McKinney Introduces Bill to Impeach Bush

In what was likely her final legislative act in Congress, outgoing Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney introduced a bill Friday to impeach President Bush.

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Watch the entire conversation about healthcare.

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Who is running this country? In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities. Often, that was no accident.

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The constitution grants specific and limited powers to the federal government. When asked which of these powers authorizes Congress to force Americans, under penalty of law, to buy insurance. Nancy Pelosi responded "Are you serious" and refused to respond further.

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Two articles: Why The Stupak Amendment Is A Monumental Setback For Abortion Access If you thought that just because abortion is a constitutional right and part of basic reproductive health care it would be available in the reformed health insurance market known as the Exchange, …

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Q: What Causes Republicans to Turn Democrat? A: Conservatism

NY-23 was supposed to be the launching of Conservatism in mainstream America.

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Insurance Co Opposition to Pelsi's Bill - Do the Math!!!

The Obama government is doing a GREAT job of pretending that the insurance industry is opposed to Pelosi's Health Insurance bill that passed the House last night. But only an idiot would even BEGIN to think that they would oppose this bill.

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With the House having acted, and the debate moving to the Senate, do you support U.S. health insurance reform?

The US House of Representatives has passed the historic “Affordable Health Care for America Act.” Despite nearly unanimous Republican opposition, a majority voted for H.R. 3962, the biggest expansion of health care coverage since the creation of Medicare in 1964.

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One Republican lawmaker out of 177 crossed party lines to support the health care reform legislation offered by Democrats.

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Republican Congressman Cao on Health Care Reform: "Aye!"

HR 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" passed the House of Representatives shortly after 11pm eastern time tonight, 220 - 215.

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This is one of the most immature and insane disruptions of House proceedings I think I've ever seen. The subject? Women's health care in regard to health care reform. The speaker? A female/Democratic (double whammy) Representative who Tom Price felt needed a good scream-over.

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A computer gaffe has revealed some of the secretive workings of the House ethics committee, including preliminary inquiries into complaints against 19 members and some of their staff.

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Whether you love the current health care reform proposal, or hate it, this page from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's www.speaker.gov site is a great source of information, including links to the text of the bill, bill summaries, fact sheets, and an implementation timeline.

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A leaked document shows that House ethics investigators are probing the activities of nearly three dozen lawmakers — an ethical dust storm that will empower the Republicans and could imperil efforts to get health care reform through the House next week.

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The bill will reduce the deficit by $104 billion over the first 10 years, according to the CBO. It will also cost $894 billion. NOTE this is the House bill; CBO has not yet scored the Senate's.

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The Flymeld...A Love Story....Hide the Kiddies

You may remember several years ago when the Star Trek series was on Television that Mr.

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Cole, who is a member of the Republican Steering Committee, wrote that Hoffman "clearly represents the mainstream values and positions of the Republican Party." He declined to directly criticize Scozzafava, the subject of countless attacks from the right for her moderate reco …

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The House on Tuesday took up a resolution to honor the 2,560th birthday of Confucius -- and that's pretty much all the floor business Democratic leaders scheduled for the day, as noncontroversial bills fill up the empty hours for lawmakers awaiting health care legislation.

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Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) suffered a collapsed lung on Thursday morning, according to his spokesman. The 44-year-old was taken to Bethesda Naval Hospital, where he underwent a surgical procedure Thursday night to remove fluid from the lung. He is expected to make a full recovery.

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House Resolution 554 would amend the House Rules to require that ALL non-emergency legislation be posted on the Internet for 72 hours before it could be considered on the House floor.

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Bipartisan legislation known as the "Read the Bill" resolution would amend the rules of the House of Representatives to require the Internet posting of all nonemergency legislation for 72 hours before it can be considered on the House floor.

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On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee will begin its mark-up of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009. It's expected to pass and be sent to the full House for a vote in the near future.

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Do you agree with this platform?

A few days ago the website www.retakecongress.com was launched. It's mission is get pro-liberty candidates elected into the House and Senate regardless of party. It's platform consists of the following: Economy:

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Wall also said he has "serious differences of opinion" with Paul on issues such as his refusal to protect the American Flag, his refusal to support the military during a time of war, his vote against protecting teenage girls from being transported across state lines to have a …

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House Republicans have failed for a third time to oust Rep. Charles Rangel as chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.

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In addition to the Club for Growth, the Hoffman campaign also rolled out endorsements on Monday from former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn.(1994-2003), and the Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund, which opposes abortion rights.

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