As D.C. Hemmorhages Red Ink, House Sends Trojan Horse Bill To Senate

Post author:Stubborn_Facts
Post published:December 11, 2010
Post category:Federal / Nebraska / Network Archives

By Shelli Dawdy

As the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, the federal government ended November as the 26th month in a row spending more money that it had taken in (by $150.4 billion) and the most recent projections available mean Fiscal Year 2011 could reach a new record $1.5 trillion deficit, topping the 2009 record of $1.416 trillion (2010′s deficit was $1.294 trillion).

Members of Congress appear to have life jackets available – the rising level of red ink doesn’t seem to bother them. On Wednesday, the House approved a Continuing Resolution that is a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund government through September 2011 or until Congress produces a budget. Click HERE to read what is reportedly a summary of the House spending bill.

As reported by several sources, members of the Senate are expected to laden the bill with a whole lot of pork before passing it and there appears to be a growing core of “bipartisan” support. The bill is already enough of a mess considering the massive spending included in it and the fact that the House embedded the Food Safety bill in it.

As if all the above wasn’t enough to be concerned about, it has been reported that Democrats intend to add the following health care trojan horses:

$19 million in funding to the IRS associated with health care insurance enforcement
$12 million for an un-elected panel of bureaucrats who will to devise health care coverage mandates and make coverage decisions
$3.6 billion in funds to Dr. Donald Berwick, new head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for “program management”, which many believe is to fund the implementation of the health care law

Since one tactic of Republicans was reported to block health care reform’s implementation is to block funding aspects of it, the choice on how Senate Republicans should vote on this mess of a bill seems quite clear. I don’t have any information regarding how either Nebraska Senator intends to vote; contact information for each can be found on THIS GiN page.

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Shelli Dawdy is first and foremost the mother of three children whom she has taught at home via the classical method since removing her children from school in 2001. During her early years as a homeschool mother, she worked part-time as a freelance writer. Born and raised in the Iowa, Shelli and her husband moved to the state of South Dakota in 1997, attracted to its more limited government and friendly tax environment. In 2006, Shelli and her family relocated to Lincoln, Nebraska, when her husband’s employer offered a new position. She took a break from work and politics for a time, recognizing the need to focus solely on her childrens’ schooling with two now of high school age. Distressed by many things she was witnessing on the national political scene and disillusioned about the Republican Party, she decided to start writing again, this time online. Motivated to get involved with others at the grassroots level, she networked with activists on the social media tool, Twitter. She was involved in organizing the first tea party rallies inspired by Rick Santelli’s “rant” on CNBC in February 2009. Recognizing that activism should generate on the local level, she founded Grassroots in Nebraska in March of 2009. The group’s mission is a return to Constitutional, limited government, according to its original meaning. While the group has held several tea party rallies, it’s focus is to take effective action. Among its many projects, GiN successfully coordinated testimony for the hearing of the Nebraska Sovereignty Resolution, networked with other groups to ensure a large show of public support at the hearing, and coordinated follow up support to ensure its passage in April 2010. While working to build up GiN throughout 2009, she was asked to work as writer and producer of the documentary film, A New America, which lays out how Progressivism is responsible for how America has moved away from its Constitutional roots. You can see more of her work on Grassroots in Nebraska (GiN) and StubbornFacts

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