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Will Democrats Meet White House Deadline on Health Care?
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has said he wants health care reform passed by the end of next week.
However, Democrats still may not have enough votes to pass the measure, so they may try another unusual maneuver instead.
Pelosi: We're Getting Close read more »
Action Alert: Critical House vote coming up on ObamaCare
Dear Friend,
We are now coming down to the wire in the debate over health care.
Currently, the House of Representatives is considering whether or not to approve the Senate passed version of ObamaCare. read more »
Dems Under Deadline to Pass Health Care Bill
THE WHITE HOUSE -- The Democrats have just a week to pass health care reform. That's the deadline President Obama has given to Congress.
Still, Republicans say they can't vote for the bill. They warn it will be far too expensive. read more »
Same-sex Couples in D.C. Set to Say "I Do"
Washington (CNN) -- Dozens of same-sex couples plan to marry in the District of Columbia on Tuesday, the first day that such unions will be legal in the nation's capital. read more »
President Obama's Faith Based Advisory Council Will Not Discuss Abortions
President Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships are scheduled to present policy recommendations to him on Tuesday. Issues to be addressed include poverty, climate change, and the need for interfaith cooperation. read more »
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'Sweetheart' Deals Still on the Table as House Deadline for Health Care Vote Slides
The White House is pushing to strip out a number of "sweetheart" deals in the Senate bill as Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Democrats are unlikely to make the March 18 deadline set by President Obama for passage, an indication the House speaker doesn't have the votes to pass it. Pelosi said "March 18 is an interesting date" as she announced lawmakers are still waiting for a Congressional Budget Office report on the cost of the legislation. "Our clock starts ticking when we get the final CBO report," Pelosi said. "We don't have the final report yet but we have a pretty good idea of where we are going on it."....CommentsTexas Planned Parenthood Holds Gala to Raise Money for Abortion ‘Super Center’
(CNSNews.com) -- Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas is holding a gala next month to raise money for its new abortion clinic, which will be specially equipped for performing late-term abortions. The April 30 event is being billed as a “historic event” to celebrate the opening of the 78,000 square-foot facility and the 75th anniversary of the Texas Planned Parenthood operation. Tickets for the fundraiser range from $25,000 for a table of 10 to $350 for individual seating. The event will also honor Melanie Gray and Mark Wawro: husband and wife, successful attorneys, and significant financial supporters of Planned Parenthood.CommentsDemocrats May Use Slaughter Rule to Pass Pro-Abortion Health Care Without Vote
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- As Democratic leaders in Congress plot their next move on how to get the pro-abortion Senate health care bill through the House, a new strategy has developed apart from the reconciliation plan that has pro-life advocates concerned they could pass the bill without taking a vote on it. House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter has developed an idea she has not yet presented to Speaker Nancy Pelosi but is one that received considerable attention from political observers yesterday. When the House considers any legislation on the floor, it first adopts a Rule for debate that sets the parameters for debate, amendments and other procedures....CommentsAttorney: Obama's remark reflects 'mob rule' mentality
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has taken issue with President Obama for comments during the State of the Union address. During his speech in late January, the president criticized the Supreme Court for its recent decision on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. "With all due deference to the separation of powers, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests -- including foreign corporations -- to spend without limit in our elections," Obama said while six of the nine justices were seated before him. Speaking in Alabama on Tuesday, Roberts acknowledged anyone is free to criticize the court -- but that "the setting, the circumstances, and the decorum" must be considered....CommentsObama Approval Index: -21 (matches lowest yet)
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 22% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -21. That matches the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President (see trends). Forty-two percent (42%) of Democrats Strongly Approve while 72% of Republicans Strongly Disapprove. Among those not affiliated with either major political party, 17% Strongly Approve and 45% Strongly Disapprove. Fifty-seven percent (57%) believe that passage of the proposed health care legislation will hurt the economy. Just 25% believe it will help....CommentsObama pushes on healthcare what he once opposed
Senator Chuck Grassley believes Congress should start from scratch on healthcare reform because the current legislation being pushed by the majority party fails to take on rising healthcare costs and premiums, but instead gives $400 billion in direct payments to insurance companies. Senator Grassley (R-Iowa) notes that even though healthcare costs are increasing at an unsustainable rate, especially for people buying insurance through an individual policy, the pending healthcare legislation that could be pushed through Congress in the next few weeks would make health insurance premiums go up even more than they already are. "That's not according to Chuck Grassley, that's according to the Congressional Budget Office," the senator clarifies. "On top of that, the healthcare bills passed by the House and Senate, and now the president's version of those bills, would give $400 billion in direct payments to the insurance industry.CommentsRoberts: State of Union scene 'troubling'
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said Tuesday that the scene at President Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has "degenerated into a political pep rally." Responding to a University of Alabama law student's question about the Senate's method of confirming justices, Justice Roberts said senators improperly try to make political points by asking questions they know nominees can't answer because of judicial ethics rules. "I think the process is broken down," he said. During the January address, with six of the court's nine justices seated before him in their black robes, Mr. Obama chided the court for its campaign finance decision...CommentsSenate Republicans Won't Let Democrats Use Abortion to Pass Health Care Bill
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- If Democrats in Congress think they can rely on an appeasement strategy on abortion to pass the health care bill through the Senate via reconciliation, Senate Republicans say they are misled. In the latest turn of events in the ongoing abortion-health care debate, Senate Republicans have upped the ante. The current status of the pro-abortion health care bill has Democrats attempting to pass it in the House and then using reconciliation to stop a filibuster and get a bill with changes -- designed to secure House votes for the Senate bill -- through both chambers. The reconciliation bill with the changes will not likely be able to fix the abortion funding problems in the Senate bill. But if Democrats try to include abortion language in the reconciliation package, Republicans will object -- even if the changes are pro-life -- because they want to force pro-life Democrats in the House to defeat the overall health care bill...CommentsObama to Make Closing Argument on Health Care
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act fast. Obama is to speak Wednesday at St. Charles High School, his second health care address in three days. His speech comes as congressional Democrats stand on the brink of delivering the president a success with passage of his sweeping overhaul legislation -- or a colossal failure if they can't get it done. Business groups that oppose the legislation are also stepping it up, with the U.S.CommentsSafe Schools Czar Ducks Questions on Past Statements about Homosexuality, Says Dept of Educ Won’t Dictate Curriculum
(CNSNews.com) - Kevin Jennings, the Obama administration's openly gay safe-schools czar who previously ran an organization focused on normalizing homosexuality in public schools, declined Monday to directly say whether the U.S. Department of Education should promote teaching school children that homosexual behavior is morally good. Instead, he pointed out that Congress has prohibited the department from interfering in the curricula of local schools. Jennings, the assistant deputy education secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, made a rare public appearance Monday, speaking to a gathering of school teachers at the National Press Club....Comments
