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BLACKBURN REPORT: This Week In Health Care
Oct 19, 2009
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Friends,
We have come to the start of another week in the health care debate and I expect that we will have many more weeks like this one ahead. As you all know, Senator Baucus moved his bill out of the Finance Committee with one Republican vote. While I was disappointed to see that Senator ...
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Health Care Debate Begins
Jul 14, 2009
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Friends,
The Democrats' newest health care proposal is hot off the presses ahead of Speaker Pelosi's press conference this afternoon. I am still combing through the thousand pages that make up this proposal to learn more about the tax increases and goverment takeover of health care that ...
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Cap And Trade Today
Jun 26, 2009
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Friends,
The massive new energy tax that Democrats like to call Cap and Trade will be voted on today. As of late last night, news reports indicated that Speaker Pelosi and Henry Waxman may not have all the votes that they need.
I am staunchly opposed to this bill. It is based on dubi...
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BLACKBURN REPORT: Cap and Trade Update From The Floor
Jun 26, 2009
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Friends,
The floor fight on Cap and Trade is underway. We have had our first vote on the rule that will govern debate. The rule only allows for one Republican amendment on the bill. 30 Democrats voted against the rule, far more than expected. That is an indication that the Majority may no...
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BLACKBURN REPORT: A Busy (and Expensive) Week In Washington
Jun 23, 2009
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Friends,
This will be a busy and expensive week in the House. Today, House Democrats released their "new" Cap and Trade bill. This isn't the bill we debated and amended in the Energy and Commerce Committee last month. This is a new instrument, nearly twice as long still very expensive. Thi...
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Cap and Trade Week In Review
May 15, 2009
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It has been a fast paced week on the Cap and Trade front. We started out with a story from the Dow Jones Newswire that uncovered an internal Obama Administration memo on the EPA’s regulation of green house gasses. The memo reveals, contrary to their public statements, that some in the Administratio...
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Economic Stimulus
Feb 12, 2009
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In this episode, Congressman Blackburn interviews noted economist and Wall Street Journal contributor Stephen Moore on the economic stimulus bill.
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