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It seems there is no bottom to the depths the House Democrat Leadership will plumb in search of a way to defeat American popular opinion and pass Obamacare.
The new low involves bypassing an actual House vote on the Senate Obamacare bill. It appears the Democrats simply don’t have the votes to pass the bill on [...]

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The correct answer is “as little as possible.”

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We’re flat-out stealing this from National Review Online. Jim Geraghty writes in his Morning Jolt (which you should definitely sign up to have delivered to your inbox every morning):
I compared the health-care fight to the Battle of Stalingrad the other day, not even realizing that William Jacobson had done the same: “Waterloo probably wasn’t the [...]

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In an interesting bit of news today, Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-Napoleonville) has resigned his position on the House Budget Committee. What’s unclear is whether Melancon is making this move voluntarily or whether he’s being punished for voting against Obamacare.
According to Melancon, it’s his call. His people told TheHill.com that it’s really about his commitment to [...]

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We’ll leave this up to our readers. Call this a Monday morning open thread…
Pelosi is trying to mooch support from the Tea Partiesby therightscoop

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As we did before introducing his previous entry, we at TheHayride.com would like to caution the reader that Oscar’s views and statements expressed in this column don’t represent our editorial position other than solely by coincidence. He’s on his own. And he’s a nutria – so please don’t judge either us or him too harshly. It’s [...]

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U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-Baton Rouge) had a piece published at The Politico yesterday putting forth 10 incremental tweaks to the health-care system which he says would likely pass with ease in both houses of Congress and would help to drive down costs.
Cassidy says that the Obama administration has wasted a year with “statist” [...]

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…as Obamacare probably met the Grim Reaper at about the same time the Pennsylvania Democrat did.
With Murtha alive and kicking, Nancy Pelosi was able to cram Obamacare through the House of Representatives with 220 votes last year. But Robert Wexler retired and Joseph Cao has since said he would not vote for final passage on [...]

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“To stimulate the economy and create jobs at no cost to the taxpayers, and without borrowing money from foreign governments for which our children and grandchildren will be responsible, and for other purposes.”
 

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In a startling-yet-unsurprising discovery, blogger Doug Ross cites evidence uncovered by JudicialWatch.org through a Freedom Of Information Act request to the effect that Speaker Of The House Nancy Pelosi is transporting her in-laws, kids and granchildren on military jets.
Some highlights:
Since Nancy Pelosi took over as Speaker in 2006, she’s rung up millions in military travel [...]

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