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Ben Nelson: A Hypocrite and Of Course Deserving of Darts

Originally published August 18, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 13, 2012. 6 Comments

Ben Nelson: A Hypocrite and Of Course Deserving of Darts

Ben Nelson is Deserving of Darts for two important reasons: 1) Health Care Law: Providing the 60th vote for cloture on the health care law and the attendant “Cornhusker Kickback” 2) Hypocrisy: Saying he voted “No” on the debt debacle because he was concerned about cuts to the Medicare program In November 2012 – Ben […]

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Don’t Count On A Republican Congress To Save The Day

Originally published August 14, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 5, 2011. 1 Comment

Don’t Count On A Republican Congress To Save The Day

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series about the perils of a perpetual focus on the next election cycle, on Washington, D.C. politics, and a need for appraising the sober realities about state sovereignty and politics as usual. Following this article, there were, in order, three others published:  “GOP Congress Will Not Save […]

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Full Text of AGs’ Complaint Challenging Health Reform

Originally published April 6, 2010, By Linda. Updated March 9, 2012. Leave a Comment

As the headline indicates, the full text of the complaint challenging the constitutionality of federal health reform legislation is now available online.  The suit was filed by the Attorneys General of 14 states, named in the complaint.  On Monday, April 5th, Indiana and North Dakota joined in the suit, bringing the total to 16.  News […]

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AGs Lawsuit re Health Reform: Why We Cannot Depend Upon It

Originally published April 2, 2010, By Linda. Updated March 31, 2011. Leave a Comment

In the FAQ I recently posted about the process the lawsuit filed by 14 states’ Attorneys General will have to go through to get to the U.S. Supreme Court, I predicted that the case could take as long as four years to get there.  In a recent interview, Bill McCollum, Florida’s Attorney General and one […]

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ACTION ALERT: Kill or NULLIFY the Health Care Bill Rally THIS Sunday March 21

Originally published March 19, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated June 30, 2013. Leave a Comment

ACTION ALERT: Kill or NULLIFY the Health Care Bill Rally THIS Sunday March 21

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