Incoming US House Republicans Move to repeal Obama Healthcare 60% Of Voters Want Repeal of Obamacare

Republicans Announce Plans to Attempt Health Reform Repeal
Republicans in Congress have announced that they will hold a vote to Repeal the Affordable Care Act next Wednesday. This will be one of the first actions of the Republican controlled House of Representatives. If the vote is passed by Republicans in the House of Representatives this does not mean that the health reform will be repealed. President Obama and Congressional Democrats are committed to protecting the progress of the past two years. Speaking to Politico, Senate Majority Leader Harry Rei...

Weekly Pulse: On Health Care Repeal, House GOP Full of Sound and Fury
House Republicans will hold a symbolic vote to overturn Health Care reform on January 12. The bill, which would Repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and set the nation’s Health Care laws back to the way they were last March, has no chance of becoming law. The GOP controls the House, but Democrats control the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that the Senate Democrats will block the bill. Suzy Khimm of Mother Jones reports that the 2-page House Bill carries no price tag....

Meet the new GOP, same as the old GOP
MEET THE NEW GOP, SAME AS THE OLD GOP.... Dana Milbank has a helpful summary today, emphasizing the speed with which the new House Republican majority has forgotten all of the principles they said were important when the GOP was in the minority. For two years, [House Majority Leader Eric] Cantor and his colleagues campaigned against high Deficits. Now, in the new majority's first major act, they plan to vote to increase the deficit by $143 billion as part of a Repeal of health-care reform. Fo...

Dawn Of A New Congress
What is this? Good morning. As Korva said earlier, the day's big story is the opening of the 112th Congress — an event marked by the hand-off of control in the House of Representatives from the Democrats to the Republicans and a narrower majority for Democrats in the Senate. On Morning Edition, NPR's Andrea Seabrook profiled the new speaker of the House, Rep. John Boehner of Ohio. She reports that "Boehner's mantra — words you'll hear often in the coming year — is 'smaller...

Taking the House, GOP primes for fight with Obama
WASHINGTON—Taking control of the House at last, Republicans are rushing straight into a political fight with President Barack Obama over Health Care and changes in Washington they say voters demanded in the Midterm Elections. "It's new energy," incoming House Speaker John Boehner told reporters on the eve of his swearing-in. The oath-taking Wednesday ends two years of Democratic dominance in the capital and ushers in a divided government in the run-up to the 2012 congressional and preside...

Taking the House, GOP primes for fight with Obama
WASHINGTON — Taking control of the House at last, Republicans are rushing straight into a political fight with President Barack Obama over Health Care and changes in Washington they say voters demanded in the Midterm Elections. "It's new energy," incoming House Speaker John Boehner told reporters on the eve of his swearing-in. The oath-taking Wednesday ends two years of Democratic dominance in the capital and ushers in a divided government in the run-up to the 2012 congressional and pres...

Republicans Push Obama, Dems on Spending Cuts
Republicans became the majority party in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, and they said they're ready to do what voters screamed for on Election Day -- and that's to stop the spending. This effort may lead to some brutal battles between President Barack Obama, Democrats on Capitol Hill and the newly-empowered Republicans. Politicians always make promises to cut spending, but the new Republican majority, backed by Tea Party power, may have the fervor and numbers to really do it....

House Republicans already reneging on promised spending cuts
Boy, I'll bet you didn't see this one coming: When House Republican leaders unveiled their Pledge to America in September, it included a pretty striking promise to voters -- if elected, the GOP majority would "roll back Government Spending" by "at least $100 billion in the first year alone." [...] Monday, Republicans started slowly backing away from their $100 billion commitment. Yesterday, the pledge was effectively thrown out the window. Many people knowledgeable about the federal Budget said...

Bachmann to introduce Dodd-Frank repeal bill
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) will introduce Legislation Wednesday that would Repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law. Bachmann informed her House Republican colleagues of her plan in a letter sent Tuesday seeking co-sponsors. "Please join me in repealing the misguided Legislation known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," she wrote. "My Repeal Legislation ... is a great start to fighting the blatant abuse of power over the last two years." Republican leade...

What's on the Mind of the Freshman Class of the 112th Congress?
This is a rush transcript from "On the Record," January 4, 2011. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, Fox News HOST: Well, a whole bunch of new faces just descended upon Washington. Are they ready to change things on Capitol Hill? Griff Jenkins has the inside story on the freshman class of the 112th Congress. He found two Democrats, two Republicans, and he asked each of them, What is your top priority? GRIFF JENKINS, Fox News CORRESPONDENT: Greta, the bi...

John Boehner Becomes Speaker of the House (The Atlantic Wire)
WASHINGTON, DC – After capturing the energy of conservative Activists to lead his party to a historic election, John Boehner becomes Speaker of the House today. Now comes the hard part. For months, Boehner has been carefully planning for his new gig, The New York Times' Carl Hulse reports, which could prove difficult as he tries to manage the Tea Party-backed freshmen representatives who perhaps don't yet understand how Washington works. Boehner's first moves will help keep Tea Partiers...

Bio: John Boehners return to power an improbable comeback
WASHINGTON – Just hours after he was ousted from the House Republican leadership that November evening in 1998, Rep. John Boehner enjoyed dinner with 30 of his closest friends and aides at a posh Washington restaurant known for its expensive porterhouse steaks. Over glasses of Red Wine and dinner, Boehner cracked jokes and thanked those who had rallied to him in a lost cause. And while one of those who attended the dinner insisted “it wasn’t a wake, it was a celebration,’...

New House Leadership Attacks Womens Health in Move to Repeal Health Law
01.05.11 - (Press Release) The incoming leadership for the House of Representatives is calling on committees to submit measures that would replace provisions within the healthcare law. A proposed resolution specifically calls for proposals that would prohibit Federal Funding for Abortion . Lawmakers will vote on the measure next week along with the vote to Repeal the healthcare law. Nancy Northup , president of the Center for Reproductive Rights said this in response: “Only four days into th...

Nancy Pelosi, Democrats relinquish control
(01-04) 04:00 PST Washington - -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will hand her gavel to incoming Speaker John Boehner today, ending two years of Democratic rule in Washington and beginning a period of divided government dominated by Republican promises of Budget Austerity. Pelosi, 70, whom the GOP pilloried as a San Francisco liberal, will lead Democrats as a shrunken and much more liberal minority. She will return to her former role as a barbed thorn in the side of the GOP, and is likely to becom...

Abortion Advocates Bemoan Repeal Vote, Abortion De-Funding
The head one of the leading Abortion Advocacy Groups is already complaining about House Republicans and the vote they scheduled for next week to overturn abortion-funding ObamaCare. NARAL president Nancy Keenan doesn’t like that effort and is upset that GOP lawmakers will follow that vote with one on Legislation to ensure the ObamaCare law does not allow for any funding of abortions with Taxpayer money. “In addition to next week’s vote to Repeal the health-reform law, Boehner a...

New Congress, Familiar Fights
Updated at 8:04 a.m. on January 5. American Elections have consequences, and today, lawmakers of both parties on Capitol Hill and the Democrat in the White House must begin living with the seismic changes ushered in by the Midterm Elections of 2010, which put Republicans in control of the House of Representatives and Democrats, particularly President Obama, on the defensive. A new Congress convenes in Washington today with prayer events, real and ceremonial swearing-in ceremonies, and a formal ...

Reference to End-of-Life Planning Dropped in New Medicare Rule
The Obama Administration reversed course and dropped a specific reference to end-of-life planning in a new Medicare rule explaining what is covered in annual check-ups. The rule change, removing references to "advance care planning," does not affect a Medicare recipient's "ability to have those voluntary conversations with their doctors" about end-of-life decisions, an administration official told the New York Times. Reporter Robert Pear said it was clear "political concerns" accounted for the r...

New Year, Same Old MSDNC
After a nice Vacation from Keith, Chris, and the rest of the Muppets on MSDNC, I tried to watch again last night. Mistake. Matthews was busy talking about how the vote to Repeal ObamaCare scheduled by the Republicans is a political stunt because it has no chance in the Senate nor does the House GOP have the votes to override a presidential Veto of the bill. When Nancy Pelosi was engaged in similar stunts, she was somehow not engaging in political theater. To Repeal the job-killing Health Care la...

Simple Two Page Bill
From The Washington Examiner Cantor’s ObamaCare Repeal bill goes online   112TH Congress 1ST SESSION H. R. __ To Repeal the job-killing Health Care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. IN THE House of Representatives Mr. CANTOR (for himself and [see ATTACHED LIST of cosponsors]) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on ____________ A BILL To Repeal the job-killing Health Care law and health carer...

Symbolism on Capitol Hill
Wed Jan. 5, 2011 7:59 AM PST Almost as soon as they take control of the House at noon Wednesday, Republicans will embark on a 20-day plan aimed at undoing major aspects of President Obama's agenda as they seek to take advantage of the weeks before the Senate's return and the president's State of the Union address. ....Much of what Republicans do will be symbolic, given that Democrats still control the Senate and the White House. But the quick action will allow Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), the...

Meet the Freshmen
In case you missed it last night, here’s video of Sean Hannity and Frank Luntz’s focus group with freshmen Republicans in the US House of Representatives. If this group sticks to their principles I believe there’s reason for hope. I wish them luck. Update: Speaker John Boehner has advised that the opening session of the 112th Congress will be streamed live. House Republicans will live stream the opening session of the 112th Congress - including the swearing-in ceremony ...

New Congress and the Spending Thicket
The 112th Congress, convening today, promises to be one of the most politically charged sessions in recent memory--and one in which Government Spending will dominate the agenda. Barring a sudden crisis, Foreign Policy will be an afterthought amid an intensifying debate over the Debt and the Deficit. Both parties have taken one potentially explosive National Security issue--cuts in defense spending--off the table. Obama is unlikely to demand a vote on any Controversial treaties after his bruisi...

Tea Party Activists Take Hard Line On GOP Agenda
Republicans preparing to take control of the U.S. House when the 112th Congress convenes Wednesday have been scrambling in recent days to salute the Tea Party Activists who helped drive Democrats from power last November. They've ordered a reading of the Constitution on opening day and required that all new Legislation cite a constitutional provision permitting the proposed action. They've pledged to cut 2.6 percent of the House operations Budget and teed up a largely symbolic vote on repealing ...

Ending ObamaCare
Posted by Tait Trussell on Jan 5th, 2011 and filed under FrontPage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. The knives—and scalpels—are out to cut ObamaCare to ribbons or administer beneficial Plastic Surgery. Here are developments that can accomplish a coup d’etat or probably bring more rational Health Care to America. Even with 87 new Republicans joining the new House of Re...

Don't Repeal and Replace, Repeal and Defund
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 By Terence P. Jeffrey Next Wednesday, the House of Representatives will take up Legislation sponsored by new House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., that is titled, "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act." On its face, this two-page bill is very simple. It would turn back the clock on federal health care laws to the instant before President Barack Obama signed his massive health care bill last March, making it as if ObamaCare "had not been enacted." So ...