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ALG Releases New Poll on Democrat Health Care Votes:  Despite the mainstream media's attempts to downplay the national backlash against government-run health care, the word is out and the American people are clearly fed up with Barack Obama's endless attempts to force "ObamaCare" down their throats.

Coburn Puts Out Warning to House Democrats:  If you voted no and you vote yes, and you lose your election, and you think any nomination to a federal position isn't going to be held in the Senate, I've got news for you. It's going to be held.

VIDEO:  CNN's Cafferty calls the Slaughter Solution for what it is... Sleazy!

The Sestak Scandal:  This Is Draining the Swamp?:  In addition to promising an end to Republicans' out-of-control spending, Democrats vowed to "drain the swamp" of corruption in Washington D.C. prior to winning their Congressional majorities in 2006. Of course that was just an entrée for the real "hope and change" to come, as Barack Obama stormed to victory in the presidential election two years later promising to "change Washington" – and cut taxes for a majority of Americans.

Small Government Advocates Must Not Lose Sight of EPA Ambitions:  Even as the public remains understandably preoccupied with President Obama's proposed government takeover of healthcare, it is imperative for free market activists to remain vigilant against environmental extremism.

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Democrats’ attempt to “deem” health care bill passed ignores concerns and breaks promise to American public for more openness

MANCHESTER – Today, Rich Ashooh, Republican candidate in New Hampshire’s First Congressional District, made the following statement regarding Carol Shea-Porter’s silence over Nancy Pelosi’s plan to circumvent a vote on the health care bill.
 
“For weeks, Congressional Democrats have clamored for a straight up or down vote on health care.  Now that they have their chance to get the vote, Carol Shea-Porter is refusing to speak out against Nancy Pelosi’s legislative trick to jam this enormously expensive, intrusive and unpopular bill through to the President’s desk.  If they can’t even muster a simple majority to pass this bill, that should tell them something.”

“Pelosi liberals in the House are proposing to enact ObamaCare by ‘deeming’ the bill passed with no recorded vote on the measure.  This maneuver is quite possibly unconstitutional, but certainly undemocratic.”
 
“You couldn’t find a darker corner to a backroom deal than this latest example.  Carol Shea-Porter needs to stop hiding and tell her constituents where she stands on Pelosi’s scheme to pass the health care bill.  Carol is not listening to her constituents who don’t want this bill, never asked for it, can’t afford it, and will suffer under the bureaucratic weight of it.  I’ve been to every part of the district, and the people who elected her are saying loud and clear that this process is broken and ObamaCare must be stopped.”
 
“Through every means possible, Americans have expressed their concern over the direction of the Democrats’ proposal on health care reform.  But, in their zeal to pass this proposal over the clear opposition of the people, Democrats are once again skirting accountability and breaking a promise to the American public for more openness in government.”
 
“The process has been corrupted to the point where Carol Shea-Porter won’t even take a stand on a bill that proposes to re-write 15% of the U.S. economy.  It’s time for her to set aside this pattern of political arrogance and side with her constituents.”

Tim Arsenault, State Director of Organizing for America (OFA)-New Hampshire issued the following statement regarding the organization’s launch of the ‘Final March to Reform’:

“Today, OFA supporters in New Hampshire join health reform advocates from around the country in launching a sustained push to help pass health insurance reform.

“We already know what will happen if we don’t pass health reform. Insurance companies will continue their abusive practices—arbitrarily hiking our premium rates by as much as 39 percent, denying coverage to people with ‘pre-existing conditions,’ and dropping our coverage if we get sick. Meanwhile, the President’s proposals would return control over our health care choices to American families and businesses, create four million jobs over the next ten years, and reduce our budget deficit by $100 billion in the first decade.

“Granite Staters have made clear time and again in the past year we cannot afford to accept the status quo. It’s time to pass health insurance reform now.”

Obama's Political Grip Slips:  "[N]ow they've gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots." That was former New York Democrat Congressman Massa's take on his resignation in light on allegations of sexual harassment against him.

Obama Renews Patriot Act and the NYT Fails To Mention It:  President Obama has signed off on a one year extension of The Patriot Act that won overwhelming congressional approval just over a week ago; not that anyone reading The New York Times would know.

Government Spending Does Not Drive the Economy:  As disturbing new reports come out this month showing that American reliance on government aid is at an all-time high, economists are attempting to quell concerns that the federal spending binge has gone too far. Government spending, they say, drives the economy, and the stimulus bills have saved the economy from dipping into depression. These economists have erred tragically, and their prescription will not only fail to prevent, but will actually help ensure that this recession worsens.

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CEI Weekly

March 5, 2010 

>>FOIA Requests Reveal the Department of Energy Turned to Lobbyists to Inflate Value of Wind Energy Proposals

CEI's Chris Horner on March 3rd revealed findings from a FOIA request to the Department of Energy on Pajamas Media. His findings suggest that the DOE turned to George Soros and other wind industry lobbyists to discredit studies suggesting that wind energy programs in Spain and Denmark were a bust. Read the article here.

>>This Land Ain't your Land - CEI Releases Eminent Domain Study

CEI's Marc Scribner published a study this week on eminent domain's adverse affects on entrepreneurship. Read about it here.

>>Bureaucrash Activists Protest Egyptian Government to Free Kareem

Activists from the Bureaucrash social network gathered in front of the Egyptian embassy here in DC to protest the imprisoning of Abdul Kareem, better known as Kareem Amer, over expressing his opinions on his own blog. Watch the footage here.

>>Shaping the Debate

The EU Searches for a Monopolist, Finds Google

Alberto Mingardi and Wayne Crews' article in the Wall Street Journal

Climategate: This Time it's NASA

Iain Murray and Roger Abbott's article in the American Spectator

Questions Swirl Around Wind-Jobs Studies

Chris Horner's citation in the Chicago Tribune

>>Best of the Blogs

Debunking the Smear Campaign Against the Murkowski Resolution

by Marlo Lewis

In recent weeks I have penned four columns debunking the smear campaign against Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-AK) Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to stop EPA from dealing itself into a position to make climate and energy policy for the nation — a power Congress never delegated to EPA when it enacted the Clean Air Act.

Regulation of the Day 123: Donating Blood

by Ryan Young

If you’re gay, you can’t donate blood. It’s illegal. The ban was put in place in 1983, during the early days of the HIV/AIDS scare. It may have made some sense in those days, when HIV testing was less than trustworthy. But it sure doesn’t now, with modern screening technology. 

Light it Up: Earth Hour 2010

by Michelle Minton

Last year the Competitive Enterprise Institute cheekily declared that anyone not sitting in the dark, naked in the woods was by default celebrating Human Achievement Hour–a holiday we created to highlight the innovations and discoveries made by human beings that improve the quality of our everyday lives and highlight the necessity of free thought. This year we’re doing it again! For the second annual celebration of Human Achievement Hour we are highlighting some of the best innovations, discoveries, and improvements humans have made.
>>LibertyWeek Podcast

Episode 82: Lessons from Chile

Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott and Brooke Oberwetter unite to bring you episode 82. We cover lessons from Chile, healthcare legislation on life support, a perfect storm for the IPCC, underage iPod assemblers and Charlie Rangel’s fairy godmother.