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It’s Funny? Even If Medicaid Expansion Saved Money, Citizens Wouldn’t See a Penny

Originally published March 10, 2013, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

It’s Funny? Even If Medicaid Expansion Saved Money, Citizens Wouldn’t See a Penny

Politicians, government bureaucrats, and the growing class of largely nonprofit corporate types who live off revenues siphoned from government entitlement spending make many a bizarre argument and manage to do it with a straight face.  It’s a rare moment when you can catch them chortling over the idea of pulling the wool over the citizens’ […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicaid, State Legislation, Taxes Tagged With: bill to expand medicaid in nebraska, county government in nebraska, dave heineman, expanding medicaid won't save money, government spending, government spending cuts, government stakeholders, governor dave heineman, governor heineman, health care spending, lb 577, lb577, medicaid expansion, medicaid expansion in nebraska, medicaid program, ne medicaid expansion, nebraska governor heineman, nebraska medicaid program, property taxes, property taxes nebraska, saving money by expanding medicaid, stakeholders, Taxes

Are Nebraskans Giving In On ObamaCare? If so, why?!

Originally published March 5, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

Are Nebraskans Giving In On ObamaCare? If so, why?!

Nebraskans, your action is NECESSARY. Please see the bottom of the article for: FLYER to download, read, share, print, and distribute Recommendations Are YOU among the majority of Nebraskans opposed to “ObamaCare”? If so, YOU should be keenly interested in the Medicaid Expansion bill, LB577, and alerting people you know to WAKE UP now about […]

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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

Republican Cave-In on Health Care: Make Them Own It

Originally published November 28, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 5 Comments

Republican Cave-In on Health Care: Make Them Own It

As most Americans rightfully turn their attention toward the holiday season and their priority becomes a focus on faith, family, and friends, our elected officials at both the Federal and State levels are busily working on a range of very important issues, from tax rates to individual freedoms in controlling our personal health care decisions. […]

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Senate Race Rope a Dope? Heineman, Bruning & Deb Fischer…and Stenberg

Originally published May 15, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated April 22, 2018. 9 Comments

Senate Race Rope a Dope? Heineman, Bruning & Deb Fischer…and Stenberg

UPDATED May 16, 2012: Note that this article was published earlier in the day Tuesday, before the polls even closed. I am not going to make any changes to this article so that you can read it, as written, before the race was declared. The only point to note, I believe, is that it is […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Elections, Featured, Federal, Nebraska, Senators, Uncategorized, US Senate Tagged With: afp-ne, americans for prosperity, anrold stuthman, beau mccoy, brian beuscher, bruning for attorney general, campaign finance, carol burling, committee to elect eurek for ne legislature, dave heineman, deb fischer, dennis utter, dennis utter for legislature, dierks for legislature, eurek, expenditures by candidates, financial disclosure laws, fischer for legislature, garwood for legislature, governor heineman appointees, governor heineman committee, heineman appointment, j. peter ricketts, john harms, john n. harms for legislature, jon bruning, kutack rock law firm, leveraging political donations, Mark Christensen, mark christensen for legislature, mark fahelson, mccoy for legislature, meridian central public affairs, mike friend, mike friend for legislature, ne afp, ne americans for prosperity, nebraska, nebraska chapter americans for prosperity, nebraska pacs, nebraskans for a better tomorrow, negop, negop chair, pete ricketts, pete ricketts political contributions, peter ricketts, political consultants nebraska, political contributions of politicians, powerful politicians nebraska, republican national committeeman nebraska, requirements for filing politicians, sam fischer, shane osborn for state treasurer, shane osburn, state director, state law campaign finance nebraska, state senators, state statutes, tom carlson, transparency laws, urban affairs committee

Following the Jon Bruning Money Trail

Originally published May 11, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Following the Jon Bruning Money Trail

As noted in the title, this article is about the subject of money, including campaign fundraising and expenditures and income / wealth earned by Bruning during his years in public office. Earlier today, we published an article, pictured at right, which covered a broad range of topics about Nebraska’s current Attorney  General; some, we think, […]

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VIDEO NE State Senators Debate & Vote LB599 Medicaid Expansion for Illegals

Originally published April 23, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

VIDEO NE State Senators Debate & Vote LB599 Medicaid Expansion for Illegals

Below is video from last Wednesday’s Unicameral floor speeches and the votes to over ride the Governor’s vetoes of LB599 and its funding bill, LB599A. Each video is proceeded by: Senator’s name and district number Re-election status Detailed list of how each Senator voted in each of the four rounds required to pass the bills […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Budget, Charity vs Welfare, Civil Society, Featured, Government Spending, Governor, Health Care, Immigration, In the News, Morality, Nebraska, Personal Responsibility, Senators, State Legislation, Unicameral, Videos, Welfare Tagged With: 102nd legislature nebraska, 2005 medicaid reform ne, 2012 election, 2012 legislature nebraska medicaid expansion, 2012 unicameral medicaid, abortion versus illegal immigration, catholics promoting government welfare, chief justice john roberts, chip program nebraska, dave heineman, encouraging illegal immigration, encouraging irresponsibility, entitlement spending, entitlement spending nebraska, exploding cost of welfare, governor heineman veto, heineman veto, how lawmakers voted on lb599, illegal immigrants, illegal immigrants prenatal benefits, increasing eligibility for medicaid, kathy campbell, lb1110, lb599, Legislation, legislative history lb599, list of senators who voted for and against illegal immigrants prenatal coverage, low-income women, medicaid abortion, medicaid for illegals, medicaid program, ne medicaid expansion, ne medicaid spending, nebraka legislature, nebraska budget, nebraska expanding medicaid, nebraska illegal immigration, nebraska illegals, nebraska medicaid bailout, nebraska medicaid benefits, nebraska medicaid reform legislation, nebraska progressives, nebraska special session budget, nebraska stimulus, nebraska stimulus accepted, nebraska unicameral, number of abortions in nebraska, number of births in nebraska paid for by medicaid, optional medicaid services nebraska, oral arguments supreme court, personal responsibility, prenatal coverage abortion, prenatal coverage illegals, preventing abortion, progressivism in nebraska, schips nebraska, senators who voted yes on lb599, senators' speeches lb599, social justice, state legislative elections, state senators, state senators sovereignty nebraska, state sovereignty resolution, state sovereignty resolution nebraska, subsidizing irresponsibility, video of votes on medicaid for illegals, welfare expansion, welfare programs nebraska, welfare spending, welfare spending nebraska, who is up for election, who is up for re-election, who voted for lb599?

NE Legislature Passes Reckless Medicaid Expansion Providing Benefits to Illegal Immigrants

Originally published April 19, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 6 Comments

NE Legislature Passes Reckless Medicaid Expansion Providing Benefits to Illegal Immigrants

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 19, 2012 Media Inquiries Nebraska Legislature Passes Reckless Medicaid Expansion Providing Benefits to Illegal Immigrants Lincoln, NE Nebraska’s State Legislature voted Wednesday afternoon, the 60th and final day of the 102nd Unicameral, 2nd Session, to override Governor Dave Heineman’s veto of LB599, a bill which creates a separate Nebraska Medicaid […]

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How NE Senators Voted: LB599 (and FUNDING) Veto Overrides

Originally published April 19, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 10 Comments

How NE Senators Voted: LB599 (and FUNDING) Veto Overrides

How NE State Senators voted on LB599 veto override AND its funding mechanism. We’ve also provided information on Senators’ re-election status. Read full articleHow NE Senators Voted: LB599 (and FUNDING) Veto Overrides

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LB599 Veto Override: NE Senators Better Think It Over

Originally published April 17, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

LB599 Veto Override: NE Senators Better Think It Over

Last updated September 15, 2014 To read how Nebraska’s State Senators voted on this bill, see our article, “How NE Senators Voted: LB599 (and FUNDING) Veto Overrides” UPDATE Thursday, April 29, 2012 @6:39pm: Unfortunately, the NE Unicameral voted 30 to 16 to override the Governor’s veto on LB599 this afternoon between 4-5pm. ___________ NE Senators […]

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