Yesterday, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a key provision of the Affordable Care Act – the insurance mandate. The leading judge, Circuit Judge Sutton, is seen as a conservative on the court. His position as a conservative justice is seen...
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Monthly Archives: June 2011
As Republicans demanded, Obama has gotten involved. Meetings were held on Monday with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Majority Leader Harry Reid. He met with the Speaker of the House John Boehner last week. Yesterday, Obama took the discussion to the American...
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UPDATE – Monday Meetings with Obama - Separate meetings are scheduled with Speaker of the House Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Reid. Makes me nervous that they have to have separate meetings. Can’t this preliminary stuff that needs to be done individually...
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As could be predicted, both Democrats and Republicans found things to hate about Obama’s speech last night. Obama pledged to withdraw 33,000 troops by the end of 2012. Democrats, including Pelosi, want a faster withdrawl. Republicans, don’t like the fact we have...
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This is my take on the last week of the Presidential Primary season. The Money Game Romney leads the Republicans. Mitt raised $10 million in Vegas last month and has a goal of raising $30 million by the end of June. Obama...
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President Obama will announce plans to draw down troops in Afghanistan tonight in a speech from the Oval Office. He is also expected to outline his administrations accomplishments over the last 2 years. Here’s a link to a Politico story with more...
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Gregory Mankiw has an excellent opinion piece in the New York times this morning on health care. It is not about the latest Republican plan to save health care or a long diatribe bashing Obamacare. It is a high level comparison of...
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I’ve been writing about the pending debt ceiling crisis since March. To even the most casual observer of the US Federal Government it won’t be shocking to find there is no real progress. Right now Republicans have stated that they will only...
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