Update: Video added: Lyin Eyes, Wilson had it right: TOTUS plans amnesty…
Update: Video added, courtesy of HotAir:
So we have amended the health care bill to verify citizenship and now TOTUS is planning a giant amnesty to cover everyone anyway. Ed at HotAir has the scoop, courtesy of Stephen Dinnan of the Washington Times:
No, they’re not going to beef up enforcement or require identification before receiving subsidies and services. They’re just going to offer amnesty so that no one’s illegal anymore:
President Obama said this week that his health care plan won’t cover illegal immigrants, but argued that’s all the more reason to legalize them and ensure they eventually do get coverage.
He also staked out a position that anyone in the country legally should be covered – a major break with the 1996 welfare reform bill, which limited most federal public assistance programs only to citizens and longtime immigrants.
One more time he is undoing all the welfare reforms Big Dawg put in:
“Even though I do not believe we can extend coverage to those who are here illegally, I also don’t simply believe we can simply ignore the fact that our immigration system is broken,” Mr. Obama said Wednesday evening in a speech to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. “That’s why I strongly support making sure folks who are here legally have access to affordable, quality health insurance under this plan, just like everybody else.
Eagles courtesy of Shadowland07
Market Update: Quadruple Witching…
Quadruple Witching today, the Third Friday of the month, on which contracts for stock index futures, stock index options, stock options and single stock futures are all expiring…we usually see good volume and an up day…
An hour to the close and markets are mixed…
DOW down 37 to 8518
S & P flat at 918
NAS up 14.47 to 1822..
Gold flat at 935.20, rest of precious metals are flat to down slightly..
Oil down, yay!, down 1.74 to 69.63
HEALTH CARE SECTOR of all things is what is pulling us up, LOL! Thiss off rumors the Senate is pulling the public option off the table…call Critters anyway, could be a head fake….
Via CNBC health care stock recovery in past 4 days:
Cigna up 22%
HealthNet up 19%
Coventry up 18%
Aetna up 15%
Humana up 13%
UnitedHealth up 10%
*Eagles courtesy of rebelyeller987
Video Updates: In a New York Minute: A ‘Coup D’Etat’ in NYS Senate: GOP takes control….
Update 2 from NYPost:
…”It’s a great day for the state of New York,” said B. Thomas Golisano, the Rochester billionaire, in a news conference with Libous, Skelos and Monserrate. Golisano, who has run unsuccessfully for governor three times, has spent millions to support candidates he feels will reform Albany to become more democratic and supportive of business.
The move was secretly in the works for more than five weeks, said a Republican with knowledge of the plan. Golisano was a major player in creating the coalition, said the Republican, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak for the GOP senators.
New York’s government is run by the near absolute control of the majority party and its top leaders. Monday’s action, if it holds, would create the first coalition in power for at least 50 years….
Courtesy of NYSSenate2009:
When Senate Democrats campaigned last fall, they promised change and reform. Unfortunately the leadership they elected broke their promises, reneged on their commitments made to 19 million New Yorkers and to every member of the Senate, and calcified Albany dysfunction instead of ending it. Today, real change and real reform begins.
A new bipartisan, coalition elected today has delivered on the promises for reform that the Senate Democrat leadership failed to keep. The new rules adopted today will create a more open, bipartisan, transparent and member-driven body that will take dramatic new steps to end Albany dysfunction.
Video Update: Governator says cuts are coming: CA budget propositions go down in flames…
Bloomberg Exclusive with Ahnold last night about what CA will do now:
LA Times, UGH, has the final numbers with pretty pie charts
Ace has the scoop, we were 3-1 against when I turned in:
The Secretary of State’s office has confirmed that all props except 1F have failed.
Moderate in the Middle 