Illinois State Rep Bosts Rants "Let My People Go"

Illinois State Representative Mike Bost has finally had enough of politics as usual in the State of Illinois and wants to know why they don't READ THE BILL. Bost erupted on the House floor Tuesday afternoon, after Mike Madigan and the party leadership called for a vote on a new pension reform proposal.

House Speaker Mike Madigan had only introduced the bill that same morning. It passed on a six to three vote and moved to the House floor for discussion within a couple of hours.

The bill is hundreds of pages long, and Bost says lawmakers should not be voting on a proposal without first reading it.

Shelia Jackson Lee Squares Off With Cavuto

 Before the House of Representatives voted to repeal the year-old health care law, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, — who yesterday claimed repealing the measure was “unconstitutional” — appeared on Fox News’s Your World with host Neil Cavuto. In a very heated exchange, Jackson Lee argued that a repeal of President Obama’s signature health care law meant more Americans without insurance would die.

But when Cavuto challenged her narrative — the story of an elderly woman who already receives Medicare — the Texas Democrat fired back, accusing Cavuto of being blinded by his opinion and ignorant of logic:

Shelia Jackson Lee Squares Off With Cavuto

Jan 19, 2011

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Part 1: Democratic lawmaker on impact of Obamacare repeal

 

Shelia Jackson Lee Squares Off With Cavuto, Part 2

Jan 19, 2011

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Democratic lawmaker on impact of Obamacare repeal

H/T The Blaze

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