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US House of Representatives Set to Repeal Obamacare
The GOP controlled House is set to go forward with the Repeal of ObamaCare . The process will resume following its postponement this week due to the Arizona mass killings at the hands of Jared Loughner that left six dead and US Rep. Gabby Giffords (AZ-D) critically injured. However, the process will begin next week by the GOP controlled House to fulfill their campaign promise to Repeal Obamacare, that Democrats passed against the will of the people . The U.S. House of Representatives will resu...

House GOP to resume health-care repeal effort, but with more civil tone
Source: Washington Post House Republican leaders said Thursday that they will begin their effort to Repeal the new health-care law next week, a return to normal legislative business after the shootings in Arizona suspended activity on Capitol Hill. But no one quite knows what normal will look like, following a wrenching week in which members confronted concerns about their own safety and whether their heated Rhetoric played any role in last Saturday's shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz....

NYT Is Still Blaming House Republicans
From the New York Times: House Republicans Edge Back to Business as Usual By CARL HULSE January 13, 2011 WASHINGTON — Republicans are carefully trying to return to normal business in the House, announcing on Thursday that lawmakers will next week consider the effort to Repeal the Health Care law that was pulled from the agenda after the Saturday shooting rampage in Arizona . So why are we only hearing about Republicans - and House Republicans at that? Even Mr. Obama has admitted that the ...

House GOP to resume health-care repeal effort, but with more civil tone
House Republican leaders said Thursday that they will begin their effort to Repeal the new health-care law next week, a return to normal legislative business after the shootings in Arizona suspended activity on Capitol Hill. But no one quite knows what normal will look like, following a wrenching week in which members confronted concerns about their own safety and whether their heated Rhetoric played any role in last Saturday's shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 18 others. As ...

Will House Whips Sit Together for State of the Union?
Yahoo! Buzz Maybe Bipartisan comity really is breaking out in Congress. At least when it comes to seating arrangements. Rep. Kevin Mccarthy (R., Calif.) is embracing the recent suggestion by Sen. Mark Udall (D., Colo.) that members of Congress should sit together regardless of party during President Barack Obama ’s upcoming State of the Union address. “I like the idea,” said Mr. McCarthy, the third-ranking House Republican. “It’s an opportunity, and I think the Ameri...

Introducing ... Gingrich's NoMoreObamacare.com
GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, Fox News HOST: You have a website NoMoreObamacare.com, aiding in efforts to Repeal the national Health Care. What is going to happen in the House? I assume they are going to vote to repeal. Does it have some sort of power or impetus does it do something? GINGRICH: It is more than symbolic. Passing by a substantial margin the Repeal of ObamaCare is a very important first step. We have now over 100,000 signatures and they are growing every day. Our goal is to target the 23 Demo...

Any Pause In Harsh Rhetoric May Be Short-Lived
WASHINGTON — Despite President Barack Obama's appeal for civility, history suggests any move toward cooler political Rhetoric after the Arizona shootings will soon fade. An early test will come Jan. 25, when some lawmakers are asking Democrats and Republicans to sit side by side for Obama's State of the Union Speech, rather than splitting the House chamber by party as usual. Initial reactions to that idea on Capitol Hill were not encouraging, especially from the Republican side. A spokes...

House set to vote on healthcare repeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will resume action next week on repealing President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare overhaul, a House Republican spokesman said on Thursday. The House had been expected to act this week on the Repeal bill, but the vote was postponed after a Shooting Spree in Arizona killed six people and critically wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords. "As the White House noted, it is important for Congress to get back to work, and to that end we will r...

House set to vote on healthcare repeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will resume action next week on repealing President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare overhaul, a House Republican spokesman said on Thursday. The House had been expected to act this week on the Repeal bill, but the vote was postponed after a Shooting Spree in Arizona killed six people and critically wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords. "As the White House noted, it is important for Congress to get back to work, and to that end we will ...

House Republicans To Take Up Repeal Of ObamaCare 1099 Reporting Rules
There appears to be Bipartisan support for repealing one of the most egregious tax rules in last year's Affordable Care Act...

Health Law Repeal Vote On Tap For Next Week
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) holds a copy of the health law Repeal bill. He's with Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, House Republicans have rescheduled the vote to Repeal the Health Care law to next week. The vote had initially been scheduled for this week. But the Mass Shooting in Tucson, Ariz. which killed six and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords grievously wounded, caused the House majority to put the Controversial Repeal vote on hold. Laena Fallon, a spokesperson...

McConnell Promotes Raab, Chatterjee
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday announced he was promoting two of his personal office legislative aides to Domestic Policy advisers in his leadership office. Not a Subscriber? To continue reading, sign up for a free trial. Republican Redistricting Efforts Bankrupt for 2011? Republican Redistricting Efforts Bankrupt for 2011? Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers arrives at the Rayburn Horseshoe on Jan. 13 with her 6-week-old daughter, Grace Blossom, to board one of the buses bound for ...

Stupak, Inglis, Qualls Join Harvard Program
Republican Redistricting Efforts Bankrupt for 2011? Republican Redistricting Efforts Bankrupt for 2011? Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers arrives at the Rayburn Horseshoe on Jan. 13 with her 6-week-old daughter, Grace Blossom, to board one of the buses bound for the annual House Republican retreat. The retreat is in Baltimore this year. Whether you're looking for a new job or looking to hire the perfect Candidate, turn to RCJobs.com — the job board from the Newspaper of Capitol Hill since 195...

Officials: New gun-control laws unlikely
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- New gun-control laws are unlikely to come out of Capitol Hill following the deadly Tucson shooting rampage, Republican and Democratic lawmakers say. "We're not looking at banning all weapons," U.S. Rep. Gary L. Ackerman, D-N.Y., tells the Los Angeles Times. Ackerman wants to close a Loophole that allows some private dealers to sell guns without conducting Background Checks. "We're looking to make sure that innocent people from all over will be safe in their own homes...

Gingrich: GOP Still Needs To Win 'Really Large Margin' In Congress In 2012
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) made a bold pronouncement Thursday during a visit to South Carolina: That Republicans don't just have to win in 2012 -- they have to win huge majorities. The Myrtle Beach Sun News reports: The midterm win wasn't enough and Republicans need to aim for winning 40 more House seats and 12 or 13 more Senate seats in the next election, Gingrich said to a crowd at the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes. "If you're going to govern in 2013, you're going to need a really larg...

Town meeting attendee confronts GOP freshman over health reform repeal
Guess what happens when a congressional Town Meeting audience isn't created by the Koch brothers or fueled by Fox News? There's a different kind of confrontation. Here's what happened at a meeting earlier this week at Ohio’s Walsh University, with GOP Rep. Jim Renacci (OH). FONTE: You’ve said you want to Repeal the Health Care law and replace it. There’s a lot of things that took effect that help seniors. Once you Repeal it, what happens to all that? And what are you going to ...

As GOP regroups on healthcare, new poll questions its priority
The new House Republican majority may be about to do what President Barack Obama did a year ago — assign the top priority to healthcare at a time when Americans really really want action on The Economy and jobs. That’s what a new Gallup Poll suggests. Pollsters found that a clear majority of U.S. adults (52 perecent) think it is “extremely important” for Congress and Obama to focus on The Economy in the new year. Next in importance come Unemployment (4...

House Will Vote on Obamacare Repeal Next Week
We get results. This morning I urged the House to get back to work and now this: The U.S. House of Representatives will resume action next week on repealing President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare overhaul, a House Republican spokesman said on Thursday.Okay, I probably can't take credit for this but it's my story and I'm stickin' to it. ...

Key House Republican Prepares To Destroy The 30-Year Mortgage
Key House Republican Prepares To Destroy The 30-Year Mortgage In the last few weeks, House Republicans have swiftly walked back their promises to completely overhaul the two government sponsored mortgage entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — after using the two mortgage giants, and their seemingly constant need for government support, to score political points during the 2010 campaign. The reality that they are currently supporting 90 percent of the mortgage market seemed to hav...

Washington Extra Star power
It was a bit of a shock to learn on the Internet that a wobbly Earth has put the old Zodiac out of whack, and even added a 13th astrological sign - Ophiuchus (I’m changing my birthday if I end up landing in that one). Speaking of star power… President Barack Obama showed his last night at the memorial service for the Arizona Shooting Victims. He connected. The more somber and emotional his Speech, the more the audience reacted with approval. “It’s important for us t...

House to resume healthcare repeal debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will resume debate next week on Legislation to Repeal President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare overhaul, a House Republican aide said on Thursday. The House had been expected to vote this week on the Repeal bill, but the vote was postponed after a Shooting Spree in Arizona killed six people and critically wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Debate on the Healthcare Bill will resume next week, said Brad Dayspring, spokesman for House ...

Heather Robinson: Mental Illness, Not Politics, Was Likely Cause of Loughner's Rampage
By Heather Robinson and Jennifer Ginsberg, MSW It is becoming increasingly clear that the Killing Spree of Jared Loughner, who claimed the lives of six and injured 14, including beloved Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was not fueled by political ideology; rather, it was the result of severe, chronic, and untreated Mental Illness. Our society protects Civil Liberties. For good reason, individuals cannot be forcibly held in mental facilities unless they voluntarily agree, or are deeme...

GOP: Healthcare (Socialized Medicine) Repeal Vote Next Week and NO Name Change Of Bill
GOP: Healthcare Repeal vote next week Republicans agreed with the White House today that it’s time to get back to work. GOP leaders announced that the vote to Repeal ObamaCare will be held next week. Beltway Confidential The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week on a bill that would Repeal the Healthcare Reform law, the Majority Leader’s office said Thursday. The original vote was scheduled for Wednesday but was postponed after the shooting tragedy in Tucson, in which six peopl...

Democrats Want Mixed Seating at State of the Union
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. Last week, when the big news was the Health Care Repeal bill in the House, Democrats accused Republicans of only wanting to do something symbolic. Since the Repeal bill would probably pass in the House but would fail in the Senate or fail to gain the president's signature, Democrats argued, Republicans were just trying to send a message, not accomplish anything substantial. This of course was a superfluous argument - since Rep...

Something New for Left to Melt Down Over: Palin Will Keynote Hunting Club Convention
The convention is being run by the Safari Club International. No doubt some lefty kooks will probably show up to picket or something. I can already see the Palin-hating media lining up to bash her every word. Let the quivering and trembling begin.The address comes amid a debate in Congress over Gun Rights that followed the shootings of 20 people at a meet-and-greet event for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). Palin's Speech will likely be watched to see if she references the Arizona shooting, wh...