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Health And Human Services' Sacrosanct Mandate

Sister Mary Ann Walsh | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Religious Freedom, Aclu, Health and Human Services, U.S. Bishops, Mandate, Catholic Church, Contraception, Religion News
Sister Mary Ann Walsh

Reams of paper emanate from the HHS about how to "accommodate" religious groups that are upset by their recent mandate. Yet for all the fallen trees, HHS ignores a neuralgic point: the government has overstepped its boundaries when it defines what constitutes religious ministry.

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Supremes Kicking the Can Down the Road

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Individual Mandate, Obama, Congress, Health Insurance, Republicans, Health Care, Democrats, Mandate, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

It now looks like the Supreme Court will do what the rest of the country has been doing for a hundred years -- kick the health care can down the road.

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Overturning Obamacare Would Make Roberts Court Most Activist, Partisan in Modern History

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.28.2012

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Robert Creamer

Time was, not long ago, when the right wing railed against the overreach of unelected judges with lifetime appointments who tried to usurp the power of Congress and impose their own vision of society. That was before the Roberts Court.

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Prohibiting The Free Exercise Thereof

Michael Yarbrough | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Contraception, Hhs, Health Care, Barack Obama, Affordable Care Act, Mandate, Religion and Politics, Contraception Debate Religion, Religion News
Michael Yarbrough

The HHS mandate takes religious organizations into full account by exempting those that do not serve a secular purpose.

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The Mandate and Its Enemies

Abdulrahman El-Sayed | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Mandates, Individual Mandate, Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Reform, Obama Health Care, Healthcare, Mandate, Health Care Mandate, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News
Abdulrahman El-Sayed

The health insurance mandate was a compromise that effectively guaranteed the health insurance market in America for years to come by making that market more efficient and guaranteeing it paying customers into the future. Why, then, is the right attacking it?

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Why Obamacare Is Here to Stay

Mark W. Schleisner | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Health Care Reform, Supreme Court, Politics, Health Insurance, Obamacare, Healthcare, Mandate, 2012, Politics News
Mark W. Schleisner

Obamacare has won. Resistance is futile. Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the constitutionality of Obama's health care law in 2012, the rabid foes of Obamacare might as well pack up their tents and go home. Here's why.

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Jon Ward

Rick Perry Signed 2007 Mandate Requiring 30 Minutes Of Exercise A Day For Texas Students

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: HPV Vaccine, Video, Michelle Obama, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Exercise Mandate, Obesity, Health Care, Texas Schools, Barack Obama, Rick Perry, Mandate, Politics News

WASHINGTON - Rick Perry is big on exercise. And in 2007, he decided Texas public school students should be, too. On Aug. 30, 2007, the Texas govern...

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Jon Ward

Bachmann's Goof On HPV Won't Shield Perry From Tough Questions In Iowa

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Iowa, Hpv, HPV Vaccine, Michele Bachmann, Human Papillomavirus, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Primary, Vaccinations, Rick Perry, Mandate, Vaccines, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Michele Bachmann may have given Rick Perry some cover from the HPV vaccine issue in the national media, but as the Texas governor arrive...

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Jason Cherkis

In Interview, Huntsman Expressed Support For Health Care Mandate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Utah Health Exchange, Presidential Race, Jon Huntsman, Elections 2012, Gop, Health-Care Reform, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Utah, Mandate, Politics News

WASHINGTON--For weeks, The Huffington Post has chronicled the various ways in which GOP presidential contender Jon Huntsman once supported an individu...

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Jason Cherkis

Is Huntsman Really Responsible For Killing Utah's Healthcare Mandate?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Jon Huntsman, Utah Legislature, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Health Care Reform, Gop, Individual Mandate, HB 133, Dave Clark, Healthcare, Utah, Mandate, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Former Utah Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman Jr. wants you to know he hates mandates. In fact, he claims at the very l...

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Was the Budget Deal an Overreaction to the Election?

Brendan Nyhan | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Negotiations, Congress, Republicans, Budget Deal, Democrats, Barack Obama, Budget, Mandate, Pollster Analysis, Politics News
Brendan Nyhan

2010 may be something of a "soft mandate" year, empowering Republicans and pushing Obama and the Democrats to accept deals they otherwise would not have considered.

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Using "Mandate Gap" to Measure Fault in the Event of a Government Shutdown

Peter M. Shane | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Midterm Elections, Tea Party, 2008 Election, Government Shutdown, Mandate, Politics News
Peter M. Shane

In deciding who may be at fault for causing a government shutdown, it might be worthwhile to consider that less than 41% of eligible voters cast a ballot in the 2010 elections.

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The Affordable Health Care Act: A Law Too Big to Fail?

Howard Schweber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Affordable Health Care Act, U.S. v. Lopez, Reform, Commerce Clause, Health Care, Mandate, Gonzales v. Raich, Marijuana, Politics News
Howard Schweber

When this case comes to the Supreme Court, the question is going to turn on whether compelling someone to buy something is regulation of commerce, and whether the mandate is "necessary" for health care reform.

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Weekly Pulse: New Anti-Choice Bill Suggests More #DearJohn Letters Needed

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Health advocate Eesha Pandit and blogger Sady Doyle join GRITtv host Laura Flanders for a discussion...

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Weekly Pulse: #DearJohn, Does Banning Abortion Trump Job Growth?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger With millions of Americans out of work, House Republicans are focusing in on real priorities: decimat...

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Five Questions for the GOP

Martin Tolchin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Outsourcing, Gop, Leaders, Guantanamo Bay, Politics, Tax Cuts, Jobs, Constitution, Mandate, Politics News
Martin Tolchin

Why is the Senate GOP blocking ratification of a new START treaty supported by such Republican stalwarts as James Baker, Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft?

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The Boy Who Cried Mandate: The Perils of Exaggerating Reality

Michael Maslansky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Extreme, Language, Descriptor Inflation, Pundits, Huckabee, Mandate, 2010 Elections, Obama, Politics News
Michael Maslansky

The media has become the boy who cried wolf. Every cat in a tree is portrayed as the last vestige of an endangered species clinging to life in the face of human selfishness. This is even worse in post-election periods.

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Mandate to Repeal Health Care Is a Republican Pipe Dream

Richard Kirsch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Midterms, Republicans, Politico, 2010 Elections, Election 2010, Repeal, Eric Cantor, Cbs, Mandate, Politics News
Richard Kirsch

Democrats shouldn't be cowed when the Republicans claim last night's elections were a mandate for repeal. The voters, even this frustrated, angry bunch, said no such thing.

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Friday Talking Points [140] -- Pledging Nonsense

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The White House has been in the news this past week, mostly for who will be leaving it soon. One is tempted to insert the old "will the last to leave...

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Ryan Grim

House Progressives Push Reid To Put Public Option Back On Table

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: #Hcr, Chellie Pingree, Jared Polis, Congress, Health Care Reform Bill, Public Option, 2010 Elections, Health Insureance, Scott Brown, Obama, Democrats, Mandate, House, Harry Reid, Senate, 2010, White House, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Republicans, Reconciliation, Elections 2010, Politics News

EDITOR'S NOTE: The story below includes references to polling conducted by the firm Research 2000. The reliability and accuracy of Research 2000's pol...

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Moses Just Phoned In From the Great Beyond: "Yes, it's a Sea Change, and a Mandate!"

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jackson Williams

There's talk on conservative radio that Obama earned no mandate. Obama, now with 364 electoral votes, would have won even without his giant prizes of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida.

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FDL Poll: Strong Support For GOP Challengers To Democrat Timothy Bishop

elections.firedoglake.com | Jon Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Representative Timothy Bishop (NY-01) holds a very small lead against potential Republican challenger Randy Altschuler, 47% to 45% in a new SurveyUSA...

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Arianna Weighs In On The Senate Health Care Bill And The Challenges Ahead

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna appeared on MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann on Monday to discuss news that the Senate's health care bill would include an opt-out publi...

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matt Osborne

I'm happy for union workers who've earned "better" plans through collective bargaining. But I'm somewhat unsympathetic on the subject when most of us working stiffs can't afford any plan at all.

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Ride the Populist Wave: Restore Glass-Steagall!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Populism is not so much a political stance (as "conservatism" is, for instance) as it is a political tactic. Meaning it can be used equally well by either side of our current American political divide.

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