Richmond Tea Party » Healthcare http://www.richmondteaparty.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:27:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= ObamaCare Bombshell: 4th Circuit Court cases might be dismissed http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2011/05/obamacare-bombshell-4th-circuit-court-cases-might-be-dismissed/ http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2011/05/obamacare-bombshell-4th-circuit-court-cases-might-be-dismissed/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 23:18:06 +0000 JoeGuarino http://www.richmondteaparty.com/?p=7411 Washington Examiner, a weird and twisted turn of events might kill the VA lawsuits against ObamaCare. “…the Fourth Circuit … ordered the parties to file supplemental briefs by May 31 explaining the consequences if the court holds that the Anti-Injunction Act applies [which] applies to federal taxes. “This means that the appellate judges on this case may hold that the Obamacare individual mandate is okay because it is a tax. … “Under the Anti-Injunction Act, no one can sue to challenge the legality of a tax until after the tax has been paid. The statute specifies that no federal court has jurisdiction to hear a challenge until someone who has already paid the tax files suit, demanding a refund and the tax’s termination. “The individual mandate doesn’t go into effect until 2014. Therefore, if it is ruled to be a tax, then no one will have standing to sue until 2014. The Fourth Circuit cases would be dismissed.”
]]> http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2011/05/obamacare-bombshell-4th-circuit-court-cases-might-be-dismissed/feed/ 3 Senator Webb recommends Halt to Health Care Vote http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/01/senator-webb-recommends-halt-to-health-care-vote/ http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/01/senator-webb-recommends-halt-to-health-care-vote/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:14:48 +0000 Jamie http://richmondteaparty.com/?p=427 Responding to the Republican victory in Massachusetts, Senator Jim Webb, Democrat of Virginia, is calling on Senate leaders to suspend any votes on the Democrats’ health care legislation until the winner in the special Senate election, Scott Brown, is sworn into office. We’re glad to see the Senator take this stand, however we believe the halt should be permanent and not until Senator-elect Brown arrives. It rings a bit hollow for the Senator to be making the call now, when he as been voting for this bill all along.
“In many ways the campaign in Massachusetts became a referendum not only on health care reform but also on the openness and integrity of our government process,” Mr. Webb said. “It is vital that we restore the respect of the American people in our system of government and in our leaders. To that end, I believe it would only be fair and prudent that we suspend further votes on health care legislation until Senator-elect Brown is seated.”
Please excuse our skepticism Senator Webb, but why did it take an election in Massachusetts for you to finally hear what the voters of Virginia have been trying to tell you for the last year? Click here to read the complete article.
]]> http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/01/senator-webb-recommends-halt-to-health-care-vote/feed/ 0 Byrd assails Warner’s support for spending bills http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/01/byrd-assails-warner%e2%80%99s-support-for-spending-bills/ http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/01/byrd-assails-warner%e2%80%99s-support-for-spending-bills/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:45:56 +0000 Jamie http://richmondteaparty.com/?p=182 When a Virginia Democrat is elected to the Congress — Senate or House — he or she must decide whether to vote the party line or vote the Virginia tradition of financial responsibility Senator Byrd goes on:
Hundreds of thousands of Virginians — independents and conservative Democrats who voted for Mr. Warner — must be puzzled by his votes.
Read the whole article here at the Richmond Times Dispatch.
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