FEBRUARY 15, 2011 States need relief from the program’s inflexible rules and escalating costs. By PETER SUDERMAN Facing growing resistance to Medicaid costs, the Obama administration’s Health and Human Services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, sent a letter to states last week noting the “urgency of your State budget concerns” and suggesting some minor program changes to […]
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FEBRUARY 8, 2011 Refreshing the President’s memory. Bill O’Reilly’s Fox interview with President Obama on Sunday was fascinating, and not merely because Mr. Obama made clear he’s an ardent fan of these pages. What really caught our attention was the President’s claim that “I didn’t raise taxes once. I lowered taxes over the last two
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) In the Dock Get ready for two years of Obama administration oversight by the House GOP. Fred Barnes January 31, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 19 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Upton’s committee is taking up the White House review of past regulations, which the president announced in the Wall Street
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WALL STREET JOURNAL FEBRUARY 7, 2011 Twenty-one governors representing more than 115 million Americans have written to Kathleen Sebelius asking for more flexibility on health-care reform. By MITCH DANIELS Unless you’re in favor of a fully nationalized health-care system, the president’s health-care reform law is a massive mistake. It will amplify all the big drivers
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Carolina Journal Exclusives NCGA Preview: Week of February 7 Balanced Budget Act, health care exclusion set for votes this week By Anthony Greco February 07, 2011 RALEIGH – Unlike previous sessions, where it might take weeks for legislation to reach a final vote in one legislative house and move to the other, the 2011 General
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FEBRUARY 4, 2011 The subpoena king’s hilarious advice. In the glass-houses department, Henry Waxman is accusing Republicans of “an abuse of the oversight process” and “going on fishing expeditions” as they investigate the White House. This is like Ben Roethlisberger volunteering to chaperone spring break. The 19-term Beverly Hills Democrat made his name as a
FEBRUARY 4, 2011 Their budgets will be crushed by the Medicaid expansions that the feds are forcing on them. By GEORGE MELLOAN Behind this week’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Roger Vinson overturning ObamaCare on constitutional grounds, there is a deeper economic reality. The states can’t afford it. That’s a primary reason why 26
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FEBRUARY 3, 2011 Alice Rivlin and Paul Ryan have a bipartisan plan. By KARL ROVE ObamaCare has recently been dealt three body blows. Speaker John Boehner pushed a bill to repeal it through the House. GOP leader Mitch McConnell will get to put Senate Democrats on record with a vote on repeal as well. And
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Published on Washington Examiner (http://washingtonexaminer.com) By Noemie Emery Created Feb 1 2011 Obama’s moment passes him by President Obama, who once seemed fortune’s child, is now the least lucky of men. Two years ago, he and his goals seemed as one with the trends of the era. He was a man of destiny, if he
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