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Blog Entries for Monday, January 31
Health Law Unconstitutional
It wasn't a surprise that Federal Judge Roger Vinson found the individual mandate in the Obama health care law to be unconstitutional, but it was a surprise that he declared the whole law void. It is sort of stark to see the word "unconstitutional" written there. In his opinion, the ...
Health Law Ruling
For the second time in recent months, a federal judge found one part of the Obama health reform unconstitutional, but this time went a step further, striking down the entire law. In his 78 page decision, Judge Roger Vinson said the Congress had exceeded its authority in approving the 'individual ...
Where Your Money Goes
It would be nice if the federal government handed out more accessible information about grants doled out by Uncle Sam, then I wouldn't have to go to the FEMA web site repeatedly.But most of the time, it is almost impossible to get a centralized listing of where money is sent ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, January 30
Many Budget Questions
Two weeks from today, President Obama will send Congress his budget for Fiscal Year 2012. The unanswered question is how much that spending plan will offer in terms of real budget cutbacks and changes. While the President again mentioned the need for deficit reduction in his State of the Union ...
Health Law Machinations
Last week, President Obama said he was open to the idea of some changes to the health reform law. Republicans say they're ready to see whether it was just a bunch of political talk. As early as this week, parliamentary wrangling could start in the Senate on GOP efforts to ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, January 27
Senate Rules Fight
As expected, the Senate this week refused to make any significant changes in the rules on the filibuster, but Senators did agree to clamp down on what are known as "secret holds." The move caps years of effort by Senators in both parties to crack down on the practice of ...
Extra Health Waivers
For weeks, I have been dutifully checking the Obana Administration web site that listed the waivers granted to one provision of the new health reform law. But then I didn't check the day after the State of the Union Address. And so, I missed the addition of over 500 new ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, January 26
Health Reform Rumbles
Republicans in the Congress began their real effort to attack the Obama health reform law, using a pair of hearings to launch a variety of attacks, as the GOP was presented with a golden piece of information from one witness. That piece of info came from the Chief Actuary of ...
A Muted Response
One thing that is not appealing in a State of the Union Address is the routine of lawmakers jumping out of their seats repeatedly for standing ovations. That sort of went away this year. Many people scoffed at the idea of lawmakers moving around and not sitting just on the ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, January 25
White House Talking Points
Just before President Obama began his State of the Union Address to Congress, the White House released a fact sheet on his "Plan to Win the Future." -THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press Secretary____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 25, 2011 The State of the Union:President Obama's Plan to Win the Future In his ...
State of the Union
Over an hour before the speech, the White House released the full prepared text of tonight's State of the Union Address. - THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2011 Remarks of President Barack Obama - As Prepared for Delivery State of ...
Obama Speech Excerpts
The White House has released excerpts of President Obama's State of the Union Address to the Congress. - THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2011 Excerpts from President Obama's State of the Union Address As Prepared for Delivery- ...
State Date Update
There will be a lot of attention tonight on who is sitting with whom in the U.S. House chamber, as President Obama gives his second State of the Union Address. For some lawmakers, the idea of not dividing the parties by the center aisle makes sense, all to try to ...
Blog Entries for Monday, January 24
State Of The Union
President Obama gets another chance to boost his own ratings and re-set the legislative agenda, as he gives his State of the Union Address to a divided Congress. As for what exactly is going to be in this speech, the White House was not publicly tipping its hand, other than ...
The Guest List
The White House on Tuesday evening announced a list of guests who will be with the First Lady during the State of the Union Address. Here is the list, along with background on those invited, as provided by the White House Press Office.= Guest List for the First Lady's ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, January 23
Looming Budget Battles
It might be about time to grab the pot on the back burner labeled "Budget Battles," and move it to the front of the Legislative Stove, because things are starting to simmer in Congress. Last week, a group of more conservative Republicans turned up the heat with a plan that ...
A Big Week
President Obama gets the chance to re-set the political landscape tomorrow night with his State of the Union Address. Will it be memorable? Or just another speech? What should we expect? The White House says a main focus will be jobs and the economy, which is something Democrats in the ...
Blog Entries for Saturday, January 22
The Gift of Royal
A week after his sudden death, hundreds of well wishers turned out on Saturday in Decatur, Georgia, to bid our friend Royal Marshall a final farewell. It was a heart wrenching scene as Royal's widow and his two young children approached his casket in the Ray of Hope Church where ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, January 20
Spending Cut Plan
Conservative Republicans in the House rolled out plans for over $2 trillion in budget cuts over the next ten years, setting down a marker for GOP leaders - and Democrats - on spending. The cuts include a very familiar roster of programs which have long been targeted by Republicans in ...
Health Oversight Begins
Now that much of the organizational work of the new Congress is behind lawmakers, Republicans are beginning to focus their eye on the Obama Administration and the new health reform law. For example, two key lawmakers on Thursday notified officials at the Health and Human Services Department that they want ...
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