| Pelosi Confirms New Medicare Tax on 'Unearned Income, Whatever Category That Is' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) revealed that a package of amendments to the Senate-passed health care bill would include a new tax on unearned income. Pelosi said this tax would cover all unearned income, "whatever category that is." |
| Rep. Pence: Dems 'So Desperate' to Pass Health Care They'll 'Trample Upon The Constitution' Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) said Thursday that the Democrats' plan to pass the Senate health care bill without a formal vote in the House goes against "our system of government" and shows that Democrats are willing to "trample upon the Constitution itself." |
| CBO: Health Bill Would Force Families to Buy Insurance Costing a Minimum of $12,000 Per Year--Whether Government or Employer Helps Them or Not The Senate health care bill would require American families to buy a health insurance plan costing a minimum of $12,000 per year, whether or not an employer or government helped them pay the premiums |
| Rep. Sessions: 'Slaughter Rule' to Pass Health Care With No Up-Down Vote on Bill is Unconstitutional If House Democrats pass a special rule that 'deems' the Senate health care bill to have passed, allowing them to bypass an up-or-down roll call vote, it would be a violation of Article 1, Section VII of the U.S. Constitution, said Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) |
| Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart: Not Decided on Constitutionality of Passing Health Care Bill With No Up-or-Down Vote Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) said he has "not decided" yet whether it is unconstitutional for the Democrats in the House of Representatives to pass a special rule to deem the Senate health care bill as passed without actually voting on the legislation |
| Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown Won't Say If 'Slaughter Rule' Is Constitutional Because He Works in Senate Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) would not say whether using the Slaughter Rule to pass health care is constitutional because, he said, he works in the Senate and does not "know House rules anymore." |
| House Democrat Says Slaughter Rule Lacks 'Honesty and Transparency,' But Will Vote For It Anyway Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) said he does not like using the Slaughter Rule, which would allow the House to pass the Senate health care bill without actually voting on the legislation as the Constitution requires, because he believes in 'honesty and transparency'--but will vote for it anyway |
| House Republican Leadership Chairman: Democrats Are Engaging in 'Slaughtering of Democracy' |
| Republican Senator Warns Health Care Vote-Switchers, the Secret Deals You've Made Won't Work |
| Obama Backs Immigration Plan That Includes Pathway to Citizenship, Biometric Social Security Cards |
| Immigration Reform Activists Plan to Rally in Washington Sunday |
| Health Care Will Pass |
| Retired U.S. General Says Homosexual Troops Made Dutch Weak in Bosnia |