Tweet By Jeff Parker,Florida Today Tweet Tweet By David A. Patten,NewsMAX On Friday,Democrats moved one step closer to giving free health insurance to the nation’s estimated 12 million illegal aliens when they successfully defeated a Republican-backed amendment,offered by Rep. Dean Heller,R-Nev.,that would have prevented illegal aliens from receiving government-subsidized health care [...] Tweet By Susan Page,USA TODAY Barack Obama,who completed six months in office Monday,has a 55% approval rating in the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll,putting him 10th among the dozen presidents who have served since World War II at this point in their tenures. Even so,a [...] Tweet By ANNE FLAHERTY,Associated Press President Barack Obama has irked close allies in Congress by declaring he has the right to ignore legislation on constitutional grounds after having criticized George W. Bush for doing the same. Four senior House Democrats on Tuesday said they were "surprised"and "chagrined"[...] Tweet By Michael Tanner,Real Clear Politics In making his case for a government takeover of the US health-care system,President Obama is going far beyond the usual Washington truth-stretching. Take a look at just a few of the most common claims: "If you like your current health-care [...] Tweet By Byron York,The Examiner With one word Monday,Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele helped the GOP get back in the fight over health care and the entire Obama agenda. The word was “experiment.” “Candidate Obama promised change,” Steele said in a speech at the National [...] Tweet By Jay Cost,Real Clear Politics Democratic Blue Counties are fading away in the South Representative Dan Boren [D-OK] recently sat down for an interview with the Oklahoma Gazette’s Will Holland,and had some harsh words for the leader of his own party. The following is an excerpt from that report: Tweet By James Hibberd,The Live Feed After some hesitation and a time shift,three major broadcast networks have agreed to carry Barack Obama’s latest primetime news conference. The event was announced Friday afternoon as Obama battles to bolster congressional support for an ambitious health-care overhaul while facing dropping approval ratings. But broadcasters are [...] Tweet By Michael A. Fletcher,Washington Post The Obama administration is delaying release of a congressionally mandated report on the nation’s economic conditions,spawning speculation that it is trying to tamp down bad economic news to avoid further complicating the already fraught legislative debate over health care reform. The report,which is normally published [...] | |