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Last May, House Republicans asked the White House to hold bipartisan discussions on health care to find a way to reduce the number of uninsured and bring federal health spending under control.

The White House declined and instead chose to write a massive health care bill in secret that is filled with political payoffs and is roundly rejected by the American people.

Obama has invited Republicans to a so-called “bipartisan health care summit” two weeks from now.  House Republicans sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel saying that they would be willing to take part in discussions only if they could start from scratch.  But, the White House and Congressional Democrats demanded that Republicans negotiate on their terms, and on their bill, or not at all.

After suffering electoral losses in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Virginia, the White House is finally inviting Republicans to the negotiating table – but with an important caveat.  The only thing the Democrats ... more

The Obama White House has trotted out its road show following the State of the Union address and the release of the president’s budget proposal this week to sell its plan to spur job growth.  But in their haste to show that they are now focused on jobs after spending a year pushing a failed health care bill, they have missed the fact that the GOP has already offered a common sense, budget neutral jobs plan. 

Republicans in the U.S. House have released a jobs plan that deserves to be considered.  Instead of clamping down on American businesses with mountains of regulations under a cap and trade bill, the Republican plan calls on the President to issue an executive order halting any proposed regulations that could cause a net job loss. 

Instead of raising taxes by $2.8 trillion, as the President proposed in his budget, the House Republican plan urges a bipartisan commitment to block any tax increase until unemployment once again falls below 5 percent. 

And instead of doubling the ... more

It seems that every week brings new data showing unemployment rising across almost every sector of the economy.  Except for the federal government, of course. 

Buried in the president’s budget proposal released this week are figures showing that the government will grow to include over 2.15 million jobs this year – more than in any year in the nation’s history.  This is up from the years 1981 to 2008, when the government included between 1.1 million and 1.3 million employees. 

The Obama Administration has just two answers to every problem.  If they can’t fix something by throwing more of your tax dollars at it, they’ll try to do it by making the federal government bigger and bigger.  When the economy turned sour, this administration’s answer was to waste away $862 billion on their stimulus.  When they attempted to reform health care, their path to do it was by attempting a total government takeover. 

The American people don’t want government involved in every aspect of their lives, ... more