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NEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

Originally published March 1, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

NEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

I am in receipt of your recent Chairman’s Report update, and would like to report an injury; I have some bruising of the chin area, sustained when my jaw hit the floor from incredulity. This from the state Republican Party chairman whose senators own a super majority in the legislature, the same legislature that is about to pass without serious debate, challenge, or objection, a huge increase in the Nebraska Medicaid entitlement program?  Read full articleNEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

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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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Nullification: Are States Sitting Ducks or Willing Accomplices?

Originally published March 24, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated May 26, 2013. 3 Comments

Nullification: Are States Sitting Ducks or Willing Accomplices?

This article is part of an ongoing series about the concept of nullification by states; the idea that individual states can declare a federal law or regulation unconstitutional, and therefore, refuse to implement it. See the bottom of this article for a complete list of series’ articles. This article explores the second reason why I […]

Filed Under: Governor, Health Care, Nebraska, Senators, State Sovereignty, Tenth Amendment, Unicameral Tagged With: 10th Amendment, antonin scalia, attorneys general lawsuits, balanced federalism, bureaucracy, bureaucrats, commerce clause, Constitution, dual federalism, dual sovereignty, effectiveness of nullification, federal aid to states, federal debt, federal deficit, federal funding, florida court, general welfare clause, governor, governors, gregory v ashcroft, growth of government, health care implementation, health care law, healthcare law, interposition, judge roger vinson, justice scalia, legislators, lopez v united states, myths about nullification, necessary and proper clause, northern district, nullification, nullification series, obamacare, printz v united states, state governments, state senators, state sovereignty, states, stopping obamacare, supreme court, supreme court rulings, supreme court state sovereignty, Tenth Amendment, the nullification debate, the states, unconstitutional, us constitution

Lots of Legislation in the Unicameral: Are You Watching?

Originally published January 21, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 13, 2012. 1 Comment

Lots of Legislation in the Unicameral: Are You Watching?

Examining the blizzard of bills introduced in the Unicameral is likely to make one’s eyes cross. We are working through them, however. We’ve been hearing from a number of Nebraskans who are passionate about one issue or another and from those who are passing along information to help us out. We appreciate the interest, the […]

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As D.C. Hemmorhages Red Ink, House Sends Trojan Horse Bill To Senate

Originally published December 11, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 11, 2010. Leave a Comment

As D.C. Hemmorhages Red Ink, House Sends Trojan Horse Bill To Senate

By Shelli Dawdy As the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, the federal government ended November as the 26th month in a row spending more money that it had taken in (by $150.4 billion) and the most recent projections available mean Fiscal Year 2011 could reach a new record $1.5 trillion deficit, topping the 2009 […]

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