Russia invades Ukraine after telling Kerry, "Trust us." And what is Obama going to do, as the leader of the free world? He is going to cancel his trip to Russia!!!!

Feb 28, 7:43 PM EST


OBAMA COULD PULL RUSSIA TRIP AMID UKRAINE TUMULT
BY JULIE PACE AND MATTHEW LEE 
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials said Friday that President Barack Obama may scrap plans to attend an international summit in Russia this summer and could also halt discussions on deepening trade ties with Moscow, raising specific possible consequences if Russia should intervene in Ukraine. Obama himself bluntly warned of unspecified "costs" for Russia.
"Any violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity would be deeply destabilizing," Obama declared. Such action by Russia would represent a "profound interference" in matters that must be decided by the Ukrainian people, he said.

While the president spoke only of "reports" of military movements inside Ukraine, the officials said the U.S does believe that Russia is intervening. . .  . .  

At what point in time do we ALL stop with the debate and begin sharing in the national embarrassment these two clowns represent? So much for the "majesty" of the office, Geraldo.

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Planned Parenthood Prez Cecile Richards: "When life begins not ‘really relevant’ to abortion." Of course not. They are going to kill the little people anyway.

<<<<    So, family planning includes killing off your unborn?  And "they" hate being compared to the Nazi's.  Wierd.  


WASHINGTON, D.C., February 28, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards told an interviewer on Thursday that “I don't know that it's really relevant” to consider when life begins when discussing abortion.  The abortion industry leader appeared on Fusion TV's America with Jorge Ramos before a backdrop featuring pictures of herself and Wendy Davis.

“For you, when does life start? When does a human being become a human being?” Ramos asked,. “This is a question that I think will be debated through the centuries,” she said.   “But for you, what's that point?”. . . . . . . "It is not something that I feel like is really part of this conversation,” she said, stuttering and clearly shaken. “I think every woman needs to make her own decision,” she finally said.

Editor's notes:  Too bad the little people don't get a say.  Too bad these women were given charge of our young.  They sure as heck hate the job  . . . .  and "no,"  I am not going to apologize for hurting someone's feelings.  

Here is a headline, another MISLEADING headline from the One Worlders at the AP:

Associated Press:   Sen. Cruz Won't Endorse Cornyn in Texas GOP Race

Editor's notes:  I say "MISLEADING" because it angers me that the national press has such a large "bully pulpit,"  and,  the aside/unmentioned fact that Ted Cruz is not endorsing any GOP primary candidate,  at least for the present time.  

I do not believe Senator Cornyn should be exercised from the GOP;  Cruz probably disagrees.  But here is my point,  

It is alright to in-fight and disagree with other members of the party.  The GOP has been doing that for as along as I can remember.  We change the nature of the party politic during the primary and midterm seasons.  We must lay down our arms,  however, after a fairly conducted campaign season has given the GOP,  its national candidate.  

The teaparty,  for the most part,  holds up Ron Reagan as its historic mentor.  That being true,  we should not forget that Reagan did not believe that someone within the party who was agreeable to "our" political views 80% of the time,  but differed 20% of the time,  was our political enemy.   He did not believe that the party should take its very public disagreements and in-fighting into a reality that equals two political parties fighting to destroy the other.  

I voted for McCain, in 2008.  I did not care for the man,  but,  because of Palin,  he got my vote.  Today?  In spite of what I am writing in this post,  I would not vote for the man  -  but for personal reasons.  Lindsey Graham is often pitched as McCain's shadow.  Perhaps,  but Graham would get my vote.  Why?  Because his public attacks against the more conservative elements within the party are not nearly as poisonous as those of McCain.  Plain and simply,  McCain has discarded all pretense of not being an ass.  


This business of "establishment/status quo" versus the Right (way),  is something I believe in,  but not to the point that I believe the establishment GOP is wholly unworthy of my support.  McCain is not simply "establishment."  He is an war-hawk Progressive without the pleasant attitude of a GW Bush.  

I do believe that Sarah Palin understands this.  She is against the "status quo,"  but when it comes time to vote "GOP versus a Marxist/One World/Borderless/Progressive Utopian,  she will vote "GOP" everytime,  and has made that point very clear.  

Her opposition to Chris Christie is exactly my stance, as well.  But if the big guy was able to survive the GOP primary process,  fairly run,  I would vote for him in a heartbeat.  So would the good Governor.  

Point of Post:  There is a realistic context to the GOP infighting.  We all need to understand that reality, know when to hold and to fold, and win a few national  elections, for a change. If we do this,  we  -  right-wing conservatives - will take back the GOP.   The times are right for conservative victories in 2014 and 2016. Let's not get totally lost in the weeds of party politics and blow these two elections.  I do not believe we will ever have such an opportunity again.  
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While Cornyn has got the wrath of Ted Cruz and some in the teaparty,  still he is an advocate for what the right-wing believes.  Check out this story detailing what Cornyn is doing,  in terms of strategy,  to take down ObamaCare:  

http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/john-cornyn-obamacare-steve-hotze-lawsuit/2014/02/27/id/555216?promo_code=11EFB-1&utm_source=11EFEBefore_Its_News2&utm_medium=nmwidget&utm_campaign=widgetphase1



Cut and Paste from Drudge. Why? Just to prove there is NOTHING of significance happening in the world of Congressional/Marxist politics - the very niche specific to Midknight Review. Been this way for three years (more or less). Talk about "lame duck !!"




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Until then, Lerner will not answer questions unless ordered to do so by a federal judge, her attorney said.  . . . . .  
Editor's notes:  How long can "they" drag this out?  She "stepped in it" months ago,  and has no choice but to talk or pay legal fees the rest of her pathetic life.  Its beginning to look like this scandal has serious "wheels."  

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Obama celebrates the 95th birthday of the Grand Canyon. Funny, I thought it was older than that.

And to think,  he could have been in the WH office,  doing his freaking job.  


(Sarah Palin) Too bad she is not running for the High Office, since she is the leading favorite among GOP voters.


In a recent Public Policy Polling survey,  and in spite of the fact that name did not appear on the survey,  Sarah Palin rated higher than every other potential 2016 presidential hopeful.  

Understand that the PPP survey is a left leaning concern,  used by the WaPost and others on the Left.  It was the most accurate poll,  predicting the 2012 elections.  The results, because this is a PPP survey,  are most noteworthy.  

Is it time to have a national election between iconic women?  Time will tell.  

Palin Returning to Reality TV

Sarah Palin Returning to Reality TV With 'Amazing' Show

Wednesday, 26 Feb 2014 10:01 PM
By Sandy Fitzgerald

Sarah Palin is returning to reality television.
The former Alaska governor's new program, "Amazing America With Sarah Palin," is scheduled to premiere at 8 p.m. EDT on April 3 on the Sportsman Channel, Politicoreports.

In a promotional video, Palin is seen in silhouette in front of an American flag as quotes about her newsmaking ability, charm and complexity appear on the screen. 

She then appears, saying, "America: Prepare to be amazed."
. . . . . . . . .    The poll showed that Palin, a tea party favorite, has a 70 percent favorability rating among Republican primary voters, topping six other potential candidates in the poll. . . . . . . .   

Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/Draft-Stories/Sarah-Palin-reality-show-Alaska/2014/02/21/id/554007#ixzz2uXuGZ5Ej

A growing chorus of sceptics are denying man made global warming. Today, we see that the founder of Green Peace has joined that chorus.


“There is no scientific proof that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are the dominant cause of the minor warming of the Earth’s atmosphere over the past 100 years.   Today, we live in an unusually cold period in the history of life on earth and there is no reason to believe that a warmer climate would be anything but beneficial for humans and the majority of other species.”


Words taken from the founder of Green Peace,  Patrick Moore PhD.  His prepared testimony can be found here.  

Doctor Obama has another ObamaCare problem. The folks he has "fought so hard to protect, the uninsured," are the largest disapproving population in America. Only 22% approve of Obama.


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The vast majority of uninsured Americans do not know they must sign up for health insurance by March 31 or pay a fine, according to a new poll.
The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), in its monthly tracking survey, found that 76 percent of the uninsured are not aware of the looming sign-up deadline. Only 24 percent could name the date correctly. . . . .  
Nearly two-thirds of the uninsured said they know only a little (37 percent) or nothing at all (26 percent) about the new marketplaces designed to make it easier to shop for health plans.
Perceptions of the Affordable Care Act have been trending negative among people without health insurance since February. Tuesday’s poll found that 56 percent now view the law unfavorably while 22 percent view it favorably.

A raw deal from "Raw Story?" The Arizona law goes down in flames as lies and ignorance succeed, once again.

(Raw Story) – After days of protests and criticism levied against her state, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) said on Wednesday that she vetoed SB 1062, which would have effectively legalized discrimination based on religious grounds.
Brewer said she had not heard of one example of religious freedoms being attacked without the bill, considered it broadly worded, and did not address any specific concerns.
She further said that SB 1062 “has the potential to create more problems than it purports to solve” and would be divisive “to a degree that no one would ever want.”
Editor's notes:  It was decided in court of law,  years ago,  that businesses do not share in all the Constitutional rights an individual American has.  SB 1062 tried to deal with several issues as the result of an existing law.  This bill was a revision of that existing law.  
Gov.Brewer is right,  if she had signed this bill into law,  the problems in Arizona would have been monumental.  Our nation is no longer a nation of laws.  In many quarters,  the Marxist cabal has taken over, and lawlessness is a primary strategy.  
I certainly understand the governor's problem.  

That Arizona Law? Here is the law with a few notes. I hasten to add this: there are ways Christian folks can function in a world full of lust without the writing of another law. I illustrate such, in this post. BTW, not a word in the law about Homo or anti-homo. The law only gave a line of defense if taken to court.

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Note:  Bracketed statements  -  "[ . . .]" are those of this blog's editor.  The official version with amendments is reproduced in this posting.  It begins with a title page followed by legal definitions,  and,  finally,  the law itself.  Understand that this is NOT an anti-gay rights bill but a freedom of religious express,  bill.  The bill in sections 24 -32 of page 2,  puts a heavy burden on those who exercise the rights protected by this bill.  Lines 33/34 of page two,  places the requirement of "substantial burden" on those who are involved in the prosecution of this law or its legislated liberty.   As I read the proposed bill,  it really does nothing but muddy the waters.  If Gov Brewer signs this law,  the gay crowd will immediately enter a business as a gay couple or individual,  and the court challenges will have begun.  

I am an ex-pastor (14 years) and a retired building contractor (35 years).   I do not believe in same sex marriages.  So how would I handle the matter?  In fact,  I still preform weddings,  from time to time. I always counsel those who come to me for services rendered. If the counseling is offered to all,  and the material presented is the same,  I have been told that such counseling (which includes my personal beliefs on gay marriages)  is within my rights.  After sharing my biblical views,  I would perform the wedding,  as long as the ceremony did not involve any lurid displays of immoral behavior (Hey,  I don't allow hetero couples lurid activity,  either).  

The bill was "inspired" by a wedding cake shop that refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple.  What to do?  Me,  I would have baked the cake, changed my policy as to supplied figurines. As a shop owner,  the customers would have to supply and mount their own figurines,  whether gay or straight.  My conscience would be clear.  After all,  a  cake is a cake is a cake.  

Anyway,  I see this bill as problematic and,  perhaps,  too broad based.  See what you think  ~ J David Smithson.  

Senate Engrossed



State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-first Legislature
Second Regular Session
2014


SENATE BILL 1062


AN ACT

AMENDING SECTIONS 41-1493 AND 41-1493.01, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; RELATING
TO THE FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION.


(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)


S.B. 1062

 [Definitions ]

 - 1 -
1 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
2 Section 1. Section 41-1493, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to
3 read:
4 41-1493. Definitions
5 In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
6 1. "Demonstrates" means meets the burdens of going forward with the
7 evidence and of persuasion.
8 2. "Exercise of religion" means the PRACTICE OR OBSERVANCE OF
9 RELIGION, INCLUDING THE ability to act or refusal to act in a manner
10 substantially motivated by a religious belief, whether or not the exercise is
11 compulsory or central to a larger system of religious belief.
12 3. "Government" includes this state and any agency or political
13 subdivision of this state.
14 4. "Nonreligious assembly or institution" includes all membership
15 organizations, theaters, cultural centers, dance halls, fraternal orders,
16 amphitheaters and places of public assembly regardless of size that a
17 government or political subdivision allows to meet in a zoning district by
18 code or ordinance or by practice.
19 5. "Person" includes a religious assembly or institution ANY
20 INDIVIDUAL, ASSOCIATION, PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, CHURCH, RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY
21 OR INSTITUTION OR OTHER BUSINESS ORGANIZATION.
22 6. "Political subdivision" includes any county, city, including a
23 charter city, town, school district, municipal corporation or special
24 district, any board, commission or agency of a county, city, including a
25 charter city, town, school district, municipal corporation or special
26 district or any other local public agency.
27 7. "Religion-neutral zoning standards":
28 (a) Means numerically definable standards such as maximum occupancy
29 codes, height restrictions, setbacks, fire codes, parking space requirements,
30 sewer capacity limitations and traffic congestion limitations.
31 (b) Does not include:
32 (i) Synergy with uses that a government holds as more desirable.
33 (ii) The ability to raise tax revenues.
34 8. "Suitable alternate property" means a financially feasible property
35 considering the person's revenue sources and other financial obligations with
36 respect to the person's exercise of religion and with relation to spending
37 that is in the same zoning district or in a contiguous area that the person
38 finds acceptable for conducting the person's religious mission and that is
39 large enough to fully accommodate the current and projected seating capacity
40 requirements of the person in a manner that the person deems suitable for the
41 person's religious mission.
42 9. "Unreasonable burden" means that a person is prevented from using
43 the person's property in a manner that the person finds satisfactory to
44 fulfill the person's religious mission.
S.B. 1062

 [The Actual Law]

 - 2 -
1 Sec. 2. Section 41-1493.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to 
2 read: 
3 41-1493.01. Free exercise of religion protected; definition 
4 A. Free exercise of religion is a fundamental right that applies in 
5 this state even if laws, rules or other government actions are facially 
6 neutral. 
7 B. Except as provided in subsection C, government OF THIS SECTION,
8 STATE ACTION shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion
9 even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability.
10 C. Government STATE ACTION may substantially burden a person's
11 exercise of religion only if it THE GOVERNMENT OR NONGOVERNMENTAL PERSON
12 SEEKING THE ENFORCEMENT OF STATE ACTION demonstrates that application of the
13 burden to the person PERSON'S EXERCISE OF RELIGION IN THIS PARTICULAR
14 INSTANCE is both:
15 1. In furtherance of a compelling governmental interest.
16 2. The least restrictive means of furthering that compelling
17 governmental interest.
18 D. A person whose religious exercise is burdened in violation of this
19 section may assert that violation as a claim or defense in a judicial
20 proceeding, and obtain appropriate relief against a government REGARDLESS OF
21 WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT IS A PARTY TO THE PROCEEDING.
22 E. A PERSON THAT ASSERTS A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION MUST ESTABLISH

23 ALL OF THE FOLLOWING: 

24 1. THAT THE PERSON'S ACTION OR REFUSAL TO ACT IS MOTIVATED BY A 
25 RELIGIOUS BELIEF. 
26 2. THAT THE PERSON'S RELIGIOUS BELIEF IS SINCERELY HELD. 
27 3. THAT THE STATE ACTION SUBSTANTIALLY BURDENS THE EXERCISE OF THE 
28 PERSON'S RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. 
29 F. THE PERSON ASSERTING A CLAIM OR DEFENSE UNDER SUBSECTION D OF THIS 
30 SECTION MAY OBTAIN INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF. A party who prevails 
31 in any action to enforce this article against a government shall recover 
32 attorney fees and costs. 

33 E. G. In FOR THE PURPOSES OF this section, the term substantially 
34 burden is intended solely to ensure that this article is not triggered by 
35 trivial, technical or de minimis infractions.
36 H. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "STATE ACTION" MEANS ANY ACTION,
37 EXCEPT FOR THE REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 41-1493.04, BY THE
38 GOVERNMENT OR THE IMPLEMENTATION OR APPLICATION OF ANY LAW, INCLUDING STATE
39 AND LOCAL LAWS, ORDINANCES, RULES, REGULATIONS AND POLICIES, WHETHER
40 STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER THE IMPLEMENTATION OR APPLICATION IS MADE
41 BY THE GOVERNMENT OR NONGOVERNMENTAL PERSONS.





Here is my response to a defender of Obama and his "success" against terror. You all know that Bush won the Iraq war in five years, right? And what has Obama done in five years? Here is a detailed answer.

Please excuse a couple of unpleasant swear words,  as you read,  but I really get angry when thinking about what an absolute mess,  Obama has made of everything he has touched.  For heaven sakes,  would you all stop with the partisan crap of "my president is better than your president,"  and,  admit he is in,  way over his head.  Hillary once made the point (in 2008, talking about Obama's potential presidency) that serving as president is a terrible way of getting experience as a national leader.  She was right,  of course.  and would have made a far better president than what we have,  today  ~ editor.  

Indeed, Obama has been irrelevant since March 23, 2010 and the signing of ObamaCare. He has not gotten one important thing done, since, either domestically or internationally.

As far as your list of notable terrorist deaths is concerned, you forgot to add in the 32 American soldiers (17 of which were Navy Seal Team Six members) who were slaughtered by hand held rocket fire 12 weeks after Obama and Joe the Blow identified Seal Team Six as bin Laden's killers. What about the Pakistani doctor who helped locate bin Laden? You remember him? He was left behind and totally deserted by Hussein Obama and is now lost to the world, as he serves out a 30 year prison sentence in the hands of your Muslim friends. Or what about the dozen or so "CIA Yemeni operatives" Obama outed as he and morons like you, bragged about the "secret" missions they were on? What about Benghazi and the two remaining Navy Seal members fighting for their lives for 5 to 7 hours into the night, while their bullshit Command in Chief went to bed, all excited about giving a campaign speech the next day in Nevada? HE WENT TO BED, you dumb shit, while those men were alive and fighting for their lives for freaking hours, not knowing that no one in the Progressive Socialist Marxist One-World Utopian Imperialist Administration, could not have cared less?

Bush killed 30 to 40 THOUSAND radicals in Iraq, and a couple of hundred al Qaeda leaders in the five year, Iraqi war, and won that war. He just didn't run to the first open mic he saw, every time one of his secret missions paid off.

Back to your list: Osama bin Laden was irrelevant. He had been in hiding for a decade and had been replaced as leader, years and years ago. The others on your list, were not irrelevant. But here is a fact you refuse to admit: 2,000 soldiers have died in a war in which we got our asses kicked every way but loose. You and Obama have no measure for "victory" in that war, and no exit strategy exit except the coward's way of retreat. Killing a few terrorist leaders is not "winning the war." And Obama's drone strikes in Pakistan have murdered eight to ten thousand "by-standers" in the killing of some 40/50 Taliban leaders.

And what about the 90, or so, Americans killed or wounded in homeland terror attacks since Hussein has been our Overlord? Zero for Bush, but 90 for Obama, and I am not counting the attacks on our electrical grid, in 2013.

China has grown its army to nearly 3 million while Obama is cutting ours to 450,000 and a Navy fleet as small as in WW I. You think China is a friend to the world, moron? Is that what you think? When it comes to preserving our freedom, as a nation, in a world full of haters, you and your Marxist pals are a pathetic joke, and the real pisser in all this, is the fact that you all are going to get us all killed, in the process. 

Christian black pastors protest existential sectarian, B Hussein Obama. Ah, the honeymoon is finally over.

During a press conference on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., to announce a signature campaign to impeach U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Rev. Bill Owens said President Barack Obama has “hurt the American people.”
“We’re on a downward road,” Owens, who is founder and president of the Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP), said at the event at the National Press Club. “And this president has done more to hurt the American people than any president, as I see it, in my lifetime and in history.”

If you only pay the fine, you will owe $95 the first year you do not enroll, but, by year three, your fine couldl be $2,085. Compare the fine with an ObamaCAre policy, three years from now, that might cost you $6000 per year with a $6,000 annual deductible. In other words, if sick, that policy would cost you $12,000 per year.

From Americans for Tax Reform:  

IRS Warns: Obamacare Tax Must Be Paid with Tax Return

Agency employs Orwellian term “Shared Responsibility Payment” to describe Obamacare individual mandate tax.
<<<  That penalty will be $695 per year but not more than $2,085 or 2.5% of your income. 

President Obama’s Internal Revenue Service today quietly released a series of Obamacare “Health Care Tax Tips” warning Americans that they must obtain “qualifying” health insurance – as defined by the federal government – or face a “shared responsibility payment” when filing their tax returns in 2015. The term “shared responsibility payment” refers to the Obamacare individual mandate tax, one of at least seven tax hikes in the healthcare law that directly hit families making less than $250,000 per year.
Your 2014 tax return will ask if you had insurance coverage or qualified for an exemption.  If not, you may owe a shared responsibility payment when you file in 2015.
In “The Individual Shared Responsibility Payment- An Overview” the agency warns Americans they must prove they were covered each and every month of the year:
For any month in 2014 that you or any of your dependents don’t maintain coverage and don’t qualify for an exemption, you will need to make an individual shared responsibility payment with your 2014 tax return filed in 2015.
In “IRS Reminds Individuals of Health Care Choices for 2014”the agency details the calculations Americans can look forward to if they are liable for the tax:
If you (or any of your dependents) do not maintain coverage and do not qualify for an exemption, you will need to make an individual shared responsibility payment with your return. In general, the payment amount is either a percentage of your household income or a flat dollar amount, whichever is greater. You will owe 1/12th of the annual payment for each month you (or your dependents) do not have coverage and are not exempt. The annual payment amount for 2014 is the greater of:
  • 1 percent of your household income that is above the tax return filing threshold for your filing status, such as Married Filing Jointly or single, or
  • Your family’s flat dollar amount, which is $95 per adult and $47.50 per child, limited to a maximum of $285.
As confirmed by previous  IRS testimony to the tax-writing House Committee on Ways and Means, “taxpayers will file their tax returns reporting their health insurance coverage, and/or making a payment”.  
Once fully phased in, the Obamacare individual mandate tax will rise steeply, to a maximum of 2.5 percent of Adjusted Gross Income or $2,085 – whichever is higher


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How laws are passed through congress and why the Democrat Party is most "do nothing" party of modern times.

The Legislative Process:

If the new proposal is financial,  it must originate in the House and,  then,  passed to the Senate  -  never the other-way around.

Otherwise,  a new law can have its beginning in committee meetings,  either in the House or the
Senate.  After it reaches the respective "floor," and voted on and approved,  the bill is sent to "other" house,  where it is reviewed and revised in committee,  and presented to the floor for debate.  If passed,  it is sent back to the original congressional "house,"  where members of both the Senate and the House,  work to reconcile both versions of the law.  It is, then,  presented for vote in each house,  and,  wala,  you have a "law."

Since 2010 and the takeover of the House of Representatives by the GOP (thanks to the teaparty),  that house has sent 160 approved bills to the Senate, for the Senate's review and process.

Harry Reid has refused to allow most of these House bills to continue the legislative process.  They are sent to Senate and die on Reid's desk.  As a result,  the Senate is the least productive in American history.  It is not the GOP holding up legislation or refusing to compromise in the "reconciliation process."  It is ONLY the Senate under the "leadership" of Hapless Harry.

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You can read the official statement on the Senate's legislative process,  here:  http://www.senate.gov/legislative/common/briefing/Senate_legislative_process.htm

Project Vote,  may have the best and comprehensive description of the legislative process: https://votesmart.org/education/how-a-bill-becomes-law#.Uw0DfONdVQA


ObamaCare IS here to stay, but not [necessarily] as a single-payer scheme of the Marxist Left. If we amend this law to force compliance with its many promises, that will be the end of "single-payer" for decades into the future.


<<<  Terry Branstad.
  
Editor's note:  How to defeat ObamaCare?  By turning it into something it was never intended (by the Marxist Left)  to be.    


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No matter where they stand on Obamacare, America's governors agree on one thing about President Barack Obama's controversial healthcare overhaul: It's not going away.

"We're just trying to make the best of a bad situation," said Republican Gov. Terry Branstad, of Iowa at a meeting of the nation's governors in Washington, D.C., this weekend. 

"We're trying to make it work as best we can for the people of Iowa," said Barnstad, who calls the healthcare law "unaffordable and unsustainable," yet something he has to implement by law . . . .
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