• Posts Tagged ‘Harry Reid’

    Is any star plummeting faster than Obama’s? Ask Harry Reid

    by  • January 14, 2010 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Newly Added Stories, Reid Whoppers • 0 Comments

    Harry Reid Unhappy

    Six years ago, Harry Reid won his Senate seat easily with over 60% of the vote.  However, the picture is much different today and isn’t expected to get much better for Reid when he tries to win re-election in November. Hot Air discusses Reid’s predicament: What are the odds that a guy given to...

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    Is the health care bill ‘house of cards’ beginning to crumble?

    by  • January 13, 2010 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Health Care, Newly Added Stories • 1 Comment

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    A few weeks ago, after Harry Reid bought Ben Nelson’s vote, passage of Obamacare appeared to be a fore gone conclusion.  However, there is a deep divide forming between House and Senate Democrats during their closed door meetings with the White House and union leaders. This from Hot Air: I never believed that House...

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    Harry Reid losing support among voters in Nevada

    by  • January 11, 2010 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Newly Added Stories, Reid Whoppers • 0 Comments

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    The latest body blow to Harry Reid’s chances of keeping his Senate seat came this weekend when it was reported that he referred to then candidate Senator Barack Obama’s “light skin” and lack of “negro dialect”, except when Obama wanted to have a “negro dialect.” While his 2008 comments have created a nation wide...

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    It has to be asked: Is Pelosi medicated? She claims that There has never been a more open process for any piece of legislation

    by  • January 5, 2010 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Newly Added Stories • 0 Comments

    Pelosi

    CSPAN contacted Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi asking to be allowed to televise the Democrat-only conference committee that will merge the Senate and House bills.  This was done for two reasons.  First, then candidate Barack Obama made a campaing pledge that all health care debate would be aired on CSPAN for all citizens to...

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    Obama, Reid and Pelosi refuse to allow Republican input on merging of House and Senate health care bills

    by  • January 4, 2010 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Newly Added Stories • 1 Comment

    Obama, Pelosi and Reid

    The Democratic talking points we keep hearing ad nauseum is that every step of the way the Republicans have been open to participate in crafting the health care reform, but have chosen not to. These statements keep being made despite the fact that meetings on the Senate bill were behind closed doors and only...

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    Why did Harry Reid trade construction jobs for votes?

    by  • December 29, 2009 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Newly Added Stories, Reid Whoppers • 1 Comment

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    By now, most people are familiar with the various ‘favors’ that Harry Reid built into his managers amendment ‘compromise agreement’.  Nebraska, Vermont, Massachusetts, Louisiana, Florida and other states all got sweetheart deals in exchange for votes. Now it would seem that a Senator, probably with ties to large construction companies or construction worker’s unions,...

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    Stupak to Pelosi, “you don’t buy me off” – Stupak says that he is being offered favors in return for his vote

    by  • December 23, 2009 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Newly Added Stories • 0 Comments

    Bart Stupak

    Apparently the backlash over the Senate payoffs hasn’t persuaded Nancy Pelosi from taking the same route to buy passage of the Senate bill when it comes to the House. In fact, it seems that Reid’s success in buying 60 Senate votes has emboldened Pelosi. The wheeling and dealing has already begun in the House. ...

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    A whopping 72% of Americans oppose the use of public funds to pay for abortion

    by  • December 22, 2009 • All Whoppers, General, Health Care, Newly Added Stories • 0 Comments

    A new poll finds that the vast majority of Americans don’t want public funds to be used to pay for abortion.  In addition, the majority of Americans (nearly a 20 point margin) oppose Obamacare in general.   Obama and Reid are ramming through their health care bill, while most Americans and conservative talk show hosts...

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    Every man, woman and child will be required to pay into abortion fund

    by  • December 22, 2009 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Newly Added Stories • 0 Comments

    Kathleen Sebelius

    While Harry Reid and Ben Nelson have tried to sell us on the notion that no federal funds will be used to pay for abortions, the reality is that they have lied.  Or, at the very minimum, chosen words very carefully to hide the truth. Instead, they are playing accounting tricks.  Instead of using...

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    Lindsey Graham calls Reid’s tactics sleazy and says that Nelson’s deal might be unconstitutional

    by  • December 22, 2009 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Newly Added Stories • 0 Comments

    Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Fox and Friends this morning, showing clear anger and frustration, gave his take on several aspect of President Obama and Harry Reid’s health care bill, and the unprecedented process they are using to shove it through congress. Graham was asked if there is a legal problem with Ben Nelson’s...

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    Senate funds ACORN — Did Reid slip in a provision to fund ACORN via the health care bill?

    by  • December 21, 2009 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Newly Added Stories • 0 Comments

    Alleged Acorn Voter Fraud

    As we have seen in recent weeks, once the dust settled on the ACORN videos, Democrats in the Obama administration and Congress are slowly beginning to quietly support ACORN again. The defunding votes were essentially CYA/public relations votes, with no intention to actually cut off funding to ACORN. Now, it appears that President Obama...

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    The Senate Payoffs – Detailing the payoffs in Harry Reid’s health care bill

    by  • December 21, 2009 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Health Care, Newly Added Stories • 0 Comments

    I have no doubt that the more time that passes, and the more this bill is digested, the more shocking details will arise.  It is important to remember that the contents of Reid’s managers amendment have only been public since Saturday — even the majority of Democratic Senators hadn’t seen it. Michelle Malkin documents...

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    Shame on you Mr. President — You broke your promise of transparency in the health care debate

    by  • December 21, 2009 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Health Care, Newly Added Stories • 0 Comments

    The morning after we have to ask ourselves how we got to this point. Ed Morrissey of Hot Air says: Harry Reid passed his cloture bill a few hours ago, forcing the Senate to remain in session while America slept in order to meet an arbitrary deadline for his version of ObamaCare.  As expected...

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    Mitch McConnell reaction to middle of the night partisan vote on Harry Reid’s health care bill

    by  • December 21, 2009 • All Whoppers, Congress, General, Health Care, Newly Added Stories • 0 Comments

    Mitch McConnell

    Mitch McConnell has released a statement following the vote on the health care bill.  He outlines some of the most egregious payoffs that Reid put in the bill to buy votes. The Gateway Pundit has the statement from Mitch McConnell: “Tonight marks the culmination of a long national debate. Passions have run high. And,...

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    Check out the Michelle Malkin live blog of the Senate’s middle of the night escapades

    by  • December 20, 2009 • All Whoppers, General, Newly Added Stories • 0 Comments

    Michelle Malkin is running a play by play leading up to the cloture vote: 12:20pm Eastern. Sen. McCain must have had a Red Bull. He’s on the floor now roasting the payoffs and the backroom deals. The Democrats, he says, “will pay consequences. They should. They should.” Says all Republicans will unite against Demcare,...

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    Which insurance provider denies the most claims? You guessed it, Medicare

    by  • December 20, 2009 • All Whoppers, General, Health Care, Newly Added Stories • 0 Comments

    So, have you heard the one about how a single payer system is far superior to private insurance?  About how unlike private insurance, with a government controlled plan nobody will be denied coverage? Yea, I’ve heard those liberal whoppers as well. Mary Theroux of The Independent Institute throws some cold water on the lie...

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    Nearly Bankrupt, Medicare will be flooded with new participants in 10 years

    by  • December 20, 2009 • All Whoppers, Congress, General, Health Care, Newly Added Stories • 0 Comments

    The federal program that is nearly bankrupt; that the Mayo Clinic says is already close to bringing financial ruin to hospitals and doctors around the country; and, that will soon have an influx of new participants from the ranks of this country’s aging population has been touted as the model system by liberal Democrats....

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    Obama and Reid on verge of midnight vote on health care bill that is long on payoffs but short on reform

    by  • December 20, 2009 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Health Care, Newly Added Stories • 0 Comments

    Obama and Reid

    Let’s recount some of the promises that President Obama and Democratic members of Congress have made: Obama will reach across party lines and work closely with Republicans on key legislature Health care amounts for 1/6 of the US economy and it is crucial to get it right The White House will be the most...

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    Reject the bill – Reid and Obama utilize Chicago style politics – lies, threats and payoffs abound in Senate health care bill

    by  • December 20, 2009 • All Whoppers, Congress, Featured Articles, General, Newly Added Stories, Reid Whoppers • 0 Comments

    Harry Reid

    Harry Reid and President Obama are trying to use sleight of hand and cries of urgency to perpetrate a fraud on the citizens of the United States of America, again. Earlier in the month, in yet another free commercial for the President, also known as a Charlie Gibson interview, President Obama stated that if...

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