Results for: House Democrat

This Time It's Personal
https://townhall.com/columnists/loriebyrd/2009/07/28/this_time_its_personal
– She told me she is a registered Democrat and most of the time she doesn’t really think what politicians do affects Americans on a personal … Attempts by Republicans in three House committees to insert such language were defeated, despite a handful of conservative Democrats…
Stumbling Governors Signal Trouble for Dems
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2009/07/27/stumbling_governors_signal_trouble_for_dems
– In Virginia, Republican Bob McDonnell has led Democrat Creigh Deeds in all but one poll and picked up the support of Black Entertainment … strengths and weaknesses can override party identification; one of the nation's highest-rated governors is Dave Freudenthal, a Democrat … not up to the job, as seems to be the case with the nation's lowest-rated governors, Nevada Republican Jim Gibbons and New York Democrat
What They Really Want
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2009/07/27/what_they_really_want
– Actually, the head of the Congressional Budget Office (a Democrat) believes the negative impact will be higher. … book and put it in the terminology that was used in Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time and you have the bill approved by the House … They have believed this for years and have been waiting for the right majority in Congress and the right person in the White House
As Ohio Goes, So Goes the Nation?
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2009/07/26/as_ohio_goes,_so_goes_the_nation
– A couple of years ago, Ohio unquestionably was trending Democrat, according to Republican pollster Neil Newhouse. … Ted Strickland, a Democrat, whose handling of the state’s budget did little to instill confidence in voters that he has a plan to get … They further solidified control in 2008, with more House gains.…
Dr. House And Mr. Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidstokes/2009/07/26/dr_house_and_mr_obama
– Gregory House, played by British actor Hugh Laurie, is a medical genius. … One such call was from my favorite liberal Democrat and good friend, Bob Beckel. … House, Dr. Cuddy, Dr. House – I mean, really?…
Health Care Quotas
https://townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/2009/07/24/health_care_quotas
– Among the provisions in the thousand-page House version are special set-asides aimed at training "underrepresented" minorities in health … Obamacare will push more institutions to adopt racial preferences by giving preference to those that have, in the words of the DemocratHouse legislation, a "demonstrated record" of "training individuals who are from underrepresented minority groups or disadvantaged…
Vote Right or Die
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottwheeler/2009/07/22/vote_right_or_die
– The Obama Administration and the Democrat controlled Congress will do their best to ram this legislation through before the American … On July 21, the Wall Street Journal opined “The more we inspect the House bill, the more it looks to be one of the worst pieces of…
IBD: Private Coverage Still Not An Option
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2009/07/22/ibd_private_coverage_still_not_an_option
– Following last week's bombshell report from Investor's Business Daily that the House health reform plan would essentially outlaw private … medical insurance, IBD has continued pressing forward in its analysis of the Democrat-supported legislation. …
3 Reasons Why A Successful Third Party Wouldn't Solve Anything
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2009/07/22/3_reasons_why_a_successful_third_party_wouldnt_solve_anything
– Simple: you'd see a lot of results that look like this: Democrat 46%, Republican 28%, Third Party 24%. … Imagine 300 Democrats in the House, 75 in the Senate, and a Democratic President for 10-12 years -- at least.…
Will Democrats Derail Health Care?
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2009/07/22/will_democrats_derail_health_care
– The White House, which has been thrown on the defensive in this fight, may think that's smart politics, but no one's really buying … In the House, many of the 52-member, moderate Blue Dog Democrats were threatening to block the pending bill. … He warned his party last week that "there's no way they can pass the current bill on the House floor. Not even close."…
Obamacare for Illegal Aliens
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2009/07/22/obamacare_for_illegal_aliens
– Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee defeated an amendment that would have prevented illegal aliens from using the so-called … Every Democrat on the panel voted against the measure. Nevada GOP Rep. … Unlike most everything else stuffed into the House Democrats' plan, the citizenship vetting process would not have required building…
House Democrats Stand Between You and Your Doctor
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/michelebachmann/2009/07/21/house_democrats_stand_between_you_and_your_doctor
– Yesterday, as the House Energy and Commerce Committee marked-up the Democrat's proposed health care reform legislation, Democrats made … Gingrey's commonsense amendment was defeated by an almost straight party-line vote, with only one Democrat voting with all the Republicans…
Britain and United States Go in Different Directions
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2009/07/20/britain_and_united_states_go_in_different_directions
– Tony Blair shaped his New Labor politics with the New Democrat approach of Bill Clinton very much in mind. … On Capitol Hill, the labor unions' card check bill looks to be dead, the House cap-and-trade bill seems to be foundering in the Senate…
Hillary Needs a New Deal
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2009/07/20/hillary_needs_a_new_deal
– President Obama has moved an extraordinary amount of power into the White House. … According to the NY Times: The White House has exercised a tight grip on critical foreign policy issues, particularly Iran. … "We have an ambassador in a rented house with his wife." Oops! Sort of reminded me of that fiction Mrs.…
Government health care plantation looms
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2009/07/20/government_health_care_plantation_looms
– We now have the political reality of decisive Democrat majorities in both houses of Congress and a Democrat president that wants this … The AMA has come out in support of the House bill with a government plan. What happened? … The House agreed to get rid of planned cuts in doctor's Medicare reimbursements.…
Ex-DNC Chief on Obama's Problems
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2009/08/08/ex-dnc_chief_on_obamas_problems
– He was also close with White House Communications Director Anita Dunn; the two worked together in 1981 to organize a breakfast club … Though he considers himself a Democratic Leadership Council "Blue Dog" Democrat, Lunde angered many Democrats when he supported George…
Possible Replacements for Sen. Mel Martinez
https://townhall.com/columnists/jillianbandes/2009/08/07/possible_replacements_for_sen_mel_martinez
– Dan Webster Dan Webster, not to be confused with the unfortunate Antebellum statesman, served 28 years in the Florida House and … Martinez started his political career as a Democrat, but switched his party affiliation to Republican in 1983.…
Abortion Can't be Swept Aside
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2009/08/07/abortion_cant_be_swept_aside
– But the White House has abandoned such wisdom on both counts when it comes to its so-called healthcare-reform crusade. … In the House, all attempts to add to the bill amendments that would prevent any abortion-coverage mandates or federal subsidies for … Louise Slaughter, a Democrat and the chairman of the House Rules Committee, admitted to a reporter: "The starting point for Rep.…
GOP Poised for a Strong Comback
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2009/08/06/gop_poised_for_a_strong_comback
– WASHINGTON -- After the Republicans' trouncing in the 2008 elections put the Democrats back in the White House and strengthened their … the next few years, the Republican Party's road back could very well be a long one," said Simon Rosenberg, president of the New Democrat … of filling Obama's former Senate seat improved significantly when popular state Attorney General Lisa Madigan turned down White House
They Think You Are Stupid: Why Resistance To Obamacare Is Growing Despite Intimidation and Slander
https://townhall.com/columnists/hughhewitt/2009/08/06/they_t…nce_to_obamacare_is_growing_despite_intimidation_and_slander
– Appealing as the president did via the White House web for snitches to turn in "fishy" citizens smacks of the lowest sort of thuggish … "The White House request that members of the public report anyone who is spreading 'disinformation' about the proposed national health … care makeover could lead to a White House database of political opponents that will be both secret and permanent, according to Republican…
Sex-Change-apalooza
https://townhall.com/columnists/mattbarber/2009/08/06/sex-change-apalooza
– Page 972 of the House version of the bill (H.R. 3200) provides for “standards, as appropriate, for the collection of accurate data … It’s a liberal-Democrat appointed government “Health Benefits Advisory Committee.” … Barney Frank and the House Subcommittee on Health.…
Tea Party-Bashers Gone Wild
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2009/08/05/tea_party-bashers_gone_wild
– The same Democrat Masters of Astroturf who encouraged their followers to use "in-your-face" tactics during the campaign season now … Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dispatched a memo obtained by D.C. … The White House health czar's office is mustering up Internet snitches to report "inaccurate" blog posts and "casual conversations"…
Fall eyes on Virginia
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2009/08/02/fall_eyes_on_virginia
– November’s gubernatorial race matches former state attorney general Bob McDonnell, a Republican, versus state senator Creigh Deeds, a Democrat … Despite a push from the White House, Wilder is miles from endorsing Deeds.…
The Prince of Darkness on Life...
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2009/08/18/the_prince_of_darkness_on_life
– This particular exchange took place in 1984, between Drew Lewis, the White House agent on the party platform, and Novak's wife, Geraldine … She had come to Washington twenty-four years earlier as a born-and-bred Texas Democrat, a twenty-three-year-old secretary on Lyndon…
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