From Heritage’s “Morning Bell” today…
Last month at a town hall in Hayward, Calif., a constituent asked Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) about Obamacare [watch video here]: “If this legislation is Constitutional, what limitations are there on the federal government’s ability to tell us how to run our private lives? … If they can do [...]

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Cheating on taxes, fiddling with the tax code, forcing dangerous and expensive legislation onto the American people, disenfranchising overseas military votes, and hiding behind closed doors while drafting 2,000 plus page bills that no one reads – welcome to the modern day liberal, “Progressive” Democrat party that is currently running Washington D.C.
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Created by the Joint Economic Committee
The chart portrays…

$569 billion in higher taxes;
$529 billion in cuts to Medicare;
swelling of the ranks of Medicaid by 16 million;
17 major insurance mandates; and
the creation of two new bureaucracies with powers to impose future rationing: the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and the Independent Payments Advisory Board.

at a townhall meeting…

Rodriguez is being challenged by Francisco Canseco.

President Obama will use a recess appointment for Donald Berwick, placing him as head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Although recess appointments are not unusual, what is unusual in this case is that no hearing was scheduled or even called in the Senate. So much for transparency.  Bypassing Congress to [...]

From this morning’s L.A. Times…
The president and congressional Democrats have embarked on an ambitious drive to regulate corporations, banks, health insurers and the energy industry. But the high court, with Roberts increasingly in control, will have the final word on those regulatory laws.
Many legal experts foresee a clash between Obama’s progressive agenda and the conservative [...]

Missouri Is The Concord Bridge For Obamacare Repeal
On August 3, 2010, the Missouri electorate will vote on Proposition C, the Missouri Health Care Freedom Act (MHCFA).  Have no doubt – this is the first shot fired against the power grab known as Obamacare.  If successful, if we beat back this overreach of [...]

From The Daily Caller, “New Rules could make 66% of employer plans lose ‘Grandfathered’ status.”
These new rules were released by the Obama Administration on Monday, and will make between 39% and 66% of employer based plans lose their grandfathered status by 2013 according to estimates with the rules.  This is expected to affect 51% of [...]

Watch A Very Moving Video – Soldiers Return Home
This is a great interview with Steve Wyn, the real estate developer and casino business owner.  In less than five minutes, Steve takes on the housing market, Obamacare, and the uncertainty in the U.S. business climate created by Washington D.C. (video below the fold)

From Heritage’s “The Foundry” today…
Remember how President Barack Obama promised that his health care plan would reduce the deficit and put us on a path towards fiscal responsibility? Remember how Congress kept gaming the system to come up with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score that could justify those claims? Well, now that Obamacare has [...]