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Old 03-24-2010, 10:33 PM   #49
peaceandlove
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Congratulation Mr President You're Half Way There! Congresswoman Michele Bachmann

From: MoxNewsDotCom | March 24, 2010

VIDEO (4:49): http://www.youtube.com/user/MoxNewsD.../0/y_gzQd6J6jk

Mntruthseeker,

How do you like this Michele Bachmann speech?

PaL



Obama issues low-key order on abortions

By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent – 3 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Anything but jubilant, President Barack Obama awkwardly kept a promise Wednesday he made to ensure passage of historic health care legislation, pledging the administration would not allow federal funds to pay for elective abortions covered by private insurance.

Unlike Tuesday, when a beaming Obama signed the health care law in a nationally televised ceremony interrupted repeatedly by applause, the White House refused to permit coverage of the event. It occurred in the Oval Office in the presence of a small group of anti-abortion Democratic lawmakers who had extracted the commitment over the weekend. The president supports abortion rights.

Continues: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100324/..._care_overhaul



Loophole in Healthcare Bill?

Posted by gintstopgitprr on 03/24/10

From this morning's Politico: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34900.html

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...The bill requires 'congressional staff' to buy insurance from the exchanges - with a stipend from the Office of Personnel Management But page 158 of the bill defines 'congressional staff' narrowly, as "employees employed by the official office of a member of congress, whether in the district office or in Washington."

The Congressional Research Service believes a court could rule that the legislation 'would exclude professional committee staff, joint committee staff, some shared staff, as well as potentially those staff employed by leadership offices.'

If that's so, staffers who work for Nancy Pelosi in her capacity as representative from California would go into the exchange program, while staffers who work for her in her capacity as speaker would stay on the government's plan. Other Capitol employees, like those who work for the Clerk of the House or the House Historian, would be similarly exempted."
Continues: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33925
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