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Georgia Republicans: State Can’t Afford Health Care Reform

By | 02.08.10 | 5:49 pm

Georgia’s House Republicans have a simple warning for Democratic leaders still hoping to pass health care reform this year: Our state can’t afford it.

In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the Republicans argue that the Democrats’ plans to expand Medicaid, a program More…

Fellow Republicans Talk Down Bachmann From Her Census Protest

By | 07.01.09 | 1:47 pm

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) has spent several months trying to draw attention to the issue of whether the census will be fair — that is, whether it will exclude sampling and whether it will be conducted by the Department of Commerce. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) recent and repeated claims More…