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Monday, March 22, 2010 | 4:16 p.m.
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WASHINGTON -- Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley will be among the many members of Congress planning to attend Tuesday's signing of the historic health care reform bill at the White House, but Democratic Rep. Dina Titus will be sending regrets.
After House passage of the bill over the weekend, the White House said today it was extending the invitation to join President Barack Obama at the signing ceremony to "each and every member of the House and Senate that supported health care reform."
"I expect that many of them will attend," said press secretary Robert Gibbs.
Titus, however, will not be joining because she had previous commitments, her spokesman said.
The health care vote was a politically difficult one for the Southern Nevada congresswoman who faces a potentially tough re-election this fall in her swing district. Republicans have vowed to make her vote a campaign issue in November and have already begun the attack.
Berkley faces a potentially easier re-election this fall in her mostly Democratic Las Vegas district. "The Congresswoman will proudly join President Obama at the White House
to watch as he signs into law historic health reform legislation," Berkley's spokesman said.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who many in Washington believe accomplished the unimaginable last year as he led the Senate to passage of the bill -- even as parts of it become objectionable to House Democrats -- will also attend.
Congratulations Hilary. Must have been hard to cut that deal: lose your partys nomination in exchange of fufilling your dreams of health care reform... going way back to your days as First Lady. Kudos to the Democrats.
Good, all the usual suspects in one room.
Any takers on the fact that these three clowns have no idea what's really in this pig?
The Obama Presidency.... govern by bribes and empty promises..... Chicago folks would be proud!
They need to enjoy their moment. They only have a few months left.
Comment removed by moderator. Comment contained name-calling.
Obama has sent America at least 10 messages since taking office:
1. I win; you lose.
2. My will; not the will of the people.
3. Government of Obama, by Obama, for Obama; not government of the people, by the people, for the people.
4. Corrupt House rules and autocracy; not play by the rules and democracy.
5. "I'll tread on you" now steps on "Don't tread on me."
6. "I, the president"; not "We, the People."
7. "All men are created equal" but I am more equal than others.
8. "The dissent of the president" overrules "the consent of the governed."
9. "Give me tyranny and give me debt" replaces "Give me liberty or give me death."
10. "That government is best which governs most" supersedes "That government is best which governs least."
Obama, Reid and Pelosi are the most corrupt, disgraceful politicians in the history of the United States. In order to pass this travesty they engaged in back door deals, bribes, threats, character assassination, pandering to special interests, lies and corruption. What dark days for this country!
Titus will be home packing her bags because she knows she betrayed her constituents and won't be re-elected.
"Titus will be home packing her bags"
More like Dina Titus will be home talking with voters and listening to us like Republican Jon Porter never did and Republican Joe Heck never would. The Republicans are running scared. Health care reform is passed, and all they can run on is repealing measures to protect consumers against insurance industry abuses.
shanfrina is right. This is Democrats' Waterloo... In that Obama is Wellington. Dina will win. :-)
Dina, please go enjoy the champagne, high five all your brilliant colleagues. But remember when you get back to Nevada you will be voted out in the 3rd congressional district. Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Dina we don't like the tune you played. Goodbye!
Ok so Americas favorite Cowboys the Bushes take us to war and Debt not once but twice(Like Father like son)!!!! And here yet another democrat who is blamed and criticized for the previous idiot in office who brought us back 10 years to make daddy happy with the blood and tears of my fallen brothers for freakin OIL!!!
shanfrina....meow,meow...oink,oink.
shanfrina has the same issue alot of Democrats do - they replace sound argument and debate with childish name calling.
hahahaha.....I am laughing out loud for the person who said dems resort to name calling. Who was calling congressmen the "N" word over the weekend. Who called Barney Frank the "F" word over the weekend. Who shouted out "Baby Killer" in congress this weekend. Who called the democrates communists in congress this weekend. You people crack me up. Time for you to get a life.
Dude, "NoLongerADemo" you lifted your talking point straight from Fox News!
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/03/2...
I mean, I know republicans don't have a legitimate argument against Obama and Healthcare, but at least make an attempt to come up with an original fact-based point.
I call Barry Akbar Obama the Indonesian Candidate all the time, and sometime down the line, the American People will learn the truth about his Islamic imam training in his home country of Tamil Tigers.