The Steinberg Files

Reuters Reports: “The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to extend government funding for two more weeks, a move that would avert a federal shutdown but do nothing to resolve a bitter debate over the federal budget. The Democratic-led Senate agreed to vote on the House-passed measure at 11 a.m. EST (1600 GMT) on Wednesday. [...]

Image by theqspeaks via Flickr As most of you already know, yesterday U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson struck down the “individual mandate” requiring most Americans to purchase health insurance by 2014.  Obama’s Justice Department is expected to challenge the judge’s findings in a federal appeals court. Judge Hudson wrote:  “An individual’s personal decision to purchase [...]

Image via Wikipedia MSNBC Reports: “The Senate’s Republican leader says congressional lawmakers can and should vote to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law, repeatedly if necessary. If Obama should veto laws repealing the health care overhaul, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says, the House should cancel funding for its programs. As for the Senate, [...]

Image via Wikipedia Scott Rasmussen writes in today’s Wall Street Journal: “Central to the Democrats’ electoral woes was the debate on health-care reform. From the moment in May 2009 when the Congressional Budget Office announced that the president’s plan would cost a trillion dollars, most voters opposed it. Today 53% want to repeal it. Opposition [...]

Image by wstera2 via Flickr We all know Obama’s infamous statement about Obamacare, reiterated ninumerable times:  “If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan.”  On this blog, I’ve regularly called Obama a liar for this patently false statement. Some other reputable observers seem to agree that [...]

Image by wstera2 via Flickr Each year, I get a letter from my employer, which lists my salary for the coming year.  I also get a supplementary document.  This document shows how much money my employer spends on my benefits.  Right now, my employer is spending thousands of dollars each year to subsidize my health [...]

In the 8th Congressional District of Florida, Daniel Webster is strongly endorsed by this website.  Webster is a solid conservative who deserves our support.  Connect with the Webster campaign here. Webster is running against the immature and abrasive Alan Grayson, whose antics have been previously described on this site.  Yes, Grayson  is the guy who [...]

Image by seriouslysilly via Flickr Many of the Democrats who voted for Obamacare are hard core radicals, who want to exercise authority through big government and burdensome taxes.  They want to raid Medicare and Social Security, so they can use the taxes that you paid to fund their own social justice experiments.  They want to [...]

Image via Wikipedia CNN Reports:  “In Delaware, conservative political commentator Christine O’Donnell easily defeated nine-time U.S. Rep. Mike Castle in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, giving the Tea Party movement another major victory over a candidate backed by the national GOP.” Castle was considered the favorite, and O’Donnell a long-shot challenger.  So how did O’Donnell [...]

Image via Wikipedia In June, 2009, President Obama made the following statement about his health care reform bill: “If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan.”  Well, as Representative Joe Wilson said to Obama during a different speech by the President:  “You lie.” That’s right.  When [...]