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There are eleventy billion unemployed people in the United States right now, give or take a zillion, and a large package of federal unemployment benefits.
Is it really true that the Republican Party could gain votes by moving to the center?
He can't even show up to the vote on health care? Is it senior-itis of a guy whose quitting?
Should Kentucky get Jim Bunning to retire early?
Vote was 60 Democrats in favor, 39 Republican against, 1 Senator absent; Is he retiring next year? Who is running in 2010 primary? Your senior senator McConnell was re-elected in 2008, correct, for another 6 years? Thanks for posting -- 10 points for best analysis and interpretation -- Merry Christmas. . .
KY Answerers: Was your Senator (Jim Bunning) spending time with family on 24th? (Absent vote on Health Care )?
Isn't it great to see some sane signs of life in the US Senate as Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I),Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning (R) and South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint (R) are all putting a hold on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a 2nd.term? What do you think about this good news?
Isn't it great news that Senators Sanders,Bunning and DeMint put a hold on Bernanke's nomination? R U Happy?
In case you haven't watched it, it is a MUST SEE. The guy basically called him out more than even Ron Paul ever has. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34258918#34258918DAR- Ron is too kind with them. Bunning let him have it.
what did you think of Bernanke getting owned like hes never been owned before by Sen Jim Bunning?
55 GOP Representatives and Senators have Government Run Health Care called Medicare but they oppose a Public Option. Should the 55 GOP Representatives and Senators who have Medicare give up their Medicare because of their ideology? The list of hypocrites: Rep. Ralph M. Hall Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett Rep. Sam Johnson Rep. C.W. Bill Young Rep. Howard Coble Sen. Jim Bunning Sen. Richard G. Lugar Rep. Don Young Sen. Charles E. Grassley Sen. Robert F. Bennett Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers Sen. Orrin G. Hatch Sen. Richard C. Shelby Rep. Jerry Lewis Sen. James M. Inhofe Rep. Ron Paul Rep. Henry E. Brown Sen. Pat Roberts Sen. George V. Voinovich Sen. John McCain Rep. Judy Biggert Sen. Thad Cochran Rep. Harold Rogers Rep. Dan Burton Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon Rep. Frank R. Wolf Sen. Christopher S. Bond Rep. Michael N. Castle Rep. Joe Pitts Rep. Tom Petri Sen. Lamar Alexander Rep. Doc Hastings Rep. Cliff Stearns Rep. Sue Myrick Rep. John Carter Sen. Mitch McConnell Sen. Jon Kyl Rep. Phil Gingrey Rep. Nathan Deal Rep. John Linder Rep. Kay Granger Rep. John L. Mica Rep. Walter B. Jones Sen. Jim Risch Rep. Ed Whitfield Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Rep. Virginia Foxx Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite Sen. Saxby Chambliss Sen. Michael B. Enzi Rep. Elton Gallegly Rep. Donald Manzullo Rep. Peter T. King Rep. Ander Crenshaw See the Youtube video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXnZ1Se2cgQ&feature=player_embedded
Why do 55 GOP Senators on Medicare oppose the Public Option for you?
And does knowing they are proud of America make you want to see more of their movies or buy more of their albums? This list is from FreeRepublic. Danny Aiello (Act) Kim Alexis (Act) Denise Austin (Sports) Alan Autry (Act/Fresno,CA Mayor) Bob Backlund (Wrestler/Pol. candidate) "Sir" Charles Barkley (Sports) Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Music) Orson Bean (Act) Catherine Bell (Act) Belamy Brothers (Music) Tom Beringer (Act) Jan Berry of "Jan and Dean" (Music) Clint Black (Music) Lisa Hartman Black (Act) Ernest Borgnine (Act) Bruce Boxleitner (Act) George Brett (Sports) Jack Buck (Sports) Jim Bunning (Sports/KY US Senator) Delta Burke (Act) Kirk Cameron (Act) Drew Carey (Act) (Libertarian) Dixie Carter (Act) Nell Carter (Act) Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey of "KC and the Sunshine Band" (Music) Tom Clancy (Author) Harry Connick Jr (Music/Act) (Democrat) Robert Conrad (Act) Charlie Daniels (Music) Tony Danza (Act) Doris Day (Act) Bo Derek (Act) C.C. Deville (Music) Mike Ditka (Sports) Shannon Doherty (Act) Jerry Doyle (Act/Pol. cand.) Fred Dryer (Sports/Act) Leslie Easterbrook (Act) Clint Eastwood (Act) (Libertarian) Buddy Ebsen (Act) John Elway (Sports) Chad Everett (Act) Brett Favre (Sports) Glenn Ford (Act) Haden Fry (Sports) John Gavin (Act/fmr. Amb. to Mexico) Crystal Gayle (Music) Sarah Michelle Gellar (Act) Joe Gibbs (Sports) Mel Gibson (Act) Melissa Gilbert (Act) Clarence Gilyard (Act) Rev. Billy Graham (Religious) Kelsey Grammar (Act) Fred Grandy (Act/Fmr. IA Congressman) Merle Haggard (Music) George Hamilton (Act) Paul Harvey (Radio) Patricia Heaton (Act) Charlton Heston (Act) Catherine Hicks (Act) Hal Holbrook (Act) Bob Hope (Act) Dennis Hopper (Act) Susan Howard (Act) Dale Jarrett (Sports) Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Wrestler/Act) Jimmy Johnson (Sports) Christine Jones Shirley Jones (Act) Jeff Kent (Sports) Bobby Knight (Sports) Yaphet Kotto (Act) Steve Largent (Sports/OK Congressman & future Governor) John Larroquette (Act) (questionable) Tommy Lasorda (Sports) Jerry "The King" Lawler (Wrestler/Act/Pol. cand.) Al Leiter (Sports) Meat Loaf (Music/Act) Anne Lockhart (Sports) Heather Locklear (Act) Mike Love (Music) George Lucas (Director) (questionable) David Lynch (Director) Loretta Lynn (Music) Norm MacDonald (Act) Karl "The Mailman" Malone (Sports) Barbara Mandrell (Music) Louise Mandrell (Music) Jackie Mason (Comedian/Act) Johnny Mathis (Music) Charles McCord (of Imus In the Morning) Reba McEntire (Music/Act) Bernard McGuirk (of Imus In the Morning) Don McLean (Music) Linda McMahon (Sports) Gerald McRaney (Act) Al Michaels (Sports) John Milius (Director) Lorrie Morgan (Music) Julianne Morris (Act) Wendy Moten (Music) Jim Nabors (Act) Wayne Newton (Act) Chuck Norris (Act) Ted Nugent (Music) Gary Numan (Music) The Oak Ridge Boys (Music) Mike Oldfield (Music) Gary Oldman (Act) Tom Osborne (Sports/now NE Congressman) Ken Osmond (Act) Marie Osmond (Music/Act) Fess Parker (Act) Jameson Parker (Act) Joe Paterno (Sports) Joe Pesci (Act) Richard Petty (Sports/Pol. cand.) Regis Philbin (Act) John Popper (Music) Laura Prepon (Act) Nancy Davis Reagan (Act/First Lady) Ronald Reagan (Act/Governor/President) Dana Rohrabacher (CA Congressman) Roseanne (Act) Kurt Russell (Act) (Libertarian) Pat Sajak (Act) Pete Sampras (Sports) Rick Schroeder (Act) Jon Secada (Music) Tom Selleck (Act) Paul Shanklin (Satirist) Ricky Skaggs (Music) Paul Sorvino (Act) Robert Stack (Act) Nancy Stafford (Act) Ben Stein (Act) George Steinbrenner (Sports) Shirley Temple-Black (Act/fmr. Ambassador) Dave Thomas (Act) (SCTV, not Wendy's) Fred Thompson (Act/TN US Senator) Dean Torrance of "Jan and Dean" (Music) Joe Torres (Sports) Travis Tritt (Music) Janine Turner (Act) Val Venis (Wrestler) Jimmy (J.J.) Walker (Act/Radio) Darrell Waltrip (Sports) Julius Caesar "J.C." Watts, Jr. (Sports/OK Congressman) Patrick Wayne (Act) Ann Wedgeworth (Act) Lisa Whelchel (Act) Reggie White (Sports) Cindy Williams (Act) Hank Williams Jr. (Music) Ted Williams (Sports) Martha Williamson (Producer) Noble Willingham (Act/Pol. cand.) Bruce Willis (Act) Tiger Woods (Sports) BeBe Wynans (Music) CeCe Wynans (Music) ZZ Top (Music)
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Finance Committee Democrat Won't Read Text of Health Bill, Says Anyone Who Claims They'll Understand It �Is Trying to Pull the Wool Over Our Eyes' Friday, October 02, 2009 By Nicholas Ballasy, Video Reporter (CNSNews.com) - Sen. Thomas Carper (D.-Del.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, told CNSNews.com that he does not “expect” to read the actual legislative language of the committee's health care bill because it is “confusing” and that anyone who claims they are going to read it and understand it is fooling people. “I don't expect to actually read the legislative language because reading the legislative language is among the more confusing things I've ever read in my life,” Carper told CNSNews.com. Carper described the type of language the actual text of the bill would finally be drafted in as "arcane," "confusing," "hard stuff to understand," and "incomprehensible." He likened it to the "gibberish" used in credit card disclosure forms. Last week, the Finance Committee considered an amendment offered by Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) that would have required the committee to post the full actual language of the proposed legislation online for at least 72 hours before holding a final committee vote on it. The committee defeated the amendment 13-10. Sometime in the wee hours of this morning, according to the Associated Press, the Finance Committee finished work on its health-care bill. "It was past 2 a.m. in the East--and Obama's top health care adviser, Nancy-Ann DeParle in attendance--when Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the committee chairman, announced that work had been completed on all sections of the legislation," said the AP. Thus far, however, the committee has not produced the actual legislative text of the bill. Instead the senators have been working with “conceptual language”—or what some committee members call a “plain English” summary or description of the bill. Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), who sits on the committee, told CNSNews.com on Thursday that the panel was just following its standard practice in working with a “plain language description” of the bill rather than an actual legislative text. “It's not just conceptual, it's a plain language description of the various provisions of the bill is what the Senate Finance Committee has always done when it passes legislation and that is turned into legislative language which is what is presented to the full Senate for consideration,” said Bingaman. But Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tx.), who also serves on the committee, said the descriptive language the committee is working with is not good enough because things can get slipped into the legislation unseen. “The conceptual language is not good enough,” said Cornyn. “We've seen that there are side deals that have been cut, for example, with some special interest groups like the hospital association to hold them harmless from certain cuts that would impact how the CBO scores the bill or determines cost. So we need to know not only the conceptual language, we need to know the detailed legislative language, and we need to know what kind of secret deals have been cut on the side which would have an impact on how much this bill is going to cost and how it will affect health care in America.” Carper said he would "probably" read the "plain English version" of the bill as opposed to the actual text. In a Thursday afternoon interview outside the hearing room where the Finance Committee was debating the final amendments to the still-unseen bill, Carper explained why he believes it would be useless for both members of the public and members of the Senate to read the bill's actual text. Committee members did not have a “clue,” he said, when one senator recently read them an example of some actual legislative language. When you look at the legislative language, he said, “it really doesn't make much sense.” “When you get into the legislative language, Senator Conrad actually read some of it, several pages of it, the other day and I don't think anybody had a clue--including people who have served on this committee for decades--what he was talking about,” said Carper. “So, legislative language is so arcane, so confusing, refers to other parts of the code—�and after the first syllable insert the word X'--and it's just, it really doesn't make much sense.” Carper questioned whether anybody could read the actual legislative text and credibly claim to have understood it. Were it to become law, this bill would mandate dramatic changes in the U.S. health care system. “So the idea of reading the plain English version: Yeah, I'll probably do that,” said Carper. “The idea of reading the legislative language: It's just anyone who says that they can do that and actually get much out of it is trying to pull the wool over our eyes.” Carper compared the full legislative language of the bill to credit card disclosure documents
Who is pulling the wool over whose eyes? Is it THE 0bama?
He broke a million in the 3rd quarter. I know he's down to Trey Grayson, but what would you put the odds at of Dr. Paul winning the nomination?
What are Rand Paul's chances to win the GOP nomination in Kentucky for Jim Bunning's Senate Seat?
http://spectator.org/blog/2009/09/23/democrats-kill-amendment-requi Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee killed an amendment proposed by Sen. Jim Bunning that would have required the committee to have the legislative language of its health care bill evaluated by the Congressional Budget Office before voting on it. Currently, the only version of Chairman Max Baucus's proposal we have is a 223-page draft (PDF) that is written in plain English and explains the bill in conceptual terms. Republicans argued that until the bill is written in legislative language it will be impossible for the CBO to provide an accurate cost estimate. The Bunning ammendment would have required the committee to have the legislative language of the bill, along with the CBO cost estimate, posted on the internet for 72 hours before a vote. Democrats argued that waiting for the legislative languange to be written, and for the CBO to evaluate it, would needlessly delay the process by weeks. So let me understand. We can't have a fully written bill nor can we look at it for 72 hours before they vote on it. Why? Because it may delay the process. Sounds and smells fishy to me.
Why did Democrats Kill Amendment Requiring Bill To Be Fully Written Before a Vote?
an amendment by Senator Jim Bunning that would have required Baucus' ObamaCare bill to be posted on the Internet - for all Americans to read - for 72 hours prior to the Committee voting on it. http://www.cfiflistmanager.org/obamacarex1c.html
