Grassroots in Nebraska

Working towards Constitutional, limited government

  • Home
  • About
    • About GiN
    • Principles
    • Operating Philosophy
    • Policies
  • Elections
    • Election 2016
    • Election 2014
    • Election 2012
    • Election 2010
    • Local Elections
    • Sample Ballots
  • Local
    • City of Lincoln
    • Lancaster County
  • State
    • Your Representatives
    • Governor
    • NE Unicameral
  • Federal
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
    • Tip Submissions
You are here: Home / Archives for 2010

The Myth of Nebraska’s Sovereignty Resolution (10th Amendment)

Originally published February 22, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

The Myth of Nebraska’s Sovereignty Resolution (10th Amendment)

It’s both incredibly ironic and highly appropriate for me to be writing this article at this time. As February 2010 neared its end, I was very tired, but excited about GiN’s ongoing effort in support of what most people would identify as the State Sovereignty or Tenth Amendment Resolution. That resolution, LR539 1 Note that […]

Filed Under: Bailouts, Budget, Featured, Government Spending, Governor, Nebraska, Republican Party, Senators, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Stimulus, Tenth Amendment, Unicameral Tagged With: 2010, american recovery and reinvestment act, arra, dave heineman, federal encroachment, health care law, lr539, medicaid expansion, ne 10th amendment, nebraska, nebraska health care, nebraska sovereignty resolution, obamacare, ppaca, real id act of 2005, south dakota v dole, state legislature, state sovereignty, state sovereignty for sale, stimulus, Tenth Amendment, tony fulton, unfunded mandates, Unicameral

Health Care Reform: Republicans Helping Implementation (For Our Own Good)

Originally published December 6, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

Health Care Reform: Republicans Helping Implementation (For Our Own Good)

“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” ~ James Madison, 1829 So, all quiet on the health care front? Definitely not. There were recent news reports about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to consolidate and hear several health care law […]

Filed Under: 2010 Election, Ben Nelson, Big Brother Government, Congress, Data Gathering, Featured, Federal, Federal Legislation, Governor, Health Care, Legal Limit, Like Drunken Sailors, Nebraska, Senators, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Stimulus, US House, US Senate, Welfare Tagged With: 2010, 26 states, adrian smith, attorneys general, attorneys general lawsuit, commerce clause, congressional repeal of health care, constitutional, constitutionality, cornhusker kickback, cutting state budgets, dave heineman, de-fund, department of justice, doj, election issues, expanding medicaid programs, facts about health care law, february 2009 stimulus bill, federal court, federal government, florida, gop congress repeal, governor, governors, Health Care, health care court cases, health care implemenation, health care law, health care lawsuit, health care opposition, health care reform, health care setup, health care stimulus provisions, health care unconstitutional, healthcare, healthcare law, healthcare reform, house repeal health care, implementation of health care law, individual mandate, insurance exchanges, interposition, jeff fortenberry, jeremy nordquist, judge roger vinson, justice department, lee terry, local focus, march 21 2010, march 3 ruling, medicaid, medicaid expansion, medicaid program, motion to clarify, nanny state, ne unicameral, nebraska, nebraska gop, nebraska governor, nebraska health care, nebraska tea party, nebraska teaparty, nebraska unicameral, northern district, obama care, obamacare, opposition to health care law implementation, opt-out clause in health care law, original meaning, paca, party politics, repeal, roger vinson, ruling in health care case, senator ben nelson, state budget cuts, state budgets, state government, state implementation of health care, state legislators, state legislatures, state officials, state senators, state sovereignty, states are implementing health care law, stay in health care case, stopping health care, stopping the health care law, supreme court, the nullification debate, truths about health care law, unfunded mandates, universal health care, untold truths about health care law, vinson, welfare programs, welfare state

Latest

Dream Small

Dream Small

In 2016, during a period of about a year when it seemed possible -- even likely … Read full article...

Nebraska 2018 Primary Election Sample Ballots

Nebraska 2018 Primary Election Sample Ballots

Back by popular dem