Senate Republicans to force vote on repealing ObamaCare

I don’t like the way Republicans are attaching the repeal Obama legislation to another bill. If Republican leaders were smart, they should put it forth as a stand-alone bill and force Democrats to go against the wishes of the majority who want this bill to repealed. Vulnerable Democrats will be on record and voters will remember in 2012.

The Washington Post reports:

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday introduced a measure aimed at repealing the national health-care overhaul as an amendment to the first Senate bill of the new Congress.

McConnell proposed the repeal measure as an amendment to a Federal Aviation Administration funding bill. The move came one day after a federal judge in Florida ruled that Congress had overstepped its authority by mandating insurance for nearly all Americans. A vote could come as early as Wednesday, according to a Senate Democratic leadership aide.

The push for a vote on repealing the health-care law has picked up broad support among Senate Republicans, although it’s unlikely that full repeal would garner the number of votes necessary to pass the Senate. South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint announced on Monday afternoon that his bill calling for the full repeal of the health-care overhaul had won the support of all 47 Senate Republicans; earlier Monday, some GOP senators had yet to sign onto the bill.

Senate Democratic leaders promised on Tuesday that any Republican-led repeal effort would be defeated, potentially by Democrats raising a point of order against the measure.

“The Republicans obviously want to do something on health care, and so we want to get this out of their system very quickly,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters Tuesday afternoon.

In addition to the full repeal amendment, a separate amendment sponsored by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) that would repeal the unpopular 1099 provision of the health-care law is also on the table this week. Reid said that the Senate would likely move to that measure “very quickly.”

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Obama in his own words: “If Government Mandated Health Care, the Goverment Could Mandate Buying a House (Video)

The Two-faced King of Double-Talk!

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University of Virginia is hiding Climate research documents of Profs. Michael Mann

Now why would the University of Virginia refuse to release climate research documents of a known climate fraud such as Michael Mann. Mann is the global warming alarmist who used fraudulent data to produce his fraudulent hockey-stick graph. The University of Virginia eventually turned over the documents for Prof. Pat Michaels but claimed the documents of Prof. Michael Mann were burned.

You see, Prof. Michaels was a climate change denier while Prof. Michael Mann was a climate change alarmist. The university doesn’t want to show the world Mann’s fraudulent research.

The Daily Caller reports:

For months, the University of Virginia has been involved in a legal battle with state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli over an investigation into government grants given to a university professor who allegedly used the money to falsify research supporting climate change. Now, some are also accusing the university of treating a professor whose views do not exactly accept the mainstream view of man-made global warming unfavorably.

At issue are the documents and research materials of two former university professors: Pat Michaels and Michael Mann. The university received Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for research materials from both professors, but its response to the respective requests has left some accusing the school of bias.

When Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall submitted a request for the research materials of Mann, he was told by university officials that the documents had been destroyed because the professor was no longer an employee.

When Greenpeace, a national environmental advocacy organization, requested the same materials for Michaels, university officials promptly began the process of complying with the FOIA and told the organization how much the fee would be.

But in an interview with The Daily Caller, Michaels said that when he found out about the disparate treatment, he called the school but it “became pretty obvious they did not want to talk to me.”

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To Prove that ObamaCare is Unconstitutional, South Dakota law would mandate of-age citizens to purchase a gun

Using Obama’s philosophy against him, just as the federal judge who ruled against his ObamaCare mandate used his words against him. Priceless!

From the Daily Caller:

A bill has been introduced in the South Dakota legislature that would require all able-bodied residents to purchase a firearm, the Argus Leader reports.

The measure, which would take effect on January 1st, 2012, would give all South Dakotan adults 6 months to acquire a gun “suitable to their temperament, physical capacity, and preference.”

According to the bill’s sponsor, Republican state Rep. Hal Wick, the bill has no chance of passage. He says he introduced it to prove that last year’s federal health care law is unconstitutional.

“Do I or the other cosponsors believe that the State of South Dakota can require citizens to buy firearms? Of course not,” he said. “But at the same time, we do not believe the federal government can order every citizen to buy health insurance.”

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The Two Faces of Obama: Obama wants a “Internet Kill Switch” as he criticizes Egypt for using a “Internet Kill Switch” (Video)

Just another example of Obama talking out of both sides of his mouth.

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Majority of Voters think ObamaCare Waivers should be given to all

Judging by those who have received those ObamaCare waivers, one must donate millions of dollars to Obama’s presidential campaign to receive a health care waiver to avoid ObamaCare. The majority of voters believe they should also receive waivers allowing them to skirt ObamaCare laws.

Rasmussen Reports:

Voters remain concerned that the new health care law will cause some employers to drop their health insurance coverage, and most still question the exemptions to the law the Obama administration is granting to some businesses.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 64% of Likely U.S. Voters continue to think it is at least somewhat likely that the new law will cause some companies to drop health insurance coverage for their employees, but that’s down from 73% in October. Forty percent (40%) believe the law is Very Likely to cause some companies to drop their coverage. 

Twenty-five percent (25%) take the opposite view and don’t think the law will lead companies to drop employee health insurance coverage. (To see survey question wording, click here.) 

Yet 60% of voters think it is a bad idea for the administration to give waivers to companies that have announced the law would force them to drop health insurance coverage for their employees. That’s up slightly from 56% in October. Only 18% think the waivers are a good idea, and another 21% are not sure.

Sixty-one percent (61%), in fact, think that if selected companies receive an exemption from certain aspects of the health care law, all companies should be treated the same way. Twenty percent (20%) now disagree and say all companies should not be given that exemption, but 19% more are undecided. These findings are comparable to the previous survey.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has granted four states plus 733 corporations and unions waivers to avoid the health care law.

Most voters continue to favor repeal of the national health care law, but now that the Republican-run House has voted to repeal and sent it on to the Democratic-controlled Senate for action, confidence that the law ultimately will be repealed has fallen to its lowest level in four months.  Voters with health insurance have been closely divided for months over whether the new law will force them to change that coverage.

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California Appeals Court rejects family’s lawsuit against San Francisco for being a Sanctuary city

Illegal immigrant/gang-banger/Murderer Edwin Ramos

The story: An illegal immigrant, who San Francisco knew was in the state illegally, killed a father and son because he thought they were gang members. San Francisco knew the illegal immigrant was in their city because of his long arrest record and yet the city refused to turn over this menace to society because it is a ‘sanctuary city‘ that protects criminals who break our immigration laws.

Despite these facts, a California appeals court threw out the case of the family members who were suing San Francisco for being a sanctuary city that protects illegal immigrant gang-bangers, but not the taxpayers.  

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A state appeals court says San Francisco cannot be held responsible for the deaths of a father and two sons allegedly killed by a man who had been protected by the city’s sanctuary policy.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the court ruled Monday that the city isn’t liable for crimes committed by the alleged gunman, Edwin Ramos, who is a suspected illegal immigrant from El Salvador. The decision upholds a February 2010 court decision.

Police believe Ramos mistook Tony Bologna and his sons, Michael and Matthew, for gang members and then fatally shot them near their San Francisco home in June 2008.

Why isn’t the Obama administration suing on behalf of this family? The Obama regime, through AG Eric Holder, said we can’t have a patchwork of state laws, when it concerned immigration. Since illegal immigration is a violation of our federal laws, why isn’t this administration suing San Francisco???

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DNC Picks Charlotte, North Carolina as host city for 2012 Democratic Convention

My hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina was picked to host the Democratic Convention, where Democrats will select the inept Barack Obama as their candidate. Obama won my home state’s vote back in 2008 but has lost it since the voters woke up from the hope and change dream. Obama and the Democrats know how important it is for a Democrat to win in the South, so that’s why Charlotte got the nod.

Politico reports:

Charlotte, N.C., will be the host city of the 2012 Democratic convention, the Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday.

DNC Chairman Tim Kaine, in an e-mail message to committee members Tuesday morning, called it a “tough choice.” He congratulated Charlotte on its selection and called it “an ideal location.”

The party picked Charlotte over St. Louis, Minneapolis and Cleveland for the event to be held the week of Sept. 3, 2012.

In an e-mail to members of Organizing for America later Tuesday morning, First Lady Michelle Obama called Charlotte “a city marked by its southern charm, warm hospitality, and an ‘up by the bootstraps’ mentality that has propelled the city forward as one of the fastest-growing in the south.”

President Barack Obama narrowly carried North Carolina in 2008, and the administration has lavished attention on the Tar Heel state in the years since in hopes that will again be in the Democratic column in 2012. (see: POLITICO’s 2012 LIVE)

Charlotte’s convention bid touted it as an exemplar of the cosmopolitan “new South.” But the city also has potential drawbacks: Its hotels are not unionized; it is a hub for the banking industry, a sometime populist villain; and the local NAACP recently called for a boycott of the city after its schools used the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday as a makeup for snow days.

This will piss off Obama’s beloved union goons and those on the left who hate capitalism but seem to love money.

In her e-mail to supporters, Michelle Obama called for a grass-roots “People’s Convention” and provided a link for their input.

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As Republicans try to regulate Freddie and Fannie the White House misses deadline on Freddie/Fannie report

Obama and the Democrats are hiding the truth from the taxpayers. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were major contributors to the 2007 financial crisis. Despite this fact, Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.) failed to put any regulations on these two GSEs. Despite both these GSEs receiving bailout dollars, President Obama has refused the calls to appoint an Inspector General to oversee these two GSEs.

Now we learn that the Obama regime missed a deadline on releasing a report that was to show how to reform Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

The Obama administration failed to release a report today on how Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae could be reformed, despite being required to do so by the Dodd-Frank law passed last summer.

Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R., Texas), who chairs the House Republican Conference, said in a statement that the White House’s failure to meet the deadline made it “crystal clear that the President is not serious about reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”

“The Obama Administration’s repeated inability to propose a plan to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac calls into question their commitment to taxpayer protection and their ability to effectively govern on this issue,” Hensarling added. “After more than $150 billion in Fannie and Freddie bailouts, we can no longer afford to allow the Administration to kick the can down the road.”

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Barack Obama is…The Pink President

H/T to DiversityLane

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