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Here is an interesting update on the whole Wilson "You lie" donnybrook.
September 11, 2009
Dems decry Wilson outburst - then close illegal's loophole in bill
Rick Moran
[FONT=times new roman,times]This is too rich in irony to pass up.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Poor Joe Wilson is being absolutely skewered by the left over his ill-timed outburst against President Obama during his speech Wednesday night. Now Democratic senators are going back to the Baucus bill and fixing what Wilson was screaming about.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]That's right. Democrats are proving Obama really is a liar, says Fox News:[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]So it turns out that Wilson may be ill-mannered - but dead on right.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/09/dems_decry_wilson_outburst_the.htm[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Also:[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]From NBC's Mike Viqueira[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]The White House tonight is providing the below clarification on what the president's health-care proposals would mean when it comes to the issue of illegal immigrants.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]The question, as we all know, arises from the Wilson "You lie" outburst, and the core claim that notwithstanding specific bill language barring illegal immigrants from participating in the "exchange," as a practical matter, there is no way of verifying the citizenship of applicants -- which is the current state of play. Republicans say that then means illegal immigrants would end up being enrolled in plans -- bill language or no bill language.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Today, for the first time as far as we know, the administration is backing a provision that would require proof of citizenship before someone could enroll in a plan selected on the exchange[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/09/11/2065287.aspx[/FONT]
September 11, 2009
Dems decry Wilson outburst - then close illegal's loophole in bill
Rick Moran
[FONT=times new roman,times]This is too rich in irony to pass up.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Poor Joe Wilson is being absolutely skewered by the left over his ill-timed outburst against President Obama during his speech Wednesday night. Now Democratic senators are going back to the Baucus bill and fixing what Wilson was screaming about.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]That's right. Democrats are proving Obama really is a liar, says Fox News:[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Wilson apologized again Thursday morning, though he also says a massive loophole could wind up in the health care bill: no requirement to prove citizenship for health care coverage.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Among three House committees to pass bills for health reform, only one expressly bans federal funding for proving health coverage to illegal immigrants.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"The Congressional Research Service has indicated that indeed the bills that are before Congress would include illegal aliens," Wilson said. "And I think this is wrong."[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Indeed, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service study found that the House health care bill does not restrict illegal immigrants from receiving health care coverage.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]House Republican Minority Leader John Boehner amplified the complaint that without proof of citizenship, illegal immigrants could be insured.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"There were two opportunities for House Democrats to make clear that illegal immigrants wouldn't be covered by putting in requirements to show citizenships," he said. "Both of those amendments were, in fact, rejected."[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]In the Senate, Democrats in the so called "Gang of Six," a group of bipartisan senators on the Senate Finance Committee which is the last panel yet to release its bill, began moving quickly to close the loophole that Wilson helped bring greater attention to.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Perhaps all this sturm and drang by Democrats over Wilson is a smokescreen to hide the fact that he was right and the president was lying about health care reform bills denying illegal immigrants access to government health care. They certainly are making a stink, aren't they? My my, but it crosses the mind that if liberals got half as outraged about terrorists, the war would be over. Instead, we learn that Wilson took caffeine pills to stay awake, that he and his family enjoy government insurance through the military, and that he's some kind of neo-confederate, closet Kluxer - or something.[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Among three House committees to pass bills for health reform, only one expressly bans federal funding for proving health coverage to illegal immigrants.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"The Congressional Research Service has indicated that indeed the bills that are before Congress would include illegal aliens," Wilson said. "And I think this is wrong."[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Indeed, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service study found that the House health care bill does not restrict illegal immigrants from receiving health care coverage.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]House Republican Minority Leader John Boehner amplified the complaint that without proof of citizenship, illegal immigrants could be insured.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"There were two opportunities for House Democrats to make clear that illegal immigrants wouldn't be covered by putting in requirements to show citizenships," he said. "Both of those amendments were, in fact, rejected."[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]In the Senate, Democrats in the so called "Gang of Six," a group of bipartisan senators on the Senate Finance Committee which is the last panel yet to release its bill, began moving quickly to close the loophole that Wilson helped bring greater attention to.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]So it turns out that Wilson may be ill-mannered - but dead on right.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/09/dems_decry_wilson_outburst_the.htm[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Also:[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]From NBC's Mike Viqueira[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]The White House tonight is providing the below clarification on what the president's health-care proposals would mean when it comes to the issue of illegal immigrants.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]The question, as we all know, arises from the Wilson "You lie" outburst, and the core claim that notwithstanding specific bill language barring illegal immigrants from participating in the "exchange," as a practical matter, there is no way of verifying the citizenship of applicants -- which is the current state of play. Republicans say that then means illegal immigrants would end up being enrolled in plans -- bill language or no bill language.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Today, for the first time as far as we know, the administration is backing a provision that would require proof of citizenship before someone could enroll in a plan selected on the exchange[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/09/11/2065287.aspx[/FONT]