Texas GOP Vote

JUDGE KITHIL wrote:

"I have reviewed selected sections of the bill, and find it unbelievable that our Congress, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, could come up with a bill loaded with so many wrong-headed elements." "Both Republicans and Democrats are equally responsible for the financial mess of both Social Security and Medicare programs." "I am opposed to HB 3200 for a number of reasons. To start with, it is estimated that a federal bureaucracy of more than 150,000 new employees will be required to administer HB3200. That is an unacceptable expansion of a government that is already too intrusive in our lives. If we are going to hire 150,000 new employees, let's put them to work protecting our borders, fighting the massive drug problem and putting more law enforcement/firefighters out there."

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The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has designed a new project called Code Red to alert Americans of the dangers posed by the Democrats' government takeover of health care. According to the NRCC  Read more »

Of course, one side is saying it will pass and one side is saying it won’t. All 41 Republicans have signed a bill that points of order will be held to a 60-vote standard on the bill supposedly to “correct the Senate bill in order to suit The House." So, there wil be no correction. The House must vote on the Senate bill AS IS. To make it happen, The House will have to immolate themselves both electorally and philosophically. I think it isn’t going to happen.  Read more »

I wanted to say more about Glenn Beck, whose CPAC speech I previously remarked on. But, it seemed that I should say something about the Fox News Sunday appearance of Mitt Romney, whom I had wanted to say something about before but am glad I didn’t. I tried to distill and kill two birds with one stone, but I couldn’t.  Read more »

I made the follwing statement in response to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ comments criticizing private insurers for premium increases:  Read more »

As someone has suggested, if it's this money that is the only stoppage of this horrible bill, then hurrah for corporate money! Yes, money is speech. In a nation of our size, without money, there is no political speech except for a vote. Even small corporations hire as many lobbyists as they can. Their competitors do.  Read more »