On September 23, 2009, Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN-05) spoke to Congress about the Congressional Democrats’ and President Obama’s failed promise to include the public, and the Republican party, in open discussions about health care reform.
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President Obama says during an address on health reform to Congress that death panels are “a lie,” abortions would not be funded under the plan, and illegal immigrants would not benefit, to which an audience member – identified as Rep. Joe Wilson – shouted back, “Lie!”
He also comments that he does not want to put insurance companies out of business. “I just want to hold them accountable.”
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U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, delivered opening remarks on behalf of Republican members of Congress attending the White House health care summit. He outlined Republican steps to fix health care and challenged Democrats to take reconciliation off the table.
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U.S. Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl updates Hugh Hewitt and his listeners on the Democrats’ effort to ram their government-run health-care takeover through Congress, while hiding its true cost to the American taxpayer. Aired October 15, 2009.
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In a ruling sometimes characterized as protecting “corporate free speech,” the US Supreme Court held this month that “the Government may not suppress political speech on the basis of the speaker’s corporate identity” in the case of Citizens United vs the Federal Elections Commission and my support for the free speech rights involved found me in some strange company while this landmark legal decision caused some other people to change their minds or to consider changing their policies, as I show in this video.
You can find the full text of all the opinions in Citizens United vs the Federal Elections Commission online at http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-205.pdf
The clips I use in this video from ABC’s “This Week” come from the program broadcast on January 24, 2010, and the full segment from which I took the clip of South Carolina’s Republican Senator Jim Demint is available online at http://abcnews.go.com/video/video?id=9648277
The clips I use in this video of Sam Donaldson and George Will are also from that broadcast of ABC’s “This Week” and come from the full segment available online at http://abcnews.go.com/video/video?id=9648509
The clip I use of “The Daily Show” comes from the January 25, 2010, segment available online at http://tinyurl.com/SupremeCorp
The clips I use of Lawrence Lessig come from his YouTube video titled “Lessig on Supreme Court Campaign Finance Decision: Change Congress Video” available on his ChangeYourCongress YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87YOBDzxwj4
The clip I use of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address comes from the public domain video available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1PWQtCDaYY
The image I use of the email from Lawrence Lessig is also available on his website at http://change-congress.org
And, finally, the image I use of the New York Sun’s article titled “ACLU May Reverse Course On Campaign Finance Limits After Supreme Court Ruling,” comes from the page at http://www.nysun.com/national/aclu-may-reverse-course-on-campaign-finance/86899/
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Keith Olbermann calls out Sen. John Thune, Sen. John McCain, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans – whom he argues “owns” the insurance industry – as well as a few Democrats, too – specifically the “Blue Dogs” – in a “Special Comment”.
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A Republican House member shouted “You lie” during President Obama’s health care speech to Congress on Wednesday, and members of both parties condemned the heckling. South Carolina Democratic Party chair says Wilson “embarrassed” state. The outburst came when Obama denied that proposed health care legislation would provide free health coverage for illegal immigrants. Immediately, Wilson shouted, “You lie!” . The outburst caused Obama to stop and look toward the heckler. “That’s not true,” the president responded. Behind him, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared shocked and turned toward the outburst as Vice President Joe Biden looked down and shook his head. Loud boos echoed through the chamber immediately after the outburst.
While it was the most attention-getting, Wilson’s shout wasn’t the only demonstration of displeasure made by Republicans during the speech.
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, wore a sign around his neck that said, “WHAT BILL?” And when Obama asked Republicans to share their health reform ideas with him, a small group raised up a stack of papers above their heads.
After the speech, Republican Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate defeated by Obama last year, called Wilson’s outburst “totally disrespectful” and said he should apologize.
Appearing on CNN’s “Larry King Live,” he said there was “no place for it in that setting or any other and he should apologize immediately.”
Other Republicans also criticized Wilson, along with the expected Democratic condemnation.
“It was crude and disrespectful,” said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, a top Senate Democrat. “I think the person who said it will pay a price.”
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, called on Wilson to go to the floor Thursday and apologize. She said Wilson’s comment and other GOP tactics “strike me as odd. … The minority leader has to get control of his conference.” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, told CNN affiliate WIS-TV in Columbia that he, too, was disappointed.
“The president’s combative tone did not justify a member of Congress shouting out, ‘You lie,’ ” said Graham. “Our nation’s president deserves to be treated with respect. It was an inappropriate remark, and I am glad an apology has been made.”
South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler took it further.
“Once again a South Carolina Republican has embarrassed our state,” Fowler’s office said in a statement that referred to S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s extramarital affair.
“Never has any member of Congress shown such disrespect for the president during a speech,” Fowler wrote. “One would think that as a member of the military, Joe Wilson would have more respect and patriotism than he displayed tonight. When Congressman Wilson insulted President Obama, he also insulted the American public. Joe Wilson is a poor example of a statesman and an American. He owes an apology to the president and the American people.” The Democrat hoping to unseat Wilson in next year’s midterm elections also quickly seized on the Republican’s outburst.
“Rep. Wilson’s behavior tonight exemplifies everything that is wrong in Washington,” Democrat Rob Miller said in a statement provided to CNN. “Instead of engaging in childish name-calling and disrespecting our commander-in-chief, Joe Wilson should be working towards a bipartisan solution that makes quality, affordable health care available to each and every South Carolinian.”
After the speech, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, tweeted that it was the “biggest” disappointment of the evening. “Biggest disappointmnt of evening, the total lack of respect shown by one member for the President,” she wrote. “Never acceptable to behave like a jerk.”
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Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama A Liar During Speech
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