House Democratic Whip Stany Hoyer went on The Ed Show on Tuesday and reassured everyone that the Democrats are sticking together in opposition against the Republicans and their attacks against Obamacare. Republicans took the unprecedented step of including a defunding measure of the health care law in their version of a Continuing Resolution, knowing their… Continue reading House Democratic Whip – “Democrats Will Stand Strong on [ObamaCare]”
Year: 2013
Senator Bernie Sanders on Senate Floor Rails Against The Republican “Blackmail” – Video
Senator Bernie Sanders took to the Senate floor and renamed the Republican government shutdown for what it really is… Blackmail! This debate is not about the Affordable Care Act. That is something that should be debated, I think it’s something that can be improved. What this debate is about is blackmail and hostage-taking. What my… Continue reading Senator Bernie Sanders on Senate Floor Rails Against The Republican “Blackmail” – Video
Good Thing About Government Shutdown – KKK Rally Cancelled
If this is all we have to do to get the KKK to cancel a rally, then I’ll be the first to suggest a government shutdown every other week! A planned Ku Klux Klan rally at a historic landmark of American history won’t happen due to the federal government shutdown. The KKK event at Gettysburg… Continue reading Good Thing About Government Shutdown – KKK Rally Cancelled
President Obama Calls Out Republicans’ “Ideological Crusade” on Obamacare
President Obama slammed House Republicans on Tuesday, accusing them of shutting down the government over an “ideological crusade” on healthcare. Speaking to reporters in the Rose Garden, an irate Obama placed blame squarely on congressional Republicans and said the shutdown did not have to happen. The longer it continued, he warned, “the worse the effects… Continue reading President Obama Calls Out Republicans’ “Ideological Crusade” on Obamacare
Poll: Americans Strongly oppose The Republican Engineered Shutdown
The poll taken by Quinnipiac shows that by a 3-1 margin, Americans all over this nation disagree with the government shutdown and how the Republicans have been systematically bringing this nation to its knees. American voters oppose 72 – 22 percent Congress shutting down the federal government to block implementation of the Affordable Care Act,… Continue reading Poll: Americans Strongly oppose The Republican Engineered Shutdown
Government Closed (In Need of Repair)
It’s been 17-years since the Government decided to Shutdown and, low and behold, a Democrat was in the White House. Bill Clinton was in his Final Term when the Republicans decided to put hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work and turn a prosperous economic outlook into a spiraling plunge downwards. I watched a… Continue reading Government Closed (In Need of Repair)
What Free Speech? Republicans Shut down Hillary Clinton Documentary
Celebrating the shutting down of production on documentaries by a political party that claims to champion free speech is, at the very least, hypocritical. But that’s what the Republican Part is doing now that both HBO and NBC have put documentaries about Hillary Clinton on ice. Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said his party… Continue reading What Free Speech? Republicans Shut down Hillary Clinton Documentary
Are You Uninsured? Click Here For Affordable Care
The Affordable Care Act also called Obamacare goes into effect today with millions of Americans taking full advantage of the program that promises to bring health coverage to the masses. Are you uninsured? Click here to sign up for the Affordable Health Care.
Republicans Shut Down The Government… Again!
The bad news is, the Republicans shut down the Government. The good news is Obamacare goes into effect today. White House ordered federal agencies to shut down Monday night, with congressional negotiators unable to strike an agreement before the midnight deadline to keep the government open. Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell directed… Continue reading Republicans Shut Down The Government… Again!
Something To Cry About: The GOP Shuts Down Washington
Sitting on the sidelines with the rest of America, slowly taking in the fact that the GOP House has just shutdown the Federal government, I’m wondering what their real point was. Right now the Republican Party aka The Tea Party, is coming off as a bunch of frat brothers raising hell on campus during a… Continue reading Something To Cry About: The GOP Shuts Down Washington
ObamaCare in Full Effect – Video
Despite the best efforts of the House Republicans to defund ObamaCare by any means necessary, the Healthcare Reform Act is in full effect today. The online comedy troupe Funny or Die put out a humourous public service announcement starring singer Jennifer Hudson, parodying the Olivia Pope character from the popular tv drama ‘Scandal’, to help… Continue reading ObamaCare in Full Effect – Video
Economists Say Shutting Down Government Will Hurt Economy
The shutdown of the US government will hit an economy struggling to sustain its post-crisis rebound, but economists say the impact will only be substantial if it lasts weeks. There was no compromise in sight Monday that could prevent an impasse over a stopgap budget bill from forcing a partial government closure on October 1,… Continue reading Economists Say Shutting Down Government Will Hurt Economy