After the Supreme Court ruled that Obamacare was constitutional, President Barack Obama immediately started to tout parts of Obamacare that people like, such as the provision allowing parents to keep their children on their health insurance plans until they are
The only legal peg on which Chief Justice Roberts was able to hang his hat in ruling Obamacare constitutional was a broad reading of the Taxing Clause. In order to do so, he had to deliberately misread the Obamacare law;
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Voter support for President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul rose after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld it but most people still oppose the law, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Sunday. The online survey showed increased backing from
(AP) GOP: Voters will have final say on health care lawWASHINGTONRepublican leaders in Congress say voters will have the final word on health care in the November elections, and the GOP is betting that the law’s unpopularity will be enough
Even as some Democrats run away from President Barack Obama, The White House “is encouraging congressional Democrats to go on the offensive” on the campaign trail by defending Obamacare. The memo, according to The Hill, was written by senior adviser
Media watchers are announcing that Savannah Guthrie has been tapped to replace the departed Ann Curry on NBC’s long-running morning show, Today. So, what can we say of Guthrie? What has she done before to prepare us for her new
White House salaries and hiring increased in 2012, according to an annual report released Friday by the White House. The “Annual Report to Congress on White House Staff” reveals that White House staff salaries jumped from $37.1 million in 2011 to $37.8
It was back in 2004 when I first came across Jay Cost’s work. He’s one of those incredibly talented and smart people we would likely know nothing about were it not for these here InterWebNets and the rise of New
With Chief Justice John Roberts’ unthinkable decision to uphold Obamacare yesterday, all focus now shifts to repeal for conservatives. In order to repeal Obamacare, two things must happen: Republicans must retake the White House, and they must retake the Senate.
Throughout the GOP primary season, Mitt Romney made the argument that Romneycare was different from Obamacare because what Romney could do at the state level with Romneycare when he was governor of Massachusetts, Obama could not do at the national
“Still a BFD …” is what President Barack Obama’s twitter handle tweeted out last night. Seriously. Obama’s campaign proverbially spiked the football in light of Obamacare being held up by the Supreme Court, marketing a t-shirt that says “Still a
(AP) Congress poised to act on highways, student loansBy JOAN LOWYAssociated PressWASHINGTONAfter being derided as a “do-nothing” Congress, the House and Senate were poised to vote on a massive legislative package that overhauls highway and transit programs, salvages an estimated
The majority of the American people want nothing to do with Obamacare. And yet the White House, the Congress, the Senate, and now the Supreme Court have all lined up against the American people – to either force Obamacare down
The White House on Thursday condemned an unprecendented House of Representatives contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder as a “transparently political stunt.”
For a few puzzling moments Thursday, US President Barack Obama believed inaccurate media reports that his proudest political achievement — health care reform — had been shot down. Obama was standing in the outer Oval Office watching a split screen
The House of Representatives, in a historic move, has voted Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failure to produce subpoenaed documents in the investigation of Operation Fast and Furious. The vote tallies were 255 yeas, 67 nays,
When he signed Obamacare into law in the East Room of the White House, President Barack Obama did not say a word how the law would impose a tax penalty on individuals who did not purchase private health insurance. After
Chris Matthews reaction to Supreme Court ruling
Mohammed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, just won a presidential election in Egypt described by the White House as a “milestone in Egypt’s transition to democracy.” And while no one has brought forth direct ties between Obama and the
Mitt Romney, speaking in northern Virginia, energized the crowd by referring to the imminent decision on ObamaCare that is due from the Supreme Court tomorrow: “My guess is they’re not sleeping real well at the White House tonight; that’s the
The NRA is putting pressure on the White House and members of Congress when it comes to Thursday’s House vote on contempt against Attorney General Eric Holder. In a letter to the House, Chris Cox, NRA-ILA Executive Director, said the
Beheading former President George W. Bush and putting his head on a stake, as HBO’s series “Game of Thrones” did, was too much for Camryn Manheim, one of the stars of the film “The Hot Flashes.” She lamented to FOX411’s Pop Tarts
The Senate, capitulating to pressure applied by Barack Obama, has settled on a deal on student loans and sent it to the House for approval, where conservative House Republicans have the numbers to tank the proposal. Obama has been courting the youth
As the U.S. House of Representatives votes to find Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, the natural question becomes: now what? Legal precedent lays out a step-by-step process, and Holder’s latest gambit suggests he knows of a loophole
By MIKE BAKERAssociated PressOLYMPIA, Wash.President Barack Obama’s campaign has recruited a legion of lawyers to be on standby for this year’s election as legal disputes surrounding the voting process escalate. Thousands of attorneys and support staffers have agreed to aid
