Obamacare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, is a federal statute signed into law by President Obama in 2010 and is the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid.
May 25th, 2010
A Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 likely voters shows that support for the repeal of Obama's health care reform bill is at an all time high. While opposition to the bill has remained as consistent since its...
May 19th, 2010
Joe Sestak won the Democratic Primary Pennsylvania election for U.S. Senate, beating out incumbent Senator Arlen Specter, 54% to 46%.
May 13th, 2010
Utah Republican Senator Bob Bennett was denied his bid for a fourth term as Senator by being removed at a GOP convention dominated by Tea Party activists this past weekend. Both Bennett and political pundits were shocked...
May 6th, 2010
Over the past few months, I’ve heard from Texans of all walks of life during visits throughout the state, through phone calls, letters, emails and comments on Facebook and Twitter. What I’m hearing consistently is an...
April 26th, 2010
The following was sent in from the Republican Party of Texas:Texans need straight answers to the questions facing our state, but Bill White is evidently not the man to offer them. Bill White has been the Democrats' nominee...
April 21st, 2010
Manny Rosales, Deputy Director in the Coalitions Division of the Republican National Committee (RNC) was in Tomball this morning and spoke at a meeting organized by Barbara Tague, Harris County Republican Party Precinct 529...
April 20th, 2010
The following comment was sent in from a TexasGOPVote reader and law student in Washington, DC:I was at a party a few weeks ago when I mentioned that I had gone to the Code Red (AKA "Kill the [Healthcare] Bill") rally on...
April 14th, 2010
This story on Obamacare was sent to me- it's the best explanation of how this bill works that I've read yet! I was in my neighborhood restaurant this morning and was seated behind a group of jubilant individuals celebrating...
April 11th, 2010
Representative Bart Stupak has announced that he is retiring from his position and will not be running for reelection in the November 2010 midterm elections. Sources familiar with Stupak's thinking describe him as burned out...
April 7th, 2010
In 1992, a student from Edison High School in San Antonio brought a .38-caliber handgun to school. This set in motion a legal battle, in which the student ended up facing federal charges for violating the Gun-Free School...
May 20th, 2010
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele released the following statement regarding Pennsylvania's primary elections:Arlen Specter’s defeat [Tuesday night] is yet another blow to President Obama and his...
May 19th, 2010
The following was sent in from the Republican Party of Texas:
May 13th, 2010
The Obama Administration has begun its first legal defense of the government-run health care bill, HR 3590. The defense was a response to the lawsuit filed by Michigan-based Thomas More Law Center, in which President Obama,...
May 3rd, 2010
It was not long ago when that the whole country and media where covering the Tea Party movement. It started out with normal American citizens who were expressing the Constitutional right of assembly and free speech towards...
April 26th, 2010
Day in and day out I walk around school hearing random bits of news. In class, I often eavesdrop on conversations going on about me- ADD will do that to you. Most conversations are hardly worth listening to; most concern...
April 20th, 2010
Senator Cornyn would like to hear real stories from real Texans about how the new health care bill will affect you, your families, and your businesses. These personal stories will provide him with real-life scenarios to...
April 16th, 2010
Today is the last day to sign the petition in support of Attorney General Greg Abbott's Fight to Overturn Obamacare! Sign the petition here.The following message was sent in from the Republican Party of Texas:Our petition...
April 12th, 2010
It never should have been, but it has become a convention in America that debating The Constitution is “political.” Liberals, or “progressives” have held The Constitution to be a “living document.” They say that means that...
April 9th, 2010
The following was sent in from the Republican Party of Texas:
April 7th, 2010
There has been much controversy over whether or not a Tea Party protester spit on Missouri Congressman Emanuel Cleaver a couple weeks ago at the Code Red Kill Bill Rally in Washington, D.C. Liberals wanted Cleaver to press...