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Posted on January 26, 2015. Tags: Alaska, Congress, Manchin, week
This evening, the Senate will have its first critical vote on advancing the bill authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline. Sixty votes will be needed for the Senate to eventually approve the bill and send it to President Obama. Six Democrats are cosponsors of the legislation: Sens. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Joe Manchin […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 23, 2014. Tags: Chairman Dave Camp, Gao, income, online
The AP reports, “Undercover investigators using fake identities were able to secure taxpayer-subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law, congressional investigators said Wednesday. . . . The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office told a House committee that its investigators were able to get subsidized health care under fake names in 11 out of […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 14, 2014. Tags: costs, plans, SHOP, Washington Post
‘For Some Businesses, The Premium Jumps Are Positively Painful,’ ‘18 States Will Offer Only One Health Plan To Workers’ Exchanges ‘Launched With A Limp,’ ‘Enrolled Next To Nobody’ “…there’s apparently no way to know how many business owners and employees have signed up through the law’s new small-business exchanges. By all indications, though, […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 3, 2014. Tags: Excellus Health Plan, New York State, week, work
While it’s no surprise to most Americans anymore, this week marks yet another week of Obamacare failing to live up to the promises made by its creators and supporters. The New York Times wrote yesterday, “An independent audit of insurance exchanges established under the health care law has found that federal and state officials […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on April 30, 2014. Tags: Gross, recovery, state, Washington Democrats
The Wall Street Journal reports today, “The U.S. economy nearly stalled in the first quarter as weakness overseas hurt exports and frigid weather curtailed business investment. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods and services produced across the economy, grew at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.1% in the first quarter, the Commerce […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on April 30, 2014. Tags: GA, KY, OH, union
‘One Of The Harsh Consequences Is Smaller Paychecks For Some Working People,’ ‘Threatens The Middle Class’ Struggling To Make Ends Meet: ‘I’ll Have To Get A Third Job’ UNION: “…facts are facts, and Obamacare will cost our members the equivalent of a significant pay cut to keep their hard-won benefits.” (D. Taylor, UNITE […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on April 29, 2014. Tags: Cbo, Express Employment Professionals, Fed Chairwoman, Survey
What About The Eliminated Jobs? The Democrats’ Minimum Wage Proposal Could Eliminate Up To A Million Jobs Survey: Most Americans Call Job Losses ‘Unacceptable’ Tradeoff CBO STUDY: “Once fully implemented in the second half of 2016, the $10.10 option would reduce total employmentby about 500,000 workers…”(CBO, February 2014) “The overall reduction in […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on December 17, 2013. Tags: Democrat, governor, state, Struggle
As Obamacare’s problems pile up, Democrats and defenders of the unpopular law continue to point to state-run health care exchanges, especially those run by Democrat governors, as success stories, but even in deep blue states, there’s little success in sight. National Review’s Andrew Stiles writes today, “Faced with a politically embarrassing fiasco — Obamacare […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on November 15, 2013. Tags: Democrats, failures, Obama, President Obama
Despite President Obama’s lengthy excuse-ridden press conference yesterday to try to announce a “fix” to an Obamacare provision that violates a promise he made repeatedly that “If you have health insurance and you like it, and you have a doctor that you like, then you can keep it. Period,” editorial pages were decidedly unimpressed. […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on November 14, 2013. Tags: Democrats, designed, plans, Washington
President Obama held a press conference today that was billed as announcing a “fix” for Americans who have lost their insurance because of Obamacare, despite the president’s repeated explicit promises of, “If you like your current plan, you will be able to keep it.” But, as Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said, “President Obama’s […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on November 14, 2013. Tags: costs, plans, Senate Republican Leader, Washington
Senate Republican Leader calls the announcement “the clearest acknowledgment yet that his oft-repeated pledge ‘if you like your plan, you can keep it’ was false all along;” says the only ‘fix’ is “full repeal followed by step-by-step, patient-centered reforms that drive down costs and that Americans actually want.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 31, 2013. Tags: Affordable Care, Anonymity, Call Center Jobs, Care Act, Contra Costa County, Contra Costa Times, Disappointment, Fear, Friendly Fire, Full Time, George Clooney, Health Benefits, Health Care Call Center, Job, Law Jobs, Part Time, Political Tool, Politicians, Unions
Obamacare ‘Employees Feel Like They’ve Been Used As A Political Tool,’ Unions ‘Want No Part Of The Law’ Obamacare Call Center Jobs: ‘Part-Time, With No Health Benefits’ ‘Half the jobs are part-time, with no health benefits — a stinging disappointment to workers’ “Earlier this year, Contra Costa County won the right to run […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on June 5, 2013. Tags: Committee Chairman, Controversies, Dave Camp, Doubts, Flagrant Abuse, House Ways And Means Committee, Human Face, Internal Revenue Service, Irs Scrutiny, Members Of Congress, New Poll, Other Government Agencies, Outrage, Political Groups, Poll Respondents, Tea Party, Wall Street Journal, Ways And Means, Ways And Means Committee, Wetumpka
The Washington Free Beacon wrote yesterday, “Members of Congress investigating the Internal Revenue Service for targeting conservative political groups said a Tuesday hearing helped to put a human face on what they claim is a flagrant abuse of the agency’s power. The hearing, held by the House Ways and Means Committee, featured six individuals who […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on May 31, 2013. Tags: Barack Obama, Church Donations, Congressional Hearings, Conservative Causes, Conservative Groups, Criminal Charges, Criminal Investigation, Drabik, Engelbrecht, Federal Jobs, Internal Revenue Service, Level Officials, Mcclatchy, New Revelations, Planned Parenthood, Political Agenda, Public Face, Tax Exempt Status, Tea Party, Voting Rights
With almost every day bringing new revelations in the IRS scandal, Reuters reports today that the IRS staff reported to be involved are still in their jobs. “They’ve been scorned in televised congressional hearings for unfairly abusing tax laws, threatened with questioning in a criminal investigation and accused of using federal jobs to push a […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on May 29, 2013. Tags: Advice And Consent, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Labor Relations Board, Mitch Mcconnell, National Labor Relations, National Labor Relations Board, Nlrb, Power Grab, Recess Appointments, Senate Colleagues, Senate Republican Leader, Senate Republicans, Soft Drinks, States Supreme Court, U S Senate, Unconstitutional Actions, United States Court, United States Court Of Appeals, United States Supreme Court, Unprecedented Power
Forty-five Senators File Amicus Brief Urging the Supreme Court to Invalidate Unlawful “Appointments” “The President’s decision to circumvent the American people by installing his appointees at a powerful federal agency while the Senate was continuing to hold sessions, and without obtaining the advice and consent of the Senate, is an unprecedented power grab,” Sen. […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 28, 2013. Tags: Affordable Care, Budget Reconciliation Process, Byzantine, Care Act, Directness, Election Day, Filibuster, Finality, Frates, Good Reason, Health Care Law, Health Insurance, Landmark Decision, Majority Vote, Mandate, Mitch Mcconnell, Obama, Republican Plan, Senate Chamber, Senate Republican Leader, Top Aides
National Journal has must-read story today titled, “The Secret Republican Plan to Repeal ‘Obamacare’ And why the fight is far from over.” National Journal’s Chris Frates writes, “A few minutes after the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision upholding President Obama’s health care law last summer, a senior adviser to Mitch McConnell walked into […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 20, 2013. Tags: 3rd Anniversary, Aetna, Affordable Care, Barack Obama, Blue Shield, California Department Of Managed Health Care, Care Act, Department Of Managed Health Care, Federal Health Care, Health Care Law, Health Insurers, Healthcare Law, Insurance Bills, La Times, Medical Costs, Policyholders, Price Increases, Rate Increases, Sticker Shock, Times 3
‘The Price Increases Are A Downside Of President Barack Obama’s Health Care Law’ ‘Americans Could See Their Insurance Bills Double Next Year’ “Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people. The nation’s big health insurers say they expect premiums […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 9, 2013. Tags: Amp, Breaking Point, Bureaucracy, Democrat, Destructive Policies, Federal Budget, Fraud, Full Transcript, Gimmicks, Jeff Sessions, Moral Duty, Nbsp, Senate Budget Committee, Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans, Senator Jeff Sessions, Senator Sessions, Trillions, Unveiling, Washington D C
‘We need to grow the economy—not the government…Government has never been bigger or more out of control. They say there is no problem with waste, fraud, and abuse; they say the problem is you; they say you are not sending them enough money; they say they have wisely spent every penny. So, you must just […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 7, 2013. Tags: American Soil, Cloture, Colleague, Drones, Executive Branch, Filibuster, Intelligence Activities, John Brennan, Mitch Mcconnell, Nomination, Oversight, Procedural Motion, Roll Call, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republican Leader, Senate Republicans, Senator Paul, Wednesday Evening
In an historic moment echoing the Senate’s great history of long, passionate speeches, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) held the floor for nearly 13 hours yesterday in a filibuster demanding answers from the Obama administration on its legal authority to use force against U.S. citizens overseas. Roll Call wrote last night, “Senate Minority Leader Mitch […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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