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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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Unicameral Finally Made Unlisted Tax Committee Legal After 30 Years

Originally published November 13, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Unicameral Finally Made Unlisted Tax Committee Legal After 30 Years

In the week and a half before the election, we gave two presentations about Proposed Amendments No. 3 and 4 on the Nebraska ballot, which would have extended the term limits for Nebraska State Senators Nebraskans voted into the State Constitution in 2000 and would have increased their salaries from $12,000 to $22,500 per year. […]

Filed Under: Budget, Constitution, Featured, Government Spending, Governor, Legal Limit, Nebraska, Senators, State Legislation, Unicameral Tagged With: abbie cornett, accountability, beaucratic power, bureaucratic control, doug ewald, government transparency, john wightman, lavon heidemann, lb962, lb962 2012, legal authorization for public officials actions, legislative fiscal analyst, mike calvert, mike flood, nebraska budget, nebraska budget shortfalls, nebraska constitution, nebraska constitution article iv, nebraska constitution article iv section 8, nebraska constitution special session provisions, nebraska legislation, nebraska legislature, nebraska projected budget shortfall, nebraska retirement system, nebraska state legislature, nebraska tax commissioner, nebraska taxes, nebraska taxes legislation, nebraska unicameral, powers of the executive, powers of the legislature, public officials ethics, separation of powers, state budgets, state legislature, tax rate review committee, unauthorized legislative committee, unelected bureaucrats, Unicameral, unicameral transcripts, unlisted legislative committees

These Nebraskans Are Not Alone: Proposed Debt Limit Deals Are Total Foolishness

Originally published July 26, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. 2 Comments

These Nebraskans Are Not Alone: Proposed Debt Limit Deals Are Total Foolishness

Like many other Americans, some of our number are following the “debt ceiling debate” as closely as they can. One of them is doing so in between working even longer hours than he used to – like many other small business owners in the current economy. And despite long days, he has taken the time, […]

Filed Under: Bailouts, Ben Nelson, Budget, Congress, Deficit, Featured, Federal, Government Spending, Jeff Fortenberry, Like Drunken Sailors, Mike Johanns, Stimulus, US House, US Senate Tagged With: 14th amendment, administration on default, article i section 7, Ben Nelson, boehner speech debt ceiling, calling your congressman, congress three-ring circus, congressman jeff fortenberry, contacting your congressman about debt, credit rating, cut cap and balance, cutting government spending, d.c. accounting tricks, debt ceiling debate, debt ceiling foolishness, debt ceiling increase, debt limit proposals, default on u.s. debt, fear mongering on debt ceiling, federal budget, federal deficit, federal spending, fox business obama to banks, fox news debt ceiling, gallup poll debt ceiling, government spending, house of representatives, jeff fortenberry, john boehner, letters to congressman, majority leader mcconnel, mcconnell plan debt ceiling, mike johanns, mitch mcconnell, nebraska congressman contact information, nebraska federal delegation, obama speech debt ceiling, obama three ring circus, obama to banks, opinion polls debt ceiling, opinion polls on debt ceiling, politicians and spending, rep jeff fortenberry, senator ben nelson, senator mike johanns, separation of powers, size of government, socratic method of communication, speaker boehner, timothy geithner, washington d.c. debt debate

Deserving of Darts: Debt Ceiling Trial Balloons From Dems and GOP

Originally published July 18, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 7, 2014. 1 Comment

Deserving of Darts: Debt Ceiling Trial Balloons From Dems and GOP

Considering that most of the wheeling and dealing involved in government goes on behind closed doors, more likely than not, most of what we Americans hear and see playing out in the media is simply maneuvering. These P.R. battles seem to provide politicians the ability to “throw some red meat” to their respective bases of […]

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US Governors Led By Dave Heineman to Pair Up With Chinese July 15

Originally published July 1, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 6, 2011. 2 Comments

US Governors Led By Dave Heineman to Pair Up With Chinese July 15

  Nebraskans concerned about U.S. sovereignty and the health of our economy, may want to get in touch with Dave Heineman regarding the upcoming forum explained forum. See the bottom of this article for Governor Heineman’s contact information. Several weeks ago, our friends at OK-SAFE alerted us to the fact that the National Governors Association […]

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Unconstitutional: Who Decides? States via Nullification or Supreme Court?

Originally published December 7, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated February 3, 2013. 4 Comments

Unconstitutional: Who Decides? States via Nullification or Supreme Court?

“Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding, and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties, which may make anything mean nothing or everything, at pleasure.” Many people are seeking solutions to rein in the growth of government, most particularly […]

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Where Does Nebraska Get Its Money?

Originally published September 3, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 21, 2014. Leave a Comment

Where Does Nebraska Get Its Money?

I don’t know about anyone else, but I am rather shocked to discover that Nebraska receives so very much of its budget from the Federal government. Silly, silly me. So much for state sovereignty… Seems rather curious that our Governor has been complaining about the acceptance of federal funds recently… This is a multi-year chart: […]

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