Today the Kansas House took it’s first vote on the proposed Healthcare Freedom Amendment. In light of last night’s stunning vote to essentially nationalize one sixth of our nation’s economy, this amendment is more important than ever to protect Kansans from unconstitutional federal mandates. To pass, the amendment needs a two-thirds supermajority of 84 votes [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Kansas House of Representatives’
On redistricting, the devil, the details and the closed-door commission
Charlotte Esau, Executive Director of the Kansas Republican Assembly, diagnoses the problem with ‘non-partisan’ redistricting. Reprinted from an op-ed at kansasliberty.com. How many times have you heard the words “nonpartisan” or “bipartisan” or “nonpolitical” uttered by politicians right before they do something that is clearly political? My guess is we’d all be rich if we [...]
House leadership responds to Sebelius lies
The following is a statement from House Leadership regarding the Governor’s continued efforts to misrepresent her role in the events of the State Finance Council meeting and her responsibility to address a revised 2009 budget. While we all can agree that these are trying times for Kansas families, seniors, and business owners the Kansas House [...]
Who will blink first?
Republican leaders in the House and Senate today refused to allow Gov. Sebelius to borrow additional cash to make state payroll this Friday. From the Topeka Capital-Journal: House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, and Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, said it would have been illegal for the State Finance Council to have authorized additional short-term debt [...]
Democrat Garcia backtracks on Gardasil
Like many, I didn’t understand why politicians thought they should mandate use of a recently approved vaccine for HPV (Human Papillomavirus.) Gardasil is a vaccine for HPV, which has been linked to cervical cancer. Soon after FDA approval however, recipients of the vaccine began to see some very serious side effects, including some deaths. Even [...]
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