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NRCC - House Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi (in)famously said that Democrats would have to pass the government takeover of healthcare before the American people could find out what was in it.

PELOSI: “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” (David Freddoso, “Pelosi on Health Care: ‘We Have to Pass the Bill So You Can Find Out What Is In It,” The Washington Examiner’s Beltway Confidential blog, 3/9/2010)

Ever since that fateful day, Americans have learned what was in the government takeover of healthcare law and they haven’t liked it. Each new discovery is more ridiculous than the next. Take the latest news reported this week that the government takeover

In response to the 2010 Medicare funding warning, the President was legally required to present a plan to Congress—within 15 days after submitting his 2011 budget—addressing funding for the Medicare program. As of today, 101 days have lapsed since that deadline, and instead of spending that time working on serious solutions, the President and his team have instead worked to undermine the leadership efforts of others, like Paul Ryan, to truly tackle these mounting challenges.   Read more »

NRCC - A new survey out Monday offers additional proof that the Democrats’ government takeover of healthcare will cause at least 30 percent of employers to “definitely or probably” drop healthcare coverage for their employees.

“Once provisions of the Affordable Care Act start to kick in during 2014, at least three of every 10 employers will probably stop offering health coverage, a survey released Monday shows.   Read more »

NRCC - Speaking Sunday on CBS' Face the Nation, Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi claimed for the second time in a week that her party's plan for Medicare is modeled on the $500 billion in cuts to the program under the Democrats' government takeover of healthcare:

PELOSI TO CBS: GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE TAKEOVER IS THE MODEL FOR MEDICARE CUTS: "SCHIEFFER: 'Let me just interrupt you. Don't you have to though give some plan or some idea of how you're going to reform Medicare because we all know it can't sustain as it is.

The ties between England and what would become the United States of America were severed, as Tench Coxe, delegate from Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress, put it, in large part due to the perversion and mal-administration of the British government.¹  Two hundred years later, Americans are manifesting similar levels of frustration

The 18th Congressional District has an interesting and colorful history. The first vote cast by its original representative John Jones was to approve the Declaration of War against Germany beginning World War I. Other notables serving this district include Barbara Jordan, Mickey Leland and even my namesake, Congressman Bob Price of Pampa Texas. The district is currently represented by the infamous government-spender, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston, Texas.   Read more »

Everyone wants “Cadillac” health care. The “health care reform” bill passed by Congress this year, "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," claims to be able to provide it. However, anyone who can pay for “Cadillac” plans themselves – as well as their employers - will be taxed to pay for those who can’t.   Read more »