Results for: House Democrat
This Time It's Personal
https://townhall.com/columnists/loriebyrd/2009/07/28/this_time_its_personal
https://townhall.com/columnists/loriebyrd/2009/07/28/this_time_its_personal
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2009/07/27/stumbling_governors_signal_trouble_for_dems
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2009/07/27/what_they_really_want
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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…
It Won't Cost Anything! -- And It Won't Change Anything
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2009/07/26/it_wont_cost_anything!_--_and_it_wont_change_anything
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2009/07/26/it_wont_cost_anything!_--_and_it_wont_change_anything
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Now that a Democrat is in the White House, you can forget that silly notion.
Sacrifice? Ha.…
As Ohio Goes, So Goes the Nation?
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2009/07/26/as_ohio_goes,_so_goes_the_nation
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2009/07/26/as_ohio_goes,_so_goes_the_nation
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidstokes/2009/07/26/dr_house_and_mr_obama
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/2009/07/24/health_care_quotas
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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 Democrat … House 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
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottwheeler/2009/07/22/vote_right_or_die
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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
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2009/07/22/ibd_private_coverage_still_not_an_option
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2009/07/22/3_reasons_why_a_successful_third_party_wouldnt_solve_anything
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2009/07/22/will_democrats_derail_health_care
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2009/07/22/obamacare_for_illegal_aliens
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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
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/michelebachmann/2009/07/21/house_democrats_stand_between_you_and_your_doctor
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2009/07/20/britain_and_united_states_go_in_different_directions
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2009/07/20/hillary_needs_a_new_deal
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2009/07/20/government_health_care_plantation_looms
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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
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2009/08/08/ex-dnc_chief_on_obamas_problems
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/jillianbandes/2009/08/07/possible_replacements_for_sen_mel_martinez
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2009/08/07/abortion_cant_be_swept_aside
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2009/08/06/gop_poised_for_a_strong_comback
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/hughhewitt/2009/08/06/they_t…nce_to_obamacare_is_growing_despite_intimidation_and_slander
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/mattbarber/2009/08/06/sex-change-apalooza
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2009/08/05/tea_party-bashers_gone_wild
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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
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2009/08/02/fall_eyes_on_virginia
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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
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2009/08/18/the_prince_of_darkness_on_life
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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…