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Health Care Bill Could Face String of Legal Challenges

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

By Fox News

Organizations and lawmakers opposed to the health care reform package are getting their legal briefs in a bunch, threatening to challenge the constitutionality of the sweeping overhaul should it make its way to President Obama’s desk.

Republicans have agreed to allow the Democratic-led Senate to move up the time for a final vote to 8 a.m. Thursday so that lawmakers and their staff can go home for Christmas. But GOP supporters aren’t backing down on their threats to put a stop to the legislation using whatever legal means possible.

Two key issues seem to be attracting the bulk of the legal threats: a mandate for individuals to purchase health insurance and the special treatment that states like Nebraska are getting in the bill.

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Abortion Remains A Key Obstacle to Final Passage of Health Care Bill

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, AP

Washington (AP) – Twice now, abortion was almost a deal-breaker. This time, it was a deal-maker. But of the hundreds of deals cut to keep health care legislation alive, the hardest to retain may be the Senate’s abortion compromise — achieved after 13 hours of negotiation.
 
The volatile issue remains the biggest threat to getting a history-making bill to President Barack Obama.
 
Deals are the lifeblood of legislation. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana got $100 million more for her state, Connecticut’s Joe Lieberman stripped the bill of a government insurance plan and Ben Nelson won a slew of favors for Nebraska — all in exchange for their votes.
 
Nelson was also pivotal in the abortion compromise. The abortion-rights foe cast the 60th vote Monday to prevent Republicans from burying the bill.

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Halt Obama Newsletter 12/18/09

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Christmas IS Jesus
By Dr. Rick Scarborough December 18, 2009

Christmas is here, in all its beauty and warmth. It saddens me to think that if Barack Obama got his way, Jesus would not be recognized as the reason for the season.

Earlier this month, White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers disclosed that the First Family was planning a “non-traditional Christmas,” this year that would include choosing not to display the traditional manger scene.

Thankfully, because of the outcry from the public the plan was abandoned.

At the National Tree Lighting Ceremony at the White House, Obama proclaimed that Christmas is no longer a religious holiday. Rather, it’s “a tradition that has come to represent more than one holiday or religion.”

The question we must ask ourselves is why are only Christians being asked to sacrifice our holiday on the altar of sensitivity and tolerance? Do Jews feel guilty about celebrating Hanukah? Do the Saudis proclaim that Ramadan is “a tradition that has come to represent more than any one holiday or religion”? Why isn’t Obama asking other religions to give up celebrating their holy days?
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Obama faces healthcare insurrection from left flank

Friday, December 18th, 2009

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House worked on Thursday to tamp down an insurrection from some of President Barack Obama’s liberal backers who feel he has been too willing to compromise away their priorities on a healthcare overhaul.

The frictions reflect the tortured state of negotiations over Obama’s top domestic legislative priority as the White House and Democratic leadership in the U.S. Congress seek to piece together enough supporters to approve a healthcare plan that Republicans oppose.

Leading the grousing from the left has been Howard Dean, a former Democratic National Committee chairman who ran unsuccessfully for his party’s presidential nomination in 2004.

Dean, a medical doctor and former governor of Vermont, in recent days has said a Senate healthcare bill that Obama supports and which is lurching toward a possible vote in coming days should be killed.

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Obama’s Self-evaluation is Delusional

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

By David Limbaugh

It’s bad enough for America that President Barack Obama is a committed far-left ideologue, but when you couple that with his narcissism, you’ve got a recipe for a major disaster.

He told Oprah Winfrey he deserves “a good solid B-plus” for his first year in office. The only things standing in his way for that coveted A are — for the most part — other people, such as evil Republicans who oppose socialized medicine.

It’s obvious that Obama is as self-absorbed as he is delusional. While most Americans are worried about the financial destruction of our country and our resulting inability to bequeath our heirs a land of liberty, Obama is fretting over the stresses the job is placing on him.

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Inconvenient Truth for Gore as Arctic Ice Claims Don’t Add Up

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

There are many kinds of truth. Al Gore was hit by an inconvenient one yesterday.

The former vice president, who became an unlikely figurehead for the green movement after narrating the Oscar-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” became entangled in a new climate change row.

Gore, speaking at the Copenhagen climate change summit, stated the latest research showed that the Arctic could be completely ice-free in five years.

In his speech, Gore told the conference: “These figures are fresh. Some of the models suggest to Dr. [Wieslav] Maslowski that there is a 75 percent chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during the summer months, could be completely ice-free within five to seven years.”

However, the climatologist whose work Gore was relying upon dropped the former vice president in the water with an icy blast.

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Support the Cause to Restore Our Liberty

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Congressional candidate Lieutenant Colonel West speaking at the American Freedom tour in Fort Lauderdale Florida.

Allen West to appear on Hannity


When: Tuesday, Dec. 15th 2009 at 9:00pm

Allen’s appearance will be broadcast as part of a live segment on Tuesday evening’s edition of the Fox News Sean Hannity show.

Please forward this to your friends and colleagues
Hope you are able to see Allen on Fox News Tuesday Night!

For more information about the West for Congress campaign or to become involved please follow this link  AllenWestForCongress.com.

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Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

Monday, December 14th, 2009

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 24% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -18.

That’s a one point improvement from yesterday when Obama’s Approval Index rating fell to the lowest level yet recorded. Prior to the past three days, the Approval Index had never fallen below -15 during Obama’s time in office (see trends).

As the health care plan struggles in the Senate, public opposition remains stable. Fifty-six percent (56% ) oppose the plan working its way through Congress while just 40% favor it. In Nevada, the health care bill is causing problems for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s bid for re-election.

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Tea Party Nation to Host National Tea Party Convention

Friday, December 11th, 2009

SunHerald.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Tea Party Nation is pleased to announce the First National Tea Party Convention. The convention is aimed at bringing Tea Party representatives together from around the nation for the purpose of networking and supporting the movements’ principle goals.

Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska (2006-2009) and the 2008 Republican Vice Presidential Nominee will be the guest of honor and keynote speaker.

Rep. Michele Bachmann will be a breakfast speaker at the convention. Also speaking at the convention are Rep. Marsha Blackburn and former Alabama Supreme Court Judge Roy Moore.

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Halt Obama Newsletter 12/09/09

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

COPENHAGEN – HYPOCRISY, INTIMIDATION, COST AND PUBLIC OPINION
By Dr. Rick Scarborough December 09, 2009

With the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit about to begin, a few observations are in order:

  • Fewer and fewer people believe in the myth of manmade global warming. The latest Harris Poll – taken before the Climate-gate revelations – shows that now fewer than 51% of Americans believe in what its proponents insist is scientific fact – down from 75% in 2001 and 71% in 2007. Not that public opinion matters to elites. (Despite the continuing drop in support for Obama-care, Congress seems determined to force it on us.) (more…)
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