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“We’ve Got a Big Problem”: Speaker Boehner on White House’s Arrogance of Power

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

After another week of the White House shifting, revising and walking-back its account of its involvement in the IRS scandal, the American people deserve a straight answer and Republicans “are going to continue to seek answers until we get to the truth,” Speaker Boehner said at a press conference today.  Here’s more:

“Well, today is a new day, which means that we’re sure to get a new story from the White House on the IRS scandal.  First they told us that the White House learned from ...

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Scandals Could Sink Obamacare

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

It will be months before the dust settles on the Obama scandals-the Benghazi Cover-up, the IRS suppression of political opposition, the Justice Department snooping on the media, and the shakedown of insurance companies and healthcare providers by Kathleen Sebelius.

It’s a long list. Congressional committees are falling all over each other with hearings and investigations. Meanwhile, the Obama administration struggles with one implausible explanation after another.

Regardless, the real casualty...

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The World’s Gone Mad Today

Monday, May 20th, 2013

My title comes from a Cole Porter lyric for “Anything Goes.”  If anything, it’s even more relevant today than when he wrote it 79 years ago.

For instance?  For instance, we dither around while tinhorns in Iran and North Korea threaten to nuke us.  I say that when you’re in an alley fight with thugs, you toss out the Marquis of Queensbury rules and do whatever needs to be done to cripple your opponent.  What you don’t do is ask him time and again what you have to give him so that he...

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The Crazy World We Live In

Sunday, May 19th, 2013

More Questions Than Answers

Surely I can’t be the only person who has a hard time falling asleep at night, thanks to all the unanswered questions floating around in my head.  For instance, after seeing Juan Williams constantly trying to pooh-pooh away questions about the Benghazi cover-up on both Bret Baier’s “Special Report” and O’Reilly’s “The Factor,” I keep wondering if he’s been required to register as a lobbyist for the Obama administration.

For instance, how is it that ...

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John Boehner Should Stop Talking and Start Leading

Sunday, May 19th, 2013

House Speaker Can Start with a Select Committee on Benghazi

It is time for House Speaker John Boehner to step away from the microphone, grab the gavel, and start leading as House Republicans move to investigate the Obama scandals and block the implementation of Obamacare.

The House is now awash in investigations and legislative proposals over the Benghazi and IRS scandals. Boehner needs to take charge.

The Speaker can start by supporting the effort to create a Select Committee to investigate Be...

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Judge Jeanine Pirro Blasts Obama on IRS, AP, and Benghazi Scandals

Sunday, May 19th, 2013

Speaking truth to power as few others can, Judge Jeanine Pirro devastates Barack Obama for his scandal trifecta of the past week — namely, the Benghazi Betrayal, IRS Harassment, and the AP Phone Records Seizure.

The administration’s strategy through it all continues to be:

1. Shrug, deny, delay, dissemble, obfuscate, rationalize, and blame-shift.
2. Own up to nothing while throwing a few underlings under the bus.
3. Ascribe statist thuggery and gross negligence to lack of funding.

Fl...

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Video: West Wing Weak — Your Guide to the Obama Scandals

Saturday, May 18th, 2013

The Obama White House has released the latest installment of its ongoing and self-congratulatory video series, West Wing Week. But despite touting itself as “your guide to all things 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,” the new episode seems to be missing some of the key stories that have hit the headlines over the past few days.

There’s no mention, for instance, of Benghazi or the AP phone tapping – and the IRS scandal is barely mentioned in passing.

Perhaps the White House is just...

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Obamacare is about to cost more American jobs

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Lots more:

Premiums Skyrocket, Some Could “Soar More Than 400 Percent” Under ObamaCare

Friday, May 17th, 2013

#RateShock!

How much could you (and everyone else) pay for health care in the years ahead thanks to the president’s health care law? According to the nation’s insurers, a lot more — in the individual market an average of double what we pay now with some rates soaring by more than 400 percent. That’s what the nation’s 17 largest insurers told the House Energy & Commerce Committee. You can see the whole report here.

“Internal cost estimates from 17 of the nation’...

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Refuting the Administration’s Claims on Obamacare

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

Obamacare: A Study in Broken Promises

From Cathy McMorris Rodgers and the House Republican Conference:

CHARGE: “You should know that once we have fully implemented, you’re going to be able to buy insurance through a pool so that you can get the same good rates as a group that if you’re an employee at a big company you can get right now — which means your premiums will go down.”(President Obama, speech in Cincinnati, Ohio July 16, 2012)

RESPONSE: Nothing could be further from the tru...

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37 Reasons to Repeal ObamaCare

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

After $1 trillion in new taxes and more than $2 trillion in new spending, three years later the Democrats’ law has failed to deliver on the promise of affordable health care for Americans.

Instead, American families and businesses are facing the tough and costly realities of ObamaCare: higher health insurance premiums, the loss of the health plan you have and like, lower wages, and less hiring and business expansion.  Now, on the eve of the 37th vote in the House to repeal all or some of t...

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Video: Obama and Biden’s Economic Disaster

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

And “now the story of a dysfunctional Democratic majority that’s costing American jobs, and the one president who had no choice but to make it worse.”

 

From Speaker Boehner’s office:

The folks at the House Republican Conference led by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) put together this video on the train wreck that is the president’s health care law. Not only is ObamaCare being enforced by the IRS – the same agency that’s targeted conservatives and given ...

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Arizona Farming: New Taxes May Hit Farmers and Ranchers Hardest

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

The Obama administration’s tax policies have been an attack on farm and ranch families. The tax and spenders fail to understand that taxes punish the very things we want more of: productive work, risk-taking and success. In essence, this administration wants to see less productive work, fewer goods and services provided, fewer jobs created, and ultimately less success in our country.

Beginning this year, Obamacare or what I sometimes refer to as the Un-affordable Care Act, will impose enormous...

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President Obama has voted seven times to defund Obamacare?

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

Seven House-Passed Bills President Obama Signed that Repeal or Defund Parts of His Health Care Law

The House will vote on H.R. 45 this Thursday to fully repeal the president’s health care law, which is driving up costs, jeopardizing seniors’ access to care, and making it harder for small businesses to hire. While our goal is to repeal all of ObamaCare – and this will be the third time the Republican-led House has voted for full repeal since 2011 – we’ve already succeeded in repe...

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Barack Obama: Lame Duck Walking

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

It’s Already Over for the Obama Administration

Second term presidents usually get almost two years to pursue their agendas before the midterm elections and the next presidential election cycle slams the door.

For President Obama, the second term timetable has been cut short. Next week marks only four months since Obama took the oath of office to begin his second term and it is already over. He’s a lame duck walking way before his time.

This is no idle prediction. The administration is mired ...

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The Sebelius Shakedown

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

HHS Seeks Insurance and Healthcare Industry Funds To Promote Obamacare

In Barack Obama’s Washington it’s a new scandal every day, with the Secretary of Health and Human Services joining the chorus-line led by the former Secretary of State and the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.

Kathleen Sebelius, the boss at Health and Human Services, is responsible for implementing Obamacare. It’s a tough job, with a deadline of October 1 to have the insurance exchanges up and running and ...

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Five Reason to Reconsider Health Insurance for your Small Business

Monday, May 13th, 2013

The Hot Spot is Western Free Press’s forum for letters to the editor and opinion pieces submitted by readers. If you would like to submit a piece for consideration, email us at hotspot@westernfreepress.com. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of Western Free Press.

 

By Michael Cahill

The unintended effects of Obamacare

On Jan. 1, 2014, President Obama’s Affordable Care Act will fully take effect, and whether or not it’s the right move for ...

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White House Launches PR Campaign to Save Obamacare

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

President Obama was in his element in the White House Friday, relishing the role of Campaigner in Chief in a new effort to save Obamacare.

The scene was familiar. First there was the grandeur of the East Room, a reminder of the pomp and power of the presidency. Second was the usual human backdrop of supporters gathered to exploit the message of the moment. Third was the president himself, speaking with vigor and even anger to defend the righteousness of his cause.

The event was staged to kick of...

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Boehner and McConnell: “We Respectfully Decline to Recommend Appointments” to ObamaCare IPAB

Friday, May 10th, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today sent the following letter to President Obama informing him that they will be declining to recommend appointments to the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). “We believe Congress should repeal IPAB,” they wrote, “just as we believe we ought to repeal the entire health care law” which is driving up costs and making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers.

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Immigration Reform Repeats the Mistakes of Obamacare

Friday, May 10th, 2013

Another Massive Program Without Public Support

Congress is about to make the same mistake with immigration reform that it did with Obamacare: Pass a massive program that lacks support among the voters.

Politicians live and die by the polls. They obsess over polls at election time, but they also follow polls closely as they consider crucial votes.

Not so with Obamacare. Democrats ignored public opinion throughout the healthcare debate in 2009 and passed the law on party line votes in early 2010. ...

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