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#StatesRights: “Cornhusker Kickback” Out; Senators Concerned; States Opt Out; Other News
Thursday, 21 Jan, 2010 – 20:45 | One Comment
#StatesRights: “Cornhusker Kickback” Out; Senators Concerned; States Opt Out; Other News

8:45pm ET Update:
Regardless of what the federal government may do concerning healthcare, a majority of States are looking at or passing their own constitutional amendments to keep Congress from encroaching on their turf, and House …

#MASen: Senator-Elect @ScottBrownMA Aftermath Linkfest
Wednesday, 20 Jan, 2010 – 21:08 | One Comment
#MASen: Senator-Elect @ScottBrownMA Aftermath Linkfest

There’s been a lot of news that has come out in the aftermath of the political earthquake we call the election of Senator-Elect (Wow!) Scott Brown (R-MA: how often have you associated an “R” with …

Now 15 State AGs, Others Oppose “Cornhusker Kickback;” Lawsuit “Virtual Certainty” if Present Bill Passed
Wednesday, 13 Jan, 2010 – 20:55 | 55 Comments
Now 15 State AGs, Others Oppose “Cornhusker Kickback;” Lawsuit “Virtual Certainty” if Present Bill Passed

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Update:
The Washington Times is reporting on the “Kickback Campaign,” where South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster is currently focusing his efforts on challenging the Nebraska Compromise but is leaving the door …

Lt. Col. @ScottBrownMA’s Best Debate Line; Raises Over $1.3M; GA GOP Joins Fight
Tuesday, 12 Jan, 2010 – 7:50 | 31 Comments
Lt. Col. @ScottBrownMA’s Best Debate Line; Raises Over $1.3M; GA GOP Joins Fight

Via LegalInsurrection, a quick update for those of you who didn’t get a chance to watch either via Boston.com or C-SPAN this evening at 7pm et:
In a general discussion on healthcare, David Gergen, debate moderator, …

Lt. Col. @ScottBrownMA: SoS Could Stall Certification; Leading 48-47
Saturday, 9 Jan, 2010 – 21:55 | 27 Comments
Lt. Col. @ScottBrownMA: SoS Could Stall Certification; <i>Leading 48-47</i>

Saturday, January 9, 2010 Update:
At T-10 days until the special election, Public Policy Polling, a left-leaning polling organization, posted today that Lt. Col. Brown as leading in MA, 48-47.
Best aspect? The indies are speaking out:
-Brown has …

13 State AGs Reject, May Litigate on “Nebraska Compromise;” Governors Question Feds
Friday, 8 Jan, 2010 – 22:15 | 305 Comments
13 State AGs Reject, May Litigate on “Nebraska Compromise;” Governors Question Feds

Friday, January 8, 2010 Update:
Excerpted from Yahoo! News: “What Health Care Reform Means for the States,” the “Nebraska Compromise” is also known as the “Cornhusker Kickback,” and appears to be the beginning of the precipice …

#iamthemob: “America Rising” Against Democrat Pols
Thursday, 7 Jan, 2010 – 21:46 | 6 Comments
#iamthemob: “America Rising” Against Democrat Pols

Above is the video (click the post link for full page mode), and here are some statistics via an email from ResurgentRepublic.com showing, as I noted in my previous posting, the Democrats starting the New …

#healthcare Linkfest: Democrats Begin Not-So-Happy New Year
Wednesday, 6 Jan, 2010 – 22:22 | 4 Comments
#healthcare Linkfest: Democrats Begin Not-So-Happy New Year

There’s been a lot going on regarding healthcare, especially concerning State-based reaction and Democratic retirements (likely on account of the toxic voting), so much so that I’m going to quickly jump from link to link.
Enjoy:
The …

#healthcare: 3 Ways It’s Unconstitutional
Tuesday, 22 Dec, 2009 – 22:39 | 104 Comments
#healthcare: 3 Ways It’s Unconstitutional

At the moment and according to Reuters, the next (and by no means anywhere near the final) vote on healthcare legislation is slated to take place early in the day on Christmas Eve. But …

#iamthemob: States’ Rights, Healthcare, and Term Limits
Wednesday, 11 Nov, 2009 – 22:44 | 11 Comments
#iamthemob: States’ Rights, Healthcare, and Term Limits

I would typically post a “States’ Rights Update” for something like this, but enough stories broke out concerning a plethora of issues that are affected by the balance of power RE: federalism that I thought …

Abortion: The Unlikely Wrench in Healthcare
Monday, 9 Nov, 2009 – 23:34 | 33 Comments
Abortion: The Unlikely Wrench in Healthcare

While there have been three filibuster threats made so far regarding the “public option” aspect of healthcare legislation as the process moves to the Senate (Oops! Per TheHill, now Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont — …

PelosiCare Passes House in Prep for Senate Battle, Filibuster Threats
Sunday, 8 Nov, 2009 – 22:35 | 33 Comments
PelosiCare Passes House in Prep for Senate Battle, Filibuster Threats

Last night, not too long after 10:00pm et, the House passed HR3962, the “Affordable Health Care for America Act,” 220 – 215, with a lone Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), voting for it. There is …

Grassroots to DC: Can You Hear Us Now?
Thursday, 5 Nov, 2009 – 22:08 | 18 Comments
Grassroots to DC: <i>Can You Hear Us Now?</i>

Regarding Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s (R-MN) put out a call (my link) for a short-notice meet-up today at the Capitol (no, not those protesters that showed up earlier in the day in Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-CT) …

Uh-O-bama: VA, NJ Go GOP; TX Dems Switching; What It All Means
Wednesday, 4 Nov, 2009 – 21:40 | 103 Comments
Uh-O-bama: VA, NJ Go GOP; TX Dems Switching; What It All Means

9:40 pm (11/4) update:
Before getting to the overall wrap-up of last night’s election results, LibertarianRepublican provides an update as to what’s going on down in the great State of Texas (what with the local officials …

Healthcare Update: TX May Opt Out of ObamaCare; Rep. Intros Bill to Privatize Medicare
Wednesday, 28 Oct, 2009 – 22:07 | 18 Comments
Healthcare Update: TX May Opt Out of ObamaCare; Rep. Intros Bill to Privatize Medicare

Via the LibertarianRepublican blog, Texas GOP Governor Rick Perry was interviewed by Fox News concerning his views on State’s rights and healthcare, especially if the feds were to actually pass a bill with a public …

States’ Rights Update: MN Gov Friendly to 10th on Healthcare; FoxNews Interviews GA State Senator
Tuesday, 15 Sep, 2009 – 20:20 | One Comment
States’ Rights Update: MN Gov Friendly to 10th on Healthcare; FoxNews Interviews GA State Senator

From the LibertarianRepublican blog, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has been warming up to the notion that his State could invoke the 10th Amendment as a means of dealing with the ever-so-unpopular proposed healthcare legislation at …

States’ Rights Update: FL, GA Plan on Invoking the 10th Against Federal Health Legislation
Sunday, 6 Sep, 2009 – 22:03 | One Comment
States’ Rights Update: FL, GA Plan on Invoking the 10th Against Federal Health Legislation

From Eric Dondero over at the LibertarianRepublican blog, Rep. Bill Posey (R) is not only the sponsor of HR1503 (the legislation at the federal level that would require all presidential candidates in 2012 and beyond …

“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.”
Friday, 14 Aug, 2009 – 21:05 | 26 Comments
“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.”

Thanks to Pamela Geller of AtlasShrugs for highlighting the above quote from Vladimir Lenin (see 3 sources; big h/t to InvestigatingObama who’s been on top of the strategy of manufactured crises issue).
ABCNews.com then today posted …

Informants for Obama, Not Unlike Nazis; Not All Birth Registrations are Created Equally
Thursday, 6 Aug, 2009 – 12:55 | 30 Comments
Informants for Obama, Not Unlike Nazis; Not All Birth Registrations are Created Equally

What do you get when America’s Chief Executive Officer looks upon town hall after town hall after town hall after town hall and sees that the “mob” (read: everyday concerned American citizens) just isn’t quite …

States’ Rights Update: AZ on Nationalized Healthcare; TN, LA on 10th
Sunday, 28 Jun, 2009 – 22:26 | 2 Comments
States’ Rights Update: AZ on Nationalized Healthcare; TN, LA on 10th

I wanted to take a moment to once again publicly thank Michael Boldin at TenthAmendmentCenter.com for the great work he’s been putting forth in helping all of us keep up to date on State-based initiatives …

Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) Proposes Mandated Health Insurance
Thursday, 13 Nov, 2008 – 13:58 | One Comment

Hotair reported yesterday the first salvo in what will probably be a very contested debate over universal health care (via nytimes.com). I’ve also added my commentary on questions that really ought to be asked…