ALG's Daily Grind - Republicans taking default off the table

April 24, 2013

Republicans taking default off the table

The "Full Faith and Credit Act" will certainly avert default if the debt ceiling is reached, but Republicans also need to avoid the accusation that the debt ceiling fight throws Grandma off the fiscal cliff.

On Global Warming Advocates and Scientific Consensus

Does scientific consensus determine scientific truth?

EPA obstructs Keystone XL pipeline, puts Obama nominee at further risk

As the EPA continues obstructing Keystone,  the Senate should reject Gina McCarthy's nomination to be the next EPA Administrator, so the Obama Administration would understand that their continued expansion of power will no longer be tolerated.

Jindal: Obamacare's Medicaid expansion is bad for Louisiana

"President Obama's Medicaid expansion could cost taxpayers in Louisiana $1.7 billion over the first 10 years of implementation, and the cost will continue to rise."

Sen. Sanborn Statement on Legislative Fiscal Committee Tabling ObamaCare Grant

The New Hampshire Senate

REPUBLICAN Majority Office

Governor, Insurance Department seek approval for implementation by circumventing established law

Concord, NH – Sen. Andy Sanborn (R-Bedford) issued the following statement today after the Joint Fiscal Committee voted to table a nearly $340,000 grant request to implement a Consumer Assistance Partnership under the Affordable Care Act.

“We remain concerned about implementation of Affordable Care Act, particularly with regards to the Consumer Assistant Partnership today’s grant was designed to support.  The thought of inexperienced, community activists offering insurance advice opens a Pandora’s Box of questions that officials within the Insurance Department and the Governor’s office have been unable to answer.  I implore both the Governor and the Insurance Department slow down and respect the statutes in place designed to ensure oversight and transparency of this complex law, specifically with regards to Joint Health Care Oversight Committee which should have been consulted first as to the appropriateness of this grant.”

The Joint Health Care Oversight Committee was statutorily created and signed into law by Governor Lynch to specifically provide oversight and transparency to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in New Hampshire.  The next meeting of the Joint Health Care Reform Oversight Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, April 24, at noon.

ALG's Daily Grind - What recovery?

April 18, 2013

What recovery?

When Obama signed the "stimulus," he promised that "We have begun the essential work of keeping the American dream alive in our time." Did he keep his promise?

Cartoon: Obamacare train wreck

Democrat Senator Max Baucus on Obamacare: "I just see a huge train wreck coming."

Terrorism is terrorism

The American people do not understand that no matter how much freedom innocent American civilians give up in the name of security, it will not necessarily lead to an overall safer nation.

Sen. Paul Questions Secretary Napolitano at Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Hearing

Senator Paul: "I think zeroing out the funding shows a lack of commitment to the idea of self-defense and sends a huge signal to terrorists around world if we're not going to arm our pilots. In fact, I think we need to go the opposite direction."

ALG's Daily Grind - The GOP's real grassroots problem

April 9, 2013

The GOP's real grassroots problem

The conservative base of the Republican party has become increasingly distrustful of the party's leadership in Washington, D.C. And who could blame them?

Cartoon: Thatcher

The Iron Lady helped take out the Iron Curtain.

Is Obamacare at least partially behind last month's disastrous job creation numbers?

At least one prominent traditionally pro-Obama economic analyst, Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Analytics, seems to think so.

Video: Margaret Thatcher on socialism

"They would rather have the poor poorer, provided the rich were less rich."

RLCNH - lawsuit claiming that HB 1297 prohibits a partnership exchange as a type of state exchange

A lawsuit claiming that HB 1297 prohibits a partnership exchange as a type of state exchange may be worth pursuing. Also, Gov. Hassan should not be doing anything without first getting approval from the Oversight Committee we created. If you approved a partnership with the condition of a Memo of Understanding, then quite simply, that MOU is required before the governor can move forward, regardless of what the feds say.

UPDATED: Legislative panel refuses to endorse health insurance exchange provisions

www.unionleader.com

CONCORD — New Hampshire has been awarded a $5.3 million federal grant to help implement a health i...