On a Thursday night Republican Governors Association conference call with conservative activists, moderated by Erick Erickson of RedState, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) broached the possibility of “asserting the 10th Amendment” to keep Minnesota from fully participating in a health care plan passed by Congress and signed by President Obama. The More…
Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news.
Congress came back to Washington today after a month-long break, and it seems like just about everyone has something to say about health care reform.
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released an More…
The Michigan Messenger’s Todd Heywood reports some strong statements from Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) in support of a government-run health insurance plan to compete with private insurers.
“If we don’t have a strong public option, the bill will never get out of the House,” Conyers said during
Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kans.), fresh off the “Great White Hope” controversy of last week, can be seen in this video talking down a woman named Elizabeth Smith who, according to The Associated Press, couldn’t afford insurance for her son. At 1:47, Jenkins takes her question and, sort of jarringly, More…
The Colorado Independent‘s Ernest Luning passes along this rather remarkable quote from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), speaking earlier today at an event in Colorado.
“This cannot pass. What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not
The Minnesota Independent reports on a health care town hall held yesterday by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who has urged her supporters to fast and pray in order to defeat health care reform. The crowd in Lake Elmo, Minn., was mostly friendly — meaning vigorously opposed to President More…
Glenn Thrush gets the Republican National Committee, via spokeswoman Katie Wright, to walk a few steps back from the health care survey that suggested Democrats might deny care to registered Republicans.
Although the question was inartfully worded, Americans have reason to be concerned about the failure of the
UPDATE: The survey is here.
Kathie Durbin reports on the “2009 Future of American Health Survey” sent out by the Republican National Committee. It’s this part of the survey that’s raising eyebrows:
It has been suggested that the government could use voter registration to determine a person’s political
From The Colorado Independent:
The Denver Democratic headquarters was vandalized last night, the long bank of windows that fronts the building smashed. Authorities reportedly apprehended the vandal but no details on his identity or motives so far have been released. [...]
7News Denver Channel quotes Democratic
Media Matters catches Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele repeating (and botching) the false charge that the Department of Veterans Affairs, by making available a guide to writing a living will, is telling veterans to kill themselves.
[Y]ou have a manual out there telling our veterans stuff like
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