Obama's Speech Prompts Ten Questions from Republicans
Friday, September 11, 2009
By House Republican Conference
Friday, September 11, 2009
By House Republican Conference
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., left, and House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, listen to President Barack Obama's speech on healthcare to a joint session of Congress, on Wednesday, Sept., 9, 2009, on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
(CNSNews.com) – House Republicans on Thursday issued ten "common-sense" questions arising from President Barack Obama's Wednesday-night speech plugging health care reform.
The questions – and the words that prompted them – appear here verbatim:
President Barack Obama: "Our collective failure to meet this challenge – year after year, decade after decade – has led us to the breaking point."
Common Sense Question: If we are at the "breaking point," then why doesn't your government-run insurance plan start until 2013?
President Barack Obama: "There are now 30 million American citizens who cannot get coverage."
Common Sense Question: On August 20, you said 46 million Americans were uninsured. What happened to 16 million Americans?......more http://cnsnews.com/
Obama Seeks Teachable Moment on Wall StreetThe questions – and the words that prompted them – appear here verbatim:
President Barack Obama: "Our collective failure to meet this challenge – year after year, decade after decade – has led us to the breaking point."
Common Sense Question: If we are at the "breaking point," then why doesn't your government-run insurance plan start until 2013?
President Barack Obama: "There are now 30 million American citizens who cannot get coverage."
Common Sense Question: On August 20, you said 46 million Americans were uninsured. What happened to 16 million Americans?......more http://cnsnews.com/
By Adriel Bettelheim
September 11, 2009 1:54 PM
Seldom does the collapse of a major financial institution qualify as a subject for presidential commemmoration. But President Obama, ever in search of a teachable moment, plans to use Monday's first anniversary of the demise of Lehman Bros. to issue a rallying cry to overhaul financial regulations -- and to prod the Senate to take action on one of his top-tier priorities.
Obama will appear at Federal Hall, on Wall Street, to discuss the need for new rules governing the trading of financial derivatives and new structures that protect consumers by approving mortgage products and imposing new disclosure rules. He'll also likely repeat his pitch to give the Federal Reserve the power to regulate systemic risk, a proposal that's aroused substantial ire from Fed critics in Congress. ….more http://cnsnews.com/
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