Healthcare summit proves Obama and liberals in Congress are still not listening to people. They want to use procedural tactics to pass a bill that taxpayers do not want. The American taxpayers cannot handle another $1,000,000,000,000 in spending. This is not bipartisanship but orchestrated bullying on their part.
GOP Chairman on Health Care Summit
Republican Party of Louisiana Chairman Roger F. Villere, Jr. released the following statement in response to President’s Obama’s health care summit today:
“Today’s White House Health Care Summit was nothing more than PR stunt by Barack Obama and Washington Democrats hoping to feign bipartisanship in the hopes of resurrecting a reckless health care experiment that the American people soundly reject. Rather than a real attempt to find common sense solutions to our nation’s health care system, today’s summit focused on defense of unpopular Democrat proposals and providing cover for Democrats to ram through government-run health care via a parliamentary trick called reconciliation.
I was hopeful when President Obama called this summit that he would hear Republican ideas for incremental reforms to make health care more affordable, more accessible, and put an end to junk lawsuits. Unfortunately, while Obama may have heard our ideas, it was quite clear that those ideas were falling on deaf ears and the Democrats will not scrap their proposals and start over as the American people want.”
Charlie Melancon, US Senate Candidate
“Louisianians are tired of the same old dig-in-your-heels partisanship that we saw from both sides at today’s health care summit. We need more cooperation in Washington and less political posturing. We need leaders who will work together in good faith to solve the problems middle class families are facing. We didn't see that today.”
US Senator Mary Landrieu
“The President was right to try to bring members of the House and Senate from both parties together to talk face-to-face in search of common ground on health care reform. The format was as open and unfiltered as it could possibly be. Anyone who watched it on C-SPAN, as opposed to an interpretive version, can see that there are many positive aspects of the President’s proposal. I will continue to work to find a way forward that will provide more affordable private-sector choices for the people of Louisiana, expand coverage to hard-working families who don’t currently have health insurance, and help small businesses be able to provide coverage to their employees. We can’t walk away from this now, just because it’s hard.”
President Obama sparred with his 2008 presidential opponent Sen. John McCain at the health care summit, telling the Arizona Republican "we're not campaigning anymore. The election's over."
President Barack Obama strongly signaled that Democrats will move forward on a health care overhaul with or without Republicans, preparing his party for a fight whose political outcome will rest with voters in November.
President Obama sat down with lawmakers from both parties to talk about healthcare. If the two sides can't move forward together the top Democrats are looking at ways to pass their plan without help from the GOP
Drivers from western St. Tammany Parish will be able to take care of business in a motor vehicle office close to home, though they'll pay for the privilege.
The annual Black Heritage Parade is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, according to Alfred Rayford, president of the Renaissance Committee, which has sponsored the parade for 29 years
As part of an initiative backed by the Community Foundation, RAND identified eight indicators including high school graduation and sexual abuse in which one or both parishes ranked 30 percent worse than the state average or 50 percent worse than the national average.
A group of about 30 officers associated with community-oriented policing units knocked on doors in Shreveport's Sherwood Park neighborhood Thursday, arming residents with information on how to report crime
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith spent about 1 hour, 40 minutes working on a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday, then left without saying a word.
The Veterans Affairs Department says it will take a second look at the disability claims of what could be thousands of Gulf War veterans suffering from illnesses they blame on their war service, the first step toward potentially compensating them nearly two decades after the war ended.
The Southern University System has an initial pool of 13 applicants seeking to become the next system president. The Southern president search committee co-chairmen said Thursday they plan to narrow that list next week with the aid of the DHR International search firm of Chicago.
While not being a big fan of the GOP (hell, I doubt I've ever slept with a Republican) I am cheering them on as they apply brakes to the spending of this administration. How I will welcome the day when big-hearted liberals gain a bit of sense as concerns spending; which includes the realization that government expenses - including its payroll - should be as low as possible. Unfortunately, the GOP has shown they really don't "get it" concerning wasteful spending either, but this administration's spending is insane (and has absolutely nothing to do with "helping the economy"). Written by kpf
on 2/27/2010
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The only bipartisian ship available at the summit was for the Republicans to say they agreed with the President and the Dems. The Democrats were unwilling to give up anything and would not accept any of the offers by the Republicans. Obams was not there to moderate, He was there to support the Democratic bill. he summed it all up at the end when gave the Republicans the mandate thqt if they did not come across in a couple weeks they would push the bill anyway. He also told the American people that he did not care what he Citizens wanted.. He is President so what He says goes. The people "be damed" Written by james
on 2/26/2010
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Why don't the Dems put heath care reform up for a popular vote? Are they afraid the people would vote against it? BTW, couldn't the Dems have passed HCR without a single GOP vote in the House or Senate? Maybe it the problem (still) is that many Democrats are fearful that passing healthcare will cost them their seat in congress? Before the recent Massachuettes election the only thing stopping Democrats from passing HCR was .. Democrats. Am I wrong? Written by kpf
on 2/26/2010
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The GOP simply doesn't want a health care reform bill passed. A blank page is the only thing they want. You can't reach a compromise from an uncompromising position. Written by David Quidd
on 2/26/2010
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Why not have the proposed health care reform bill voted "up or down" by a popular vote of the people (now that's "democracy")? That would let the will of the people be heard, and it would not be the political suicide that forcing a one trillion dollar bill on a public poised to punish Democrats for spending too much will be. "Change" is coming, I think many will be shocked by the midterms. Much "worse" (or "better" depending upon one's perspective) than anticipated. Written by We live in "interesting times"
on 2/26/2010
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