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It has been one year since Obamacare was signed into law. This is the same law about which then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” It is the same law that Pelosi and her Democratic colleagues jammed through Congress. The same unpopular law that led to Democrats losing control of the House. After a year of learning what is in the law — and seeing its effect on families, small businesses and our economy — it is now clear that Obamacare is a failed experiment. Sadly,...

WASHINGTON -- The newly muscular House Republicans are poised to vote Wednesday to overturn President Obama's health care overhaul -- a move that is largely symbolic because the Democratic-controlled Senate is poised to ignore it while Obama is certain to veto it should it somehow pass through Congress. But that obstacle hasn't deterred Republicans who are determined to chisel away at the law through attempts to deny funding for parts of the legislation as they go into effect in the coming years. "The Congress can do better in terms of replacing Obamacare with common-sense reforms that will bring down the...

Monday, March 29, 2010 3 Republicans Break Promise Against FY2011 Earmarks Posted by: Meredith Jessup at 3:01 PM Three House Republicans have ignored their caucus' ban on requesting earmarks this year.  Rep. Joseph Cao, R-La., has requested projects totaling more than $500 million for his district.  In addition, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, have also requested millions of dollars worth of earmarks despite the party's moratorium.