In my last post, I expressed my concern that Sen. Ben Nelson was not standing on principle but was holding out for some money to be thrown at him in exchange for his vote on the Senate health care bill. Well, it seems I was right to be concerned. Yesterday he announced that he would vote for cloture on the bill after he, according to the Washington Post,
secured full and permanent federal funding for his state to extend Medicaid eligibility to everyone below 133 percent of the federal poverty level. The bill would require all states to do so, but Nebraska alone would not be required to pay a portion of the additional cost after 2016.
If this bill passes, our hard earned tax money will be disproportionately spent on Nebraska’s Medicaid recipients as a way to buy off Sen. Ben Nelson. This is corruption, plain and simple. Nelson is just the latest Congressman to have been given a large amount of our tax dollars in exchange for their vote. This type of behavior needs to stop. Our Republic was never meant to be governed this way. This is a disgrace! The will of the American people is being ignored so Congressmen can stay in power by securing favors for their constituents.
In addition to Nelson, Sen. Sanders (I-VT.) and Sen. Leahy (D-VT.) are receiving 10 billion in new funding for community health centers and more Medicaid funding. Sen. Levin (D-Mich) is receiving a Medicaid deal similar to Nelson, and Sen. Landrieu (D-LA) is receiving 300 million in Medicaid funding.
Our government is spending billions of dollars that we don’t have to buy votes for a bill that the majority of Americans do not want! Is this the hope and change we were promised? Is this the new era of politics that President Obama was supposed to usher in?
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I’m no legal scholar by any means, but are the states able to challenge this?
I stayed up to watch the vote in the Senate at 1AM. I am so angry at the Democrats and their corruption. Obama’s Chicago-style tactics of threats and bribes is alive in Washington. Ben Nelson is a good example of how a bribe won his vote by using the money the government takes from our pay checks. Congress IS a disgrace! Where are the future young leaders who will stand up to this tyranny and effect change? We need the spirit of our forefathers when England was in rule.
These people are acting like they are crossing off items on their personal ” Bucket List” you know, like in the movie ?
They are all politically dead, so they are going to throw as much money at friends and groups so that when they are sent home they will still have a job.
I notice a lot of clean spots on rear bumpers lately where people have scraped off their Obama stickers.
That wasted vote will hurt us for a long time
Merry Christmas to you !
TAKE YOUR SHARE
Build a prosperous nation and the world will beat a path to your door in order to share that prosperity. For there to be an equitable share, two things must happen. First, the governing system of the prosperous nation must change. Second, the means of creating prosperity must cease. This happened in America. The people elected a criminal enterprise to manage their economy, and worshipped those who wanted to share in the nation’s prosperity as their rulers. Organized crime settled in Washington, D.C. to spread the wealth for their followers. Their leader has assumed the mantle of Messiah, the great redistributor to the world, the elite of elites who shall rule. The world will be pleased with their gifts and the creators of prosperity chained, never to rise again, until the treasure disappears. It will then be the will of the world to find another nation to plunder, and another Messiah to follow. Such is the way of the world, which, until now, was never the way of the New World. Claysamerica.com
I agree with you, short of a revolution, I don’t know what to tell you. We’ve got to reach the I don’t cares. Those 40 to 60% of people who don’t get involved in politics..
Great blog, thank you…