President Barack Obama hopes a bipartisan meeting will restart Congressional action on health care reform.
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"Since 1981, reconciliation has been used 21 times. Most of it's been used by Republicans."
"Congresswoman Bachmann actually said we should be 'weaned' off our Social Security and Medicare. She wants to privatize Social Security and replace Medicare with some kind of voucher system."
"One of the most recent polls said 75 percent of the American people have said either don't do anything or start over (on health care reform)."
"We were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for Americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase wind turbines built in China!"
"We have solved the problem. ... Scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is."
The stimulus includes "$219,000 to study the sex lives of female college freshmen."
"$100,000 in stimulus funds (were) used for a Martini Bar and Brazilian Steakhouse."
The stimulus includes "$7 million to build a bridge in Thedford, Nebraska, to help 168 residents avoid a 30-second wait at a local train crossing. Not one full-time job will be created."
In the stimulus, "$15 million dollars went to 'build a bigger, better airport' for the town of Ouzinkie, Alaska, population 165."
The stimulus bill "didn’t create one new job."
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Tracking Obama’s promises
Promises we have rated recently
No. 431:
Reduce earmarks to 1994 levels
No. 221:
Double the Peace Corps
No. 41:
Freeze the 2009 estate tax law
No. 339:
Support human mission to moon by 2020
No. 335:
Work with international allies on space station
“I vetoed more than $3 billion in spending. Lawmakers and I cut taxes for 40,000 small businesses. Now Texas is No. 1 in job creation. The nation’s five best housing markets are right here in Texas. We balanced five state budgets and we cut state spending.” — Rick Perry
The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of our health programs." — C.W. Bill Young- Bill McCollum "cost the rest of us billions" as a member of Congress, including a national debt that "skyrocketed" to $4.7 trillion. — Florida Democratic Party
Bill McCollum voted four times to raise his own pay, by a total of $51,000, and earns a congressional pension worth more than $75,000 a year. — Florida Democratic Party
"Bill McCollum said tax cuts don't work." — Alex Sink
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