reid failed our country deserves better tea party express tv ad sharron angle sue lowden danny tarkanian Video (via OurCountryPAC YouTube account) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414297/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:38:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414162/posts Self-Evident Truths: Sen. Dianne Feinstein says it comes under the Commerce Clause. Rep. Steny Hoyer says it's mandated by the "general welfare" clause. Despite liberal wishes, health care is not a right. The "living Constitution" that Democrats and their court appointees have given us may be the death of our freedoms. Their constitution adapts to the times and serves the whims of the elitists. The Constitution is supposed to limit government powers. It does not allow government to do anything it feels like doing. Cass Sunstein, the head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, is the author of... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414162/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:08:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414015/posts December 23, 2009 Reid: Real People Understand The Urgency For Health Reform Washington, D.C.—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor this afternoon. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: “The health care votes we have held this week have been procedural in nature. Each has been a party-line vote. And much of this debate has focused on politics. “But health reform is not about procedure, or partisanship, or politics. “It is about people. People like the thousands who write us every day. A small, small fraction of those letters are right here on... democrats.senate.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414015/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:08:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413940/posts Just in ... C-SPAN Live Senate proceedings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413940/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:24:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413793/posts It didn’t take long for Jim DeMint’s outrage over highly unusual language protecting a care-rationing board to generate a response from Sarah Palin. This came just days after Politifact called her statement about “death panels” the “lie of the year,” but the attempt to rule any Congressional motion that changes the rulings of the Independent Medical Advisory Board out of order in perpetuity has highlighted once again this rationing board and its potential impact in a government-run system. And that, Palin writes at her Facebook page, was her point all along: No one is certain of what’s in the bill,... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413793/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:18:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413398/posts Turns out Harry Reid just kind of forced the money into his hands, you see. “Three senators came up to me just now on the (Senate) floor, and said, ‘Now we understand what you did. We’ll be seeking this funding too‘,” Nelson said. But the Democratic senator, who has faced a heap of criticism for appearing to trade his vote on health care for millions in federal Medicaid money, said he’s considering asking that the Nebraska deal be stripped from the bill. Though he defended the exemption as a “fair deal,” he said he never asked for the full federal... HotAir http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413398/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:25:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413333/posts Tuesday, December 22, 2009 "Democrats Ensure America Will No Longer Be the Last Best Hope of Earth" by Dennis Prager SNIPPET: "As the passage of the bill that will start the process of nationalizing health care in America becomes almost inevitable, so, too, the process of undoing America's standing as The Last Best Hope of Earth will have begun." SNIPPET: "Just as the left has waged war on America's Judeo-Christian roots, it has waged war on individual liberty and responsibility." SNIPPET: "Barack Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are right about one thing -- they are indeed making history. But... TOWNHALL.com - Column by Dennis Prager http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413333/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:34:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413130/posts Recall the moments in 2008 when Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barack Obama campaigned on the platform of — must … control … gag … reflex — “Honest Leadership, Open Government”?  This picture should jog your memories, and your own gag reflexes, especially that sanctimonious pose by Reid.  The trio have managed to make themselves either satirists of the highest order or influence peddlers of the lowest while struggling to pass the second item on their legislative agenda.  /1209/30877.html">Politico’s Josh Gerstein reviews the ObamaCare compromise bill that Reid struggled to get past a wee-hours cloture vote in the... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413130/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:14:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413097/posts The most intriguing mystery of the Senate's health bill was on page 328 of the final package of amendments assembled by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., under a subject heading innocuously titled "infrastructure to expand access to care." It is a provision that grants $100 million to a single unnamed "health care facility," located in an unidentified state. The only clues to the beneficiary: The facility must be affiliated with an academic health center that houses the only public dental and medical school in the state. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., requested the provision, hoping that the University of Connecticut... CQ Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413097/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:36:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412942/posts NetRight Nation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412942/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:46:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412917/posts Final score: Cowboys 24-Saints 17; Democrats $2.6 trillion-America's middle class…screwed. theFinancialSkinny http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412917/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:10:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412806/posts Here a new ad running against Reid, Nevadans are fed up with this man's deception, lying and pay-offs, + Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons blasts Dingy Harry for the Health Care Bill... (Video) hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412806/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:16:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412784/posts The Senate early Monday voted 60 to 40 to cut off extended debate on the Democratic-authored health care overhaul bill, the first major step toward passing the measure later this week. The vote, which saw all 58 Democrats and two independents vote to end the latest debate while all 40 Republicans opposed the maneuver, ended at 1:19 a.m. and capped a day of debate that turned partisan and often angry. “If the people who wrote this bill were proud of it, they wouldn’t be forcing this vote in the dead of night,” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said as... McClatchy Newspapers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412784/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:37:07 GMT