Also today:
Would House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow House Democratic leaders try to cram the Senate version of Obamacare through the House without actually having a recorded vote on the bill?
Not only is the answer yes, they would, they have figured out a way to do it, according to National Journal’s Congress Daily:
“House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter is prepping to help usher the healthcare overhaul through the House and potentially avoid a direct vote on the Senate overhaul bill, the chairwoman said Tuesday.
“Slaughter is weighing preparing a rule that would consider the Senate bill passed once the House approves a corrections bill that would make changes to the Senate version.
“Slaughter has not taken the plan to Speaker Pelosi as Democrats await CBO scores on the corrections bill. ‘Once the CBO gives us the score, we’ll spring right on it,’ she said.”
Each bill that comes before the House for a vote on final passage must be given a rule that determines things like whether the minority would be able to offer amendments to it from the floor.
In the Slaughter Solution, the rule would declare that the House “deems” the Senate version of Obamacare to have been passed by the House. House members would still have to vote on whether to accept the rule, but they would then be able to say they only voted for a rule, not for the bill itself.
Please watch entire video.
Here is a handful of recent surveys and polls just to give us an idea of how Americans feel about Obama, Democrats and their plans to take control of healthcare.
- 60% of Americans believe the United States is on the wrong track, according to a poll conducted by Democratic Corps, a Democratic organization, and Third Way, a progressive non-profit organization.
- 53% of young Republicans are “definitely” going to the polls this November, compared to 44% of Democrats, according to the poll from the Harvard Institute of Politics.
- 57% of voters say the health care reform plan now working its way through Congress will hurt the U.S. economy, according to Rasmussen polls.
- 66% of voters believe the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats is likely to increase the federal deficit, according to Rasmussen polls.
- 81% of voters believe it is at least somewhat likely that the health care reform plan will cost more than official estimates, according to Rasmussen polls.
- 78% of Americans believe that taxes on the middle class will have to be raised eventually to pay for the healthcare bill, according to Rasmussen polls.
- 53% of Americans are opposed to Obamacare, according to the latest Rasmussen polls.
Thank you, Richard Bernier, for this wonderful video diary.
Additionally, here is the video of our introductory remarks from the debate: Speech: “Who is the Tea Party?”
What a great event!
Thanks to all who came out the Asheville Tea Party NC-11 US House Candidates’ debate!
One hundred seventy-five Asheville Tea Party members and their guests voiced their opinion with their ballots (shown below). Using score voting, each candidate was rated on a scale of 0-9 by each voter.
How did the candidates fare?
| Candidate | Average | Total |
| Eichenbaum | 7.42 | 1,299 |
| West | 5.76 | 1,008 |
| Newman | 4.42 | 773 |
| Miller | 4.16 | 728 |
| Krause | 2.21 | 387 |
| Howard | 1.58 | 276 |
Asheville Tea Party would like to thank all candidates for their participation in this historic event, and for their willingness to stand for election to public office.
Ballot used:
| When: Thursday, 3.11 @ Noon Where: Heath Shuler’s Asheville Office |
Join us as we visit Heath Shuler’s Asheville Office to let him know that we are “Seeing Red” over this health care reform bill and the un-American tactics being used to forward it.
Red for our Health. Red for the Debt. Red for our Anger.
Despite a FULL YEAR of debate, town halls and grass roots protesting, the Obama Administration is set to defy the will of the American people and ram Health Care Reform through Congress using shady deals and parliamentary gimmickry. Finding no traditional means to pass the sweeping legislation, President Obama has called upon the Democrats to walk the political plank, break Senate decorum and use a Machiavellian – by any means necessary – procedure to finalize its approval.
We the people, have now been put on 2 Week’s Notice; the Administration has called for a final vote by March 18, 2010. Such utter disregard for the people whom Congress is supposed to represent must be met with and equal and FINAL push back.
It is well past the time for our Representatives to listen to the people. Let’s show them, in a bold move of solidarity all over the country, that we fully understand the legislation, that we reject it, that we are angry and that we are serious!
Print the flyer from AsAMom. Add your own story and bring it to the rally.
Debate Airing LIVE Online
For those who are unable to attend the actual event, we will be live streaming the debate on the internet. Simply navigate to our TeaPAC homepage on Friday evening at 6:30 to watch the entire debate, LIVE! The chat room is a nice touch.
Join the debate.
Dangerous Debt: Obama’s Jobs Bill a Spending Spree We Can’t Afford
Front Page with Allen Barton | Pajamas Media | Feb. 8 2010
“Rising debt and uncontrolled spending are putting the U.S. at risk and the Jobs Bill is a stimulus bill in disguise that could end up being a jobs killer.”
Jerry Day has a few questions for the U.S. Census Bureau about the 2010 Census:
- The Constitution authorizes government to count people but it does not authorize the taking of private information or even the names of individuals. From where does the Census Bureau derive authority to demand our private information?
- Is there any limit to the amount and type of private information that the Census bureau may demand and collect?
- Under what Constitutional authority does the Census Bureau collect information now from 250,000 people per month of every year?
- The 4th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits government search and seizure of private information without a court warrant based on probable cause, Current Census policies violate that Amendment do they not?
- By what Constitutional authority does the Census Bureau threaten penalties for failure to provide personal information?
- The Census Bureau claims it maintains privacy of personal information, Are there any circumstances under which law enforcement or spy agencies can access Census information?
- Since presumably Census data may be subpoenaed by law enforcement, may individuals refuse to answer questions according to the fifth Amendment?
- Why has the Census Bureau decided to collect GPS coordinates for every home?
- Virtually every government database has been either lost, hacked or compromised, would the Census Bureau’s claim of data security not be an outright lie or at best highly improbable?
- How would the Census Bureau locate, protect and compensate those individuals whose data becomes compromised?
There is a great deal of confusion about the Census “Short Form” and “Long Form” because the Census Bureau has failed to equally publicize the two current approaches. Part of the video refers to the long form called the “American Community Survey” which has 12 pages of questions, many of which are much more probing than the short form. A PDF file of the the long form can be viewed online.
“The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.” – U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 2
Look for your Census Form in mid-March.
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The Census and the Constitution
by Walter E. Williams | February 17, 2010
What purpose did the Constitution’s framers have in mind ordering an enumeration or count of the American people every 10 years?
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