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Updated 2:34 p.m. - Democrats are no doubt thrilled by Thursday's Supreme Court ruling upholding the president's health care reform law.
So thrilled, that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is throwing a party for select Democratic staffers on Capitol Hill.
NBC News obtained the following invitation sent out this morning a few hours after the decision:
Nancy Pelosi
Democratic Leader
United States House of Representativesrequests the pleasure of your company at a reception honoring today's victory on the Supreme Court decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, the twenty eighth day of June, two thousand twelve at five o'clock in the afternoon
Leader's Conference Room
United States Capitol
A Pelosi aide adds: "This reception will consist of Costco cake and brownie bites. No taxpayer dollars being spent, very informal." No alcohol will be served.
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LOL..... cool it down Nancy; you are going to make their heads explode.
Good for her! The democrats deserve to revel in this monumental ruling.
I hope they enjoy every last minute of their celebration!
In the mean time, Boehner and his minions will be desperate in their attempts to find their Etch-A-Sketch's in their effort to spin this as a victory for them.
Excellent idea!
Let's celebrate after we take the victory lap!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M&feature=player_detailpage
Madame Speaker, make sure to hoist your glass in a toast to the late Lion of the Senate - Teddy Kennedy!
No doubt, his Irish eyes are up there smiling down on what you managed to accomplish along with the President!
Cheers to hardest working woman in Congress!
I wonder if the "Party" budget was a line item in the ACA?
Nancy must have found it when she got around to reading it.
Maybe the Treehouse Gang can submit an application to pay for the Big Drunk I expect they will be putting on tomorrow at their bar?
Oh... you betcha!
What a bitter, lonely man you are WCA!
Tell us, have you managed to clean all the egg off your face yet? Quite a load you have there... lmao!
Yeah Nancy. go ahead and spend more of our tax dollars. With that stretch face of yours, we wont know if you are smiling or crying.
Cheers, Speaker Pelosi !!
Cheers to affordable, quality health care and a President who really cares about ordinary Americans.
The President didn't fight for the ACA because it was great politics for him - he did it for the security and future of ALL Americans.
FORWARD >>
Nancy, I am sipping a fine Irish Whiskey. Cheers Babe!
Let's party...and Mitt the MisFitt is 'toast'
let's toast ...for that.
I'll drink to that.
Better make it a cash bar so the "Tan Man" Boehner doesn't show up with his spare liver in tow.
Take a victory lap for me, Nancy!
Can't wait to get the List of Attendees.
Another Election Ad in the making.
Concern Citizen - when all else fails and you have no arguments - attack Pelosi on her looks - yeah, that's the ticket. And, so adult! Were you the bully on the schoolyard too?
Pathetic!
WCA - you probably don't want to go there - let's think about he ads showing Karl Rove, etc., at the Utah pow wow - you know, where the PACs are NOT SUPPOSED to meet with Mitt??? Look for that ad closer to November!
Yeah…and everyone who is exempt from it and not impacted by it are invited.
Jim Messina, Obama For Re-Election Campaign Manager, posted on Daily Kos:
Mitt Romney had an opportunity to rise to the occasion today and tell the American people specifically how he would move the nation forward on health care and ensure people get the care they need. Yet, once again, he squandered that opportunity. Instead of explaining how he would ensure costs don’t go up and health benefits are protected, Romney promised to repeal the President’s health reform law and take America back to the same old political battles of the past. He is completely unmoved by what that would do to millions of middle-class families, women, seniors and young Americans who are today benefiting from the law. Romney’s promise to repeal the law would give insurance companies free rein to exploit Americans through the worst industry abuses, strip 86 million Americans of often life-saving preventive care, cost 3.1 million young Americans of their coverage by kicking them off their parents’ plans, allow insurance companies to discriminate against kids with preexisting conditions, and increase prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare.
Just six years ago, before Mitt Romney decided to run for president, he passed a law in Massachusetts that achieved universal coverage for the citizens of that state through an individual mandate and tax penalty. That law became the model for the President’s health reform law. Now, as he is running for president, Romney has run away from his accomplishment in Massachusetts, callously promising to repeal national reform and “kill it dead.” He owes the American people a clear, non-parsed explanation of why he believes his decisions in Massachusetts are wrong for the country, and exactly what he would do to help the American people get the health care they need.
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"WCA"
The lady doth protest too much, methinks. I can picture the Koch Brothers sitting around right now with a flat bottle of champagne (they popped it open because FOX News originally reported ACA struck down) and the hors d'ouevres from their party had planned for the 5-4 decision that it was unconstitutional.
(Leftover lobbying money makes for one hell of a spread!)
Bring them on SS. Did you see the video of all the "protestors" at one of Roves shin digs?
Most didn't know who Rove was or why they were there (Other than to get paid).
Rove isn't running for office, but a lot of those folks that voted for ACA are.
Think Progress:
The mandate can indeed be characterized as a tax, as the Court found. But it is not a massive tax hike on the middle class, much less the biggest tax hike in American history. The tax imposed by the individual mandate amounts to either $695 or 2.5 percent of household income for those who don’t have insurance and are not exempt based on income levels. By comparison, the payroll tax cut extension Republicans repeatedly blocked earlier this year would have added 3.1 percentage points to the tax and cost the average family $1,500 a year.
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MSNBC is getting a great deal of credit across the board for not blowing this morning's decision. Seems everyone else did.
Congratulations and just goes to show you how inept our media has become.
We are all liberals ......and we are all conservatives..... today! ...with Roberts court endorsing Obamacare!
Roberts - a true conservative!
Well that's closer Pat Boston MA -- I see that you don't like Romney and you do like the fact that millions more will not lose coverage.
Does this act force the insurance companies to lower their rates - probably not since more are now being added to the need to get coverage pool.
Oh wait - they can wait to see who dies off then figure if they need the coverage. My sister (IN MASS.) had polyps in her Colon. She was told to be rechecked every 6 mo. When she went back she was told to WAIT until 2014 as it wasn't covered under the MASSACHUSETS MANDATORY INSURANCE.
WHAT is in this Health Care Act that benefits the insurance companies? Do we get to an age where they deny coverage until you are dead - problem solved?
Besides - I think Pelosi is a waste of Air. One of the reasons I left California. Another is Boxer and Feinstein.
Romney holding back tears and John Boehner to "hormonal" to even speak ! When 86% of the people wanted health care Roberts had to give it to them !
Unbelievable photo over @ DailyKos, Pelosi and Boehner standing side by side. Nancy with her million dollar smile and Boehner standing there teary eyed with a huge "I lost" look in his eyes.
Photo of the year.
LOL
Otis looks that way everyday... more so after he's finished at the bar!
For those whining about tax and spend I ask you which is better tax and spend or borrow and spend? While the Dems want to tax and spend it is with money taxed now, of, for and by this generation where borrow and spend is money, with interest for future generations to pay. Just like Bush's off the budget wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are examples of borrow and spend. Borrowing from COMMUNIST China for our future generations to pay back. Instead of selling war bonds to Americans as in the past we borrowed for an enemy.
We do need to curb spending but we also need to raise revenues. One way to do that is to put people back to work so they can pay taxes whether those taxes are high, low or somewhere in between. Outsourcing may not have been the root cause nor the only cause of the economic problem but one of many. Bringing jobs back to America and punishing companies who hide assets off shore to avoid taxes in America (among the lowest of developed countries) is a step in the right direction.
So does this mean that Rush Limbaugh will pack his bags and move to Costa Rica now? I'll be willing to help that gas bag pack.
Al in Visalia - Costa Rica said "no thanks." Quickly closed the airport!
he would have to buy 4 seats and pay for 2 extra bags:
2 seats for his fatass
2 seats for his ego
and 2 extra bags for his "meds"
Attention Costa Rica: please give this man a full cavity search to show you don't profile
Luke Russert, your a good guy. But why make it seem like "spiking the football" when obviously it is not. Of course the Dems will begin meeting on how to precede from here to improve ACA. For Pete's sake, it's not like the Republicans meeting with Luntz and Gingrich to conspire about ways to destroy President Obama, even by throwing the American middle class under the bus.
Any voters who can't see that the Dems are taking hits from Wall Street, from Rove SuperPAC lies, heck right now from the NRA, due to their efforts to stand up for average working Americans are blinded by irrational hate and ignorance. The rest of us don't want to go down on a sinking ship with them -- SOS!
Enjoy as long you can. Democrats lost the house for cause of Obamacare, and they will lose the Senate and the White House for the same. The group that fight agaist Romney in the primaries conservatives, libertarian and the independents who want Obamacare repealed, 60 % of Americans want their voice heard, 60 % of Americans that oppose Obamacare, they all are FIRED-UP, I'm FIRED-UP too. Romney in less then 3 hours accumulate more than 1 million of dollars from individual donors to beat Obama. NOBAMA 2012
redvirginia -- Hahaha, your avatar and moniker says it all. You represent the crazies who get out the vote every election to vote against your own best interests, no matter how bad the GOP candidate, no matter what the actual truth is, no matter if our nation becomes an oligarchy ruled by the rich and powerful -- You believe all the conspiracy theories hook, line and sinker and you're fired up!
Why did it take 3 hours? I thought it only took a few minutes for the Koch's or Adelson to sign a check?
White Collar Auto -- Did you see Rove on FOX Noise deflecting questions by going on a tirade about the lawyer representing Holder and some incident with him [Rove] eons ago in which the lawyer had no involvement? I played that back and thought, "Wow, Rove has lost his marbles." It's bad enough that much of Rove's turds become bigger turds instead of blossoms, but he would do well to stay out of the spotlight while the contempt crap is going down. Rove should be thanking his lucky stars that he was not pursued in a similar fashion by the Dems.
Back to the topic -- Public Option!
Red Virginia will be joined by Red North Carolina, Red Wisconsin, Red New Hampshire, Red Ohio, Red Florida!
redvirginia - nope, we'll take the house back as well as keeping the White House and the Senate. Plus, we'll carry VA - again!
Bob in Virginia-5210392 -- So fitting you all identify with Red and the USSR symbol of the hammer and sickle, eh comrade?
Ohio, no. NH, not likely. Wisconsin, Virginia probably not -- Florida depending on how effective voter suppression is. Regardless, no GOP candidate has won an election without Ohio, and needs at least two of three of the swing states to win.
Let's hear more about Romney The Outsourcer, Romney with his Swiss bank account, Romney and Bain Capital Private Inequity and Vulture Capitalism, Romney who can't be trusted as far as you can throw him! Come on, tell us about the merits of Romney's many detailed plans.
Bob in Virginia - you don't have a clue - Blue NC, Blue VA, Blue FL, Blue OH - Mitt will be lucky if he gets Utah to go Red for him!
This might be a great day for liberals... but it's a bad day for America!!
America has been "transformed" under Obama in ways we are just beginning to see... and that's not a good thing, unless your a bat sh-t crazy left wing nut job!!
I truly feel for the first time in my life I have lost some personal freedoms!!
God Bless America!!
Tunde Akins
LOL..... cool it down Nancy; you are going to make their heads explode.
Yup, they'll soon flood the web and media as an ACT of teasing and probably take to the Supreme Court to get toasting banned because it's divisive in their narrow minds. But, that drunkard, John Boehoer would like to have a toast too
There you go Mr. Speaker. drown in your own tears.
RepubliCONS are sore losers
I know a great many of us didn't get the health care legislation we wanted, however, in the end Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid got a commendable piece of legislation through Congress.
Cheers to you both.
Daily Kos/Andew Sullivan:
Pelosi: What a great victory!
Congressman George Miller: You bet your a$$ [it is].
Pelosi: I did.
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haha.
One after another so-called journalist is going on television to say that President Obama didn't sell this legislation to the American people.
I see one website after another after another giving us information on this legislation and what it means for Americans.
If this isn't being sold, then it's because journalists don't want to report on it.
I have heard President Obama talk numerous times about what this legislation means for us. It is the journalists who instead make it a game of politics, instead of reporting on what is in this legislation.
There is a website by the Obama Administration dedicated just to the ACA.
These journalists are lying. It is they who don't want to report on the good stuff that is in this legislation.
Particularly Fineman and Halperin.
We never see journalists on from Think Progress. They do actual reporting, not GOP talking points. They are journalists who do their homework.
Pat Boston MA. ... Just a matter of time Pat before you get a single payer system. The current law will eventually pull a lot of people out of the dark recesses of entitlements for the wealthy alone. Education will follow afoot.
White Collar Auto
I wonder if the "Party" budget was a line item in the ACA?
Stiif Collar
Would you stop being so dreary. It's a great day today. Get rid of your dark thoughts.
Lively up your self!!!
Here you go.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1u1ou2XSk1rsg7ako1_500.gif
I don't think so much about one party winning and another losing. I think of the multitudes that will live a longer, healthier life as a result of this decision. I was resigned to the SCOTUS making a poor decision. They did not.
Come on Bev...why is the Terry family racist?
idealology: Good points and I concur 100%.
They are reporting that Romney Campaign has received over a million dollars in donation after the announcement today.
SO?
What's another million when it comes to Willard? lol
Are we supposed to be impressed?
Cause it's just not working for me...
How much did Obama receive? Oh, by the way 1 million is peanuts in this election thanks to the same SCOTUS who ruled in favor of Citizens United.
thetotas - there are also reports indicating Romney has a brain - neither that nor the reports of a million dollars raised is true!
SeekingSanity ... there are also reports indicating Romney has a brain ...
the living dead disagree.
ideologyspoilstheview - teehee!
It goes to show you, never count your eggs before they hatch. No one party was sure which way it would go. To add most libs were already playing it down for the last couple of days.
Another lesson that you can be sure of anything. So neither side should be betting on the winner in November.
Knowing it is controversial - Knowing who the choices are boiling down to - not liking either of them - I must have to go on record and state that this independent has finally decided to vote for Romney.
Sorry - I don't have the "Hope" and he can keep the "Change" - I hope to change in November.
It goes to show you, never count your eggs before they hatch
CC - Especially the ones that are all over the "Righties" faces since this morning!
Obama/Biden 2012
Elena Kagan's failure to recuse on this case shows her utter contempt for the rule of law! We can expect any of her future decisions to be motivated purely by ideology and politics, as well.
Title 28, Section 455 of the United States Judicial Code provides that a federal judge: “shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his/her impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” The law also says a justice must recuse anytime he has “expressed an opinion concerning the merits of the particular case in controversy” while he “served in governmental employment.”
When she was Solicitor-General for Obama in March 21, 2010, she emailed Laurence Tribe: “I hear they have the votes Larry!! Simply amazing.” She thinks the Health Care law is "simply amazing" and now she claims impartiality in deciding on its constitutionality?
Simply amazing …
Kannin - But you have no problem with Thomas not recusing himself? How does that work in your small mind?
Sanity - are you suggesting that Kagan's decision is based only on Thomas' decision, rather than the law? Kinda proves my point: Her decisions are based solely on ideology and politics!
It goes to show you, never count your eggs before they hatch
CC - Especially the ones that are all over the "Righties" faces since this morning!
Obama/Biden 2012
Had Justice Kagan recused herself you would have ended up with a 4-4 tie decision. This would have resulted in and automatic affirmation of the US Court of Appeals ruling 11/8/11 that the law was constitutional.
You'd have lost anyway.
Kannin - your post to me makes absolutely no sense. I asked why you weren't upset that Thomas didn't recuse himself - considering his wife's very strong activity supporting repeal of Healthcare. Your reply was incoherent considering the question I asked. I'll ask it again, where you upset Thomas didn't recuse himself?
Seeking - your seem to have severe problems with your reading comprehension skills. I'll try again with shorter sentences: Potential conflict on Thomas' part is based only on his wife's activities. This doesn't rise to the level of proof. Kagan's violation of the letter and spirit of the law is clear and proven.
Kannin - I'm asking about Thomas. My reading comprehension skills are great but you seem to want to skirt the issue. Why does that NOT surprise me?
Kannin, there is no requirement for recusal on the SCOTUS. There is no unlawful action from either Thomas or Kagan. However, if Kagan was to recuse her self for the appearance of Partiality, could you not agree that there appears to be a Conflict in the Thomas household?
As you will recall, Justice Kagan recused herself from the Arizona immigration issue...most likely because she was Solicitor General when the administration filed suit over SB 1070.
I could easily argue that both Justice Kagan and Justice Thomas could have (and on a certain level, should have) recused themselves. Chief Justice Roberts had faith in the other justices' ability to determine whether or not to recuse themselves. I think for a case this big, however, there would have been too many "What Ifs" had anything other than a full panel of 9 justices rules on the matter.
My post pointed out Elena Kagan's illegal and unethical conflict of interest. If you wish to post on Clarence Thomas, please do so independently since the two are independent issues. Trying to justify Kagan's actions with the excuse that someone else may also be guilty of the same crime, just makes you sound like Democrats.
So when can I start getting affordable insurance? The crap they offer through work costs $160/week and has a $5K deductible, so I'm out over 11 thousand before I start seeing any benefit, which is a quarter of what I make BEFORE taxes. Good thing I'm healthy...
I can't even afford that - and that is after they modified my mortgage down to 4.5%.
I know where you're coming from. I didn't sign up for the insurance at work because it's an expensive joke.
From Romney's website:
What is RomneyCare? Major accomplishments and a brief overview:
Highlights of what RomneyCare has accomplished after 5 years of being in affect:
1 - Nearly every Massachusetts citizen is covered
2 - Many more businesses are offering medical insurance to their employees.
3 - The overall costs of the program to the state have not exceeded expectations.
4 - The cost of health care premiums for individuals who buy insurance without the help of an employer have gone down dramatically.
5 - RomneyCare remains exceptionally popular among state residents.
http://mittromneycentral.com/resources/romneycare/
Then why can't my Sister - a resident of Massachusetts, get the colon-oscopy testing she was TOLD she was needing every 6 mo - because the insurance company stated it was NOT covered. After all it was the insurance company doctors that stated she needed it in the first place.
Some system. You have polyps - we removed them - it was benign - if we find more? Oh wait you must pay out of pocket because under preventative care you are not covered... even though it is mandated to have the coverage.
Denver - ask Romney - that's his plan
Looks like GSA partying is still alive and well. They are totally tone deaf in Washington, DC
The retched witch has had a field day, and now deserves to wallow with her minions - hope they include LGBT's in their invite, or all of them could be discriminating! [;-)]
Another reason I left CA.
Had the shoe been on the other foot Boehner would be toasting the SCOTUS decision. Whether with tax payer money or their own the winner will celebrate no matter who it is. Bitter and sour comments from having to eat sour grapes and a little crow are to be expected from those who happened to lose this decision.
While ACA isn't perfect it is a step in the right direction. Congress can tweak provisions to make it better, whatever that might be. For now, millions of Americans are able to afford healtcare, won't be dropped due to previous conditions and youngsters will remain insured well into their 20s when on their parents' plan.
And my Sister can get her test for more polyps???
Oh, wait they said not until 2014... Hope they don't turn cancerous - because if that happens your premiums go up.
Bob: Then put up the money for your sister, or she should put it up....that is what the GOP always says....take responsibility for yourself....if your sister doesn't have the right insurance...it is her fault....
Or wait, maybe the right insurance is too costly......well ACA will help with that....
MSNBC is posting a new article on this every few minutes, repeatedly gloating over the same news. Half a dozen at last count. Totally absent from MSNBC's reporting is one of the latest CNN headlines: “The U.S. House will vote today on holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding documents involving the failed Fast and Furious weapons crackdown.”
I can understand why since CNN @!$%#ed up so badly on the health care decision announcement... lol
Could it be that whatever dog-and-pony show the House is holding doesn't have any direct affect on the average person like healthcare does?
How long do you think it will take before Romney will start taking credit for the ACA, saying it was HIS idea just like the auto bailout? Before the end of the week, or before the end of the day? Whats the over/under?
Adler-273784.
I agree with two of the three provisions that you mentioned above. The pre-existing condition and the up to 26 years coverage included. However please tell me where I can find that as of now health care is more affordable for millions. If the full law is not in effect until 2014?
If there's anyone who ever deserved to be called a @!$%#, Nancy wins the prize.
Nancy's a bunt, plain and simple.
Does throwing a party qualify as "Spiking the ball"?
I didn't think so.
We want more free money from government!
Party on, Wayne.....Party on, Garth.
Spike your football. Do your dance, Nancy.
She had probably not even read the entire decision, let alone the original ACA bill.
This decision has hardened our resolve. Quiet. White-hot. Rock-solid. See you in November.
S
"This decision has hardened our resolve. Quiet. White-hot. Rock-solid."
I think you watch too much porn
This reminds me of the music played by the Nazi's as the Jews marched on to the gas chambers. A party is not appropriate. They may have "won," yet have so much more to LOSE!
another and others ranting about a "party"....it is a small get together....it is not a party.
And if the decision had gone the other way GOP would be holding their get together too. Instead they all all going to meet Boehner and drink their sorrow away.
Nancy Pelosi -- Democrat Ruler and member, United States Nomenklatura -- requests your company at a reception honoring today's victory over the American People,
to be held in the "Bastille" Leader's Conference Room
PARTY LIKE IT'S 1789!
Can't wait for the Casket Tax next, because at some point democrats will tell me how to die!
at any time, starting now...
And we have found the Conservative Talking point. Slippery Slope arguments all around. Can mine be made of Ice Cream, with some sprinkles!
This is news?? We all know what a dizzy bitch Nancy is anyway.
Republicans are going around comforting cemetery owners for the projected loss of business.
Nancy are you going to help all your voters pay for the ObamaTAXcare?? LMAO Wait till they get hit hit the tax on this nightmare of YOUR Obama.
Pelosi and most Dumbocrats are getting a little ahead of themselves. Come January 2013 this will be a distant memory when Romney starts work on repealing it. Enjoy now you'll be sulking later. Remember Obama Care doesn't go into full effect until 2014. Plenty of time of time for Romney to repeal it. Suck on that Pelosi.
Obama just put the biggest tax increase on the middle class that has ever been and you stupid libs think that is right.
They didn't understand the part where Chief Justice Roberts said the government couldn't force us to buy health insurance but could congress could tax those who don't have it. This after Obama said the mandate wasn't about a new tax but the Supreme Court says yes it is. Their beyond stupid for believing anything that comes out of Obama's mouth.
They also don't understand we have an election in November so what they believe to be a victory could be short lived.