Senate Rejects Repeal Without Replace

Some good news...

The Senate rejected a measure to repealed major parts of the Affordable Care Act today.

Here's more

The vote, 45-55, underscored the bind that Republican leaders have found themselves in. Seven Republicans voted against the measure — Senators Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Susan Collins of Maine, Dean Heller of Nevada, John McCain of Arizona, Rob Portman of Ohio, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — showing that repealing the health law without an immediate replacement lacks crucial support among Republicans.

But a more comprehensive measure that would have repealed major parts of the law with a ready replacement also came up short on Tuesday night.

With neither approach viable, Senate Republican leaders may have no choice but to fall back on a third choice: Push a far more limited measure that repeals parts of the Affordable Care Act, such as its mandate that most people have insurance and a tax on medical devices, but leaves most of President Barack Obama’s signature health law in place. Senators would then take their narrow bill into negotiations with the House, which passed a comprehensive measure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

So, another fail is coming

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SCOTUS upholds Obamacare

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Funny, how the Dixie Chicks lives were threaten for speaking out against Bush

Ted Cruz’s Deputy Chief 'Jokingly' blames Obamacare for Ebola hitting the US

Ted Cruz's Deputy Chief tweeted this crap yesterday

After Twitter attacked back, Nick quickly deleted the tweet, claiming it was a joke. Too late though, many folks captured the tweet and may possibly use this against Cruz if he decides to run for president.

Trying to politicize Ebola is not the way to go. Joke or not, this speaks a lot about Ted's company and who he has working for him.

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Supreme Court sides with Hobby Lobby

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby case today.

A quick flashback before we start:
The Hobby Lobby corporation have strong religious objections to certain types of contraceptive devices and are suing to protect those religious rights against the ACA (Affordable Care Act). Basically, Hobby Lobby wants opt out of providing contraception coverage under Obamacare.

While the ruling was narrow, I think other companies could follow suit.

Here's more from Politico:

The ruling deals directly with only a small provision of Obamacare and will not take down the entire law but it amounts to a huge black eye for Obamacare and its backers. The justices have given Obamacare opponents their most significant political victory against the health care law, reinforcing their argument that the law and President Barack Obama are encroaching on Americans’ freedoms.

“Under the standard that [the Religious Freedom Restoration Act] prescribes, the HHS contraceptive mandate is unlawful,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the opinion, which was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy.

The court’s four liberal justices called it a decision of “startling breadth” and said that it allows companies to “opt out of any law (saving only tax laws) they judge incompatible with their sincerely held religious beliefs.”

The court appeared to reject, 7-2, the Obama Administration’s argument that for-profit companies cannot assert religious rights under RFRA. Only Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined the portion of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dissent that argues companies do not have such rights. Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan did not join that section and did not explicitly state their views on the point.
The decision could open the door to other closely held corporations seeking to withhold coverage for other medical procedures at odds with firm religious beliefs. It marks the first time that the Supreme Court has allowed companies the ability to declare a religious belief – a decision that could reverberate far past the Affordable Care Act to other laws and issues.

Not a good way to kick off Monday morning.

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Tweet of the Day

How can President Obama recover from his Katrina? GWB vet @matthewjdowd and I analyze today on @GMA

— GeorgeStephanopoulos (@GStephanopoulos) November 15, 2013

Hmm, let's see. Glitches in a website... 1800 plus folks dead and left homeless from a storm and Bush's slow response. You know, that makes so much sense George. Why didn't I think of that?

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He says it wasn't about race... Child please

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Cover of the Day

READ the Memo that Shut Down the Government

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Question of the Day: Obamacare Showdown

How do you think the Shutdown will go?

We will have one?

Will Obama cave?

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Let the crazy games began

and it's still going