Tag: Obamacare
Lamborn rallies opposition to alleged ‘Obamacare’ abortion coverage
Fifth District Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn sounded a warning note to anti-abortion Coloradans Thursday detailing his concerns that "Obamacare," as he continues to call...
Ritter to kick off federal health reform plan in Colorado
In the West Foyer of the Capitol Tuesday, Governor Bill Ritter will celebrate national health care reform legislation by announcing the introduction of the...
Norton takes disavowed ‘repeal Obamacare’ talking points on air
Colorado Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton is running a new TV ad that is extra-heavy on talking points, even for Norton, who has...
Through tears, Tea Party activists vow to keep fighting health care...
WASHINGTON-- The Tea Party activists huddled on the south lawn of the Capitol got the news of health care reform’s passage in the cruelest way. As their enthusiasm had flagged, a small group of pro-health care reform activists had nestled into space right next to the Capitol wall. Outnumbered ten to one, none of them looking a day under thirty, they learned via Twitter when the House crossed the 216 vote mark to pass the Senate version of health care reform.
Norton yet to pledge to repeal Obamacare
U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton is feeling heat again on the right Monday. Although health care reform legislation passed Sunday, the battle against it...
Fake-Boehner tweets the apocalyptic dawn of Obamacare America
Congressional Republicans had a lousy night. Obamacare, the grand American socialist experiment, passed. In the months preceding the vote and on the floor of...
GOP Whip Cantor’s office pushes phony ‘New England Journal of Medicine...
From yesterday’s Twitter feed of Brad Dayspring, spokesman for the GOP whip’s office:
Dayspring doesn’t mis-attribute the study to the New England Journal of Medicine,...
Caldara, conservative lawmakers, lead Colorado effort to block federal health reform
DENVER-- More than a hundred people gathered at a rally convened on the west steps of the capitol today to urge Colorado lawmakers to oppose federal health reform and to launch a state ballot initiative that aims to exempt Colorado from any version of the health legislation set to pass through Congress in the coming weeks. The move here reflects related efforts in states across the country.
Dueling political press event day: Caldara versus Romanoff
Today brings two big political press events: Former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff is meeting the press at his campaign headquarters sometime just after noon....
GOP plan to ‘repeal health care’ faces high hurdles
As soon as the Senate passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Dec.24, Republicans and conservative activists started making a promise to voters. Give them a victory in the 2010 midterm elections, and they’ll repeal the bill.