Today in Washington D. C. - Nov 2, 2009 - Americans rise up and let your voices be heard
Senate will resume consideration of the unemployment insurance extension bill, H.R. 3548. At 5 PM, the Senate will vote on cloture on the Baucus-Reid substitute amendment, which includes the unemployment benefits extension and an extension of the first-time homebuyer’s tax credit.
In the Senate, Harry Reid continues to push for his "behind the doors" health care bill. It has been sent to the CBO for scoring and he plans to bring the bill to the floor in hopes of getting 60 votes. Also as detailed later, in the Senate EPA Committee, Sen. Boxer(D-CA) is proceeding to push the Cap and Trade (eg. crap-n-tax )bill. Republicans are considering boycotting the committee in hopes of raising the level of interest with the public. Present rules require that two republicans must be present for action to occur in the committee. However, Boxer has indicated that she is willing go around the rule.
At the same time, over in the U.S. House, Speaker Pelosi is pushing for a vote maybe as early as Thursday on her health care bill, The Wall Street Journal calls the it "worst bill ever." The CBO estimates that the cost of the bill will exceed $1 TRILLION and the bill is loaded with $729.5 Billion in new taxes and could result in up to 5.5 million lost jobs. The bill cuts $150 billion from Medicare Advantage plans, and reduces medicare benefits and cuts the fees to doctors and hospitals. Over 100 New Federal Bureaucracies are created in the Pelosi Health Care Bill.
As several states gear up for elections tomorrow, across America, there is a great deal of frustration with Washington, DC and the policies Democrats in Congress are pushing on a skeptical public. And as already mentioned above, this week we’re likely to see two of the worst move ahead in both houses of Congress with little debate and little opportunity to change them.
The Hill reports, “Ready or not, House Democratic leaders say they are pushing for a healthcare vote this week. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is poised to send a bill to the floor Monday in its final form, setting up a vote as early as Thursday.” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said of Pelosi’s health care reform bill last week, “This latest bill is the strongest evidence yet that Democrats in Washington are blowing past the American people and pushing ahead with a 1,990-page, trillion-dollar experiment that raises health insurance premiums, raises taxes, and slashes Medicare.” Indeed, The Wall Street Journal cuts right to the chase in a scathing, must-read editorial today, declaring that it “may well be the worst piece of post-New Deal legislation ever introduced.” The WSJ excoriates the bill for “The spending surge;” “expanding Medicaid, gutting private Medicare;” “European levels of taxation;” and “the insurance takeover,” explaining, “Essentially, all insurers will become government contractors, in the business of fulfilling political demands . . . .”
And yet this nearly 2,000-page $1.055 trillion bill is expected to come to the floor of the House and get not much more than a full day of debate. In fact, House Republicans are not expected to be allowed more than one vote on any of their ideas. Folk this isn't just a few Republican representatives being denied the right to vote; it is actions by the Speaker to silence the people that these congressmen represent and in many cased a multitude of other citizens in states where they feel disenfranchised by their elected Democrat representatives. Pelois is seeking to ignore the American citizens in an effort to achieve her agenda which is not in the best interests of the county.
Meanwhile, in the Senate, The Washington Post notes that Environment and Public Works Committee chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is planning on beginning a mark up for her carbon cap-and-trade bill this week. Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander described the bill last week: “At a time of 10 percent unemployment in America, it will impose a new national energy tax that will raise utilities bills and send jobs overseas looking for cheap energy.” This costly, complicated bill is 1,000 pages and yet it may not get more than one day of committee consideration.
Even Democrats seem to recognize the problems with the Boxer bill. According to today’s Washington Post, “The measure has deeply divided Democrats. With states in the Midwest, South and Rocky Mountain West dependent on fossil fuels for energy, many senators are worried about the legislation's impact on industry and consumers. ‘I think at the end of the day, the people who turn the switch on at home will be disadvantaged,’ Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) told CNBC on Friday, explaining why he did not think the bill [Sen. John] Kerry [D-MA] had sponsored along with Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) could pass.”
With Democrats in Congress poised to jam through massive bills that will raise taxes, hurt American competitiveness, increase insurance premiums, and cut Medicare, all while unemployment hovers just under 10%, Americans are right to be frustrated with Washington. Democrats will have the opportunity to see how those frustrations will play out at the polls this week.
Tags: Barbara Boxer, cap-and-trade, deficit, increased taxes, Nancy Pelosi, nationalized health care, US Congress, US House, US Senate, Washington D.C. To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
In the Senate, Harry Reid continues to push for his "behind the doors" health care bill. It has been sent to the CBO for scoring and he plans to bring the bill to the floor in hopes of getting 60 votes. Also as detailed later, in the Senate EPA Committee, Sen. Boxer(D-CA) is proceeding to push the Cap and Trade (eg. crap-n-tax )bill. Republicans are considering boycotting the committee in hopes of raising the level of interest with the public. Present rules require that two republicans must be present for action to occur in the committee. However, Boxer has indicated that she is willing go around the rule.
At the same time, over in the U.S. House, Speaker Pelosi is pushing for a vote maybe as early as Thursday on her health care bill, The Wall Street Journal calls the it "worst bill ever." The CBO estimates that the cost of the bill will exceed $1 TRILLION and the bill is loaded with $729.5 Billion in new taxes and could result in up to 5.5 million lost jobs. The bill cuts $150 billion from Medicare Advantage plans, and reduces medicare benefits and cuts the fees to doctors and hospitals. Over 100 New Federal Bureaucracies are created in the Pelosi Health Care Bill.
| Congressman Mike Pence released the following video, urging all Americans to “rise up and let their voices be heard.” |
The Hill reports, “Ready or not, House Democratic leaders say they are pushing for a healthcare vote this week. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is poised to send a bill to the floor Monday in its final form, setting up a vote as early as Thursday.” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said of Pelosi’s health care reform bill last week, “This latest bill is the strongest evidence yet that Democrats in Washington are blowing past the American people and pushing ahead with a 1,990-page, trillion-dollar experiment that raises health insurance premiums, raises taxes, and slashes Medicare.” Indeed, The Wall Street Journal cuts right to the chase in a scathing, must-read editorial today, declaring that it “may well be the worst piece of post-New Deal legislation ever introduced.” The WSJ excoriates the bill for “The spending surge;” “expanding Medicaid, gutting private Medicare;” “European levels of taxation;” and “the insurance takeover,” explaining, “Essentially, all insurers will become government contractors, in the business of fulfilling political demands . . . .”
And yet this nearly 2,000-page $1.055 trillion bill is expected to come to the floor of the House and get not much more than a full day of debate. In fact, House Republicans are not expected to be allowed more than one vote on any of their ideas. Folk this isn't just a few Republican representatives being denied the right to vote; it is actions by the Speaker to silence the people that these congressmen represent and in many cased a multitude of other citizens in states where they feel disenfranchised by their elected Democrat representatives. Pelois is seeking to ignore the American citizens in an effort to achieve her agenda which is not in the best interests of the county.
Meanwhile, in the Senate, The Washington Post notes that Environment and Public Works Committee chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is planning on beginning a mark up for her carbon cap-and-trade bill this week. Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander described the bill last week: “At a time of 10 percent unemployment in America, it will impose a new national energy tax that will raise utilities bills and send jobs overseas looking for cheap energy.” This costly, complicated bill is 1,000 pages and yet it may not get more than one day of committee consideration.
Even Democrats seem to recognize the problems with the Boxer bill. According to today’s Washington Post, “The measure has deeply divided Democrats. With states in the Midwest, South and Rocky Mountain West dependent on fossil fuels for energy, many senators are worried about the legislation's impact on industry and consumers. ‘I think at the end of the day, the people who turn the switch on at home will be disadvantaged,’ Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) told CNBC on Friday, explaining why he did not think the bill [Sen. John] Kerry [D-MA] had sponsored along with Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) could pass.”
With Democrats in Congress poised to jam through massive bills that will raise taxes, hurt American competitiveness, increase insurance premiums, and cut Medicare, all while unemployment hovers just under 10%, Americans are right to be frustrated with Washington. Democrats will have the opportunity to see how those frustrations will play out at the polls this week.
Tags: Barbara Boxer, cap-and-trade, deficit, increased taxes, Nancy Pelosi, nationalized health care, US Congress, US House, US Senate, Washington D.C. To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
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2 Comments:
Perhaps if the Republicans can sweep tomorrows elections it will have some effect on the blue-dogs in congress and help stop this run-a-way freight train. I can certainly hope.
Tomorrows elections will have a big impact on these pieces of garbage. I think Virginia is a done deal, by a landslide. However, the impact of that is minimal, as Virginia usually goes Republican. It looks good for NY 23. That is a positive both against the Democrats, and against RINOs. New Jersey is the key, if the right pulls this off. It's a major blow to both Cap and Slave, and PelosiCare. However, I'm going to assume that the dead will vote 10 times each instead of the regular 5 to make sure the lefties win.
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