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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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Pumping Up Politics, Prices: Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline

Originally published April 5, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 8 Comments

Pumping Up Politics, Prices: Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline

From my article of November 2, 2011, “TransCanada Trojan Horse: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Increase Gas Prices“: “The TransCanada Keystone Xl pipeline project will result in increased gas and diesel prices in 15 Midwestern States – to the detriment of those states’ citizens and economies.” While I continue to ponder the question… How much more […]

Filed Under: Featured, Federal Legislation, Governor, In the News, Lee Terry, Nebraska, Property Rights, Regulation, US House, US Senate Tagged With: 2010 federal report pipeline, adrian smith, agenda of lincoln journal star, american sovereignty, annette dubas, atkinson hearings, attorney general jon bruning, bachmann pipeline, bitumen oil, boehner pipeline, canadian oil supply, chair transportation and telecommunications committee, congressional research service, congressman lee terry, cushing extension could hike fuel prices in midwest, cushing extention keystone pipeline, cushing oklahoma keystone, dave heineman, december 15 debate keystone, dependence on foreign oil, divisive political issues, dubas lb1, dubas pipeline bill, dubas transcanada payment, false reporting in media, freedom of the press, governor heineman, increasing gas prices, investigative reporting, john boehner keystone pipeline, jon bruning, jon bruning foreign campaign donations, jurisdiction pipelines, keystone pipeline and gas prices, keystone xl, keystone xl pipeline, keystone xl pipeline route, kleeb pipeline, langemeier governor pipeline, langemeier pipeline bill, lee terry, lee terry crs report, lee terry north american-made energy security act, lee terry pipeline, lee terry pipeline expedition bill, lincoln hearings pipeline, lincoln journal star, major oil pipeline siting act, media advocacy, media bias, michele bachmann, michele bachmann keystone, midwest gas prices pipeline, mike flood, minnesota oil refineries, mitt romney, mitt romney keystone xl pipeline, ne, nebraska, nebraska 3rd congressional district, nebraska governor, nebraska lee terry, nebraska legislature, nebraska natural resources committee, nebraska public service commission, nebraska sandhills, newt gingrich keystone pipeline, north american made energy security act, obama pipeline, ogallala aquifer, oil pipelines, pad ii oversupply, padd districts, padd ii pricing discounts, padd iii, paying at the pump, pipeline, pipeline could raise gas prices, pipeline decison, pipeline hot potato, pipeline interim study report, pipeline politics, pipeline project, pipeline special session, polarization in politics, political hot potato, President barack obama, president obama pipeline, presidential debate keystone pipeline, presidential permit application, rep. adrian smith, rep. lee terry, romney pipeline, sandhills, secretary of state hillary clinton, senator annette dubas, senator dubas, senator mike flood, speaker flood, speaker mike flood, speaker of the legislature, special legislative session, state department hearings pipeline, state department pipeline, state senator chris langemeier, state sovereignty, states rights, tar sands, Tenth Amendment, transcanada, transcanada pipeline route, transcanada trojan horse: keystone xl pipeline will increase gas prices, u.s. politics, u.s. sovereignty, Unicameral, usgc oil market

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 […]

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The New National Past Time: Pipeline Hot Potato

Originally published November 12, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 4 Comments

The New National Past Time: Pipeline Hot Potato

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No! Wait… Is that a football? No, but it is brown. And it is oblong. Hey, it’s smoking! Wait! It’s a hot potato! It’s America’s new national past time and no, sorry, Husker fans, it is not football. It’s called Pipeline Hot Potato. So, let’s play! Let’s meet our […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Adrian Smith, Featured, Federal, Foreign Policy, Governor, In the News, Lee Terry, Nebraska, Senators, Sovereignty, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Tenth Amendment, Unicameral, US House Tagged With: 2010 federal report pipeline, adrian smith, annette dubas, atkinson hearings, attorney general jon bruning, chair transportation and telecommunications committee, congressional research service, congressman lee terry, dave heineman, dubas lb1, dubas pipeline bill, dubas transcanada payment, governor heineman, hillary clinton pipeline, jane fleming kleeb, jane kleeb, jon bruning, jon bruning foreign campaign donations, jon bruning pipeline, jon bruning position on pipeline, jon bruning transcanada, jurisdiction pipelines, keystone xl, keystone xl pipeline, keystone xl pipeline route, kleeb pipeline, langemeier governor pipeline, langemeier pipeline bill, lee terry, lee terry crs report, lee terry north american-made energy security act, lee terry pipeline, lee terry pipeline expedition bill, lincoln hearings pipeline, major oil pipeline siting act, mike flood, ne, nebraska, nebraska 3rd congressional district, nebraska governor, nebraska lee terry, nebraska legislature, nebraska natural resources committee, nebraska sandhills, ogallala aquifer, oil pipelines, pipeline, pipeline decison, pipeline hot potato, pipeline interim study report, pipeline politics, pipeline project, pipeline special session, political hot potato, President barack obama, president obama pipeline, rep. adrian smith, rep. lee terry, sandhills, secretary of state hillary clinton, senator annette dubas, senator deb fischer, senator dubas, senator fischer, senator mike flood, speaker flood, speaker mike flood, speaker of the legislature, special legislative session, state department hearings pipeline, state senator chris langemeier, state senator deb fischer, state senator tony fulton, state sovereignty, states rights, Tenth Amendment, tony fulton, transcanada, transcanada pipeline route, u.s. politics, u.s. senate race nebraska, Unicameral, where's adrian?

#1 Question for Lee Terry: What DID You Do With That 2010 CRS Report About Pipeline Authority?

Originally published October 4, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. 2 Comments

#1 Question for Lee Terry: What DID You Do With That 2010 CRS Report About Pipeline Authority?

Updated October 26, 2011: Considering the popularity of this article, we thought it important to list all of our TransCanada / Keystone XL pipeline pieces: If you are going to read one article, we recommend #4, as it best summarizes the whole subject. Note that there are links in each to prior articles. 1) Transcending […]

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Nebraska is Essentially a One Party State

Originally published September 16, 2011, By Linda. Updated November 6, 2014. 6 Comments

Nebraska is Essentially a One Party State

Editor’s Note: This is the seventh article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. We recommend starting with the article “Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide” which includes links to all other […]

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Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide

Originally published September 11, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated April 28, 2012. 5 Comments

Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide

Updated Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. Prior articles are linked here: 1, 2, 3. Articles following this will be added here: 5. “Governor Heineman Really Like Purple […]

Filed Under: Elections, Featured, Governor, Nebraska, Policies, Tea Party, Unicameral Tagged With: 2010 election results, 2011 republican nebraska agenda, adam hornung, afp-ne, america's ruling class and the perils of revolution, american spectator, angelo m. codevilla, assisted political suicide, chris beutler, cir reform, city of lincoln election 2011, collective bargaining, dave heineman, dcrp, deserving of darts, electoral votes nebraska, elephant in the living room, gin deserving of darts, jeff fortenberry, jon bruning, ken svoboda, lcgop, mike johanns, ne federal delegation, ne teaparty movement, nebraka populism, nebraska budget, nebraska economy, nebraska elections, nebraska governor, nebraska political history, nebraska politics, nebraska primary, nebraska progressivism, nebraska republican party, nebraska republican platform, nebraska republican super-majority, nebraska state legislature, nebraska taxation, nebraska tea party, nebraska teaparty, nebraska's ruling class, negop, negop constitution, negop platform, one party state, party politics, patrick bonnett, political cartels, political insiders, political suicide, populist movement, progressivism, republican legislative priorities, ruling class, tammy buffington, taxes in nebraska, tea parties in nebraska, teaparties ne, Unicameral, william jennings bryan

$130k for School Diversity Manuals Just the Tip of Nebraska Stimulus $$$ Iceberg

Originally published July 22, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. 1 Comment

$130k for School Diversity Manuals Just the Tip of Nebraska Stimulus $$$ Iceberg

  Certainly many Nebraskans have heard about the $130,000 in Federal “Stimulus” dollars which were used to purchase “diversity manuals” by Omaha Public Schools for all 8,000 of its employees (including the custodians). For those who didn’t catch the story in local media, ample opportunities abounded via many media outlets nationally, both online and off. […]

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Collective Bargaining (CIR) Shell Bill Hearing WEDNESDAY April 13

Originally published April 11, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 28, 2011. Leave a Comment

Collective Bargaining (CIR) Shell Bill Hearing WEDNESDAY April 13

Since the February 7 Business and Labor Committee hearing, those interested in the issue of collective bargaining and CIR (Commission on Industrial Relations) have been waiting for the contents of the shell bill introduced by Committee Chair Steve Lathrop at the beginning of the legislative session. At the end of March, details began, finally, to […]

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History Has Proven Nullification a Failure – Just Look at REAL ID

Originally published March 14, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated May 26, 2013. 7 Comments

History Has Proven Nullification a Failure – Just Look at REAL ID

This is Part 2 in a continuing series on nullification. For Part 1, click HERE. In Part 1, I explained that in the past year, I’ve come to realize that nullification is not a solution that should be pursued by the states. That change of opinion, the result of much research and reflection, includes a […]

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