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Senate OKs ballot proposal on federal health care overhaul
The Ohio Senate on Wednesday voted 24-9 to put a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot exempting Ohio from the federal health care overhaul backed by Democratic President Barack Obama.
To make the ballot through the legislative process, Senate Joint Resolution 1 also would have to be approved by a three-fifths majority - 60 votes - in the 99-member House.
The proposed amendment would exempt Ohio from the requirement that all Americans be part of a health care plan. It would prevent the state, as well as the federal government, from imposing such a requirement.
Because there are just 59 Republicans in the House, support from at least one Democrat would be required. In the Senate, Democrat Jason Wilson of Columbiana joined 23 Republicans in voting “yes.”
Passage of the resolution came as the Ohio Republican Party and Tea Party groups continue to gather signatures to put a similar amendment on the ballot. They have gathered about 365,000 signatures from registered voters and 385,245 are required by July 6. Amendments can be proposed either by the legislature or through the signature-gathering process.
“By passing SJR 1, the Ohio Senate gives its support to the effort to defeat the unconstitutional federal mandate,” Sen. Tim Grendell, R-Chesterland, the sponsor, said in a press release.
Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern used a press release to blast the action as “crass political ploy.
“It is clear that some legislators would rather put the interests of those who wield power ahead of those who desperately need health coverage,” Redfern said.
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By jay
June 26, 2011 8:14 AM | Link to this
Sguirrellygirl Kicks these left wing Loonies Azz’z in every Comment section.She does it with truth’s and facts about the Subject.The Demon’s and Obama Robots don’t have a chance against Her Knowledge,actually these Demon Commentators Just repeat what the Dear Leader tells them.Believe me All you Freedom and Socialist America Haters don’t have a Chance. God bless Sguirrellygirl.
By Squirrellygirl
June 21, 2011 12:54 PM | Link to this
FYI the textbooks were rewritten to remove references to Christianity and Jewery and replaced with references to Muslims. That’s just one example. A lot of references about God were removed, also, to make it appear that our forefathers weren’t believers, which is false. In some states, they teach kids to be prejudiced, and in one school kids were forbidden to display the American flag, only the Mexican flag was tolerated, IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS. In some classrooms, children were caught on tape being taught to sing praises to Obama. Scary stuff there. I’ve seen the tapes. Regarding this subject of exempting Ohioans from Obamacare: This administration has given nearly 1500 waivers, most to unions. So why shouldn’t we all be entitled to opt out of the mandatory requirement to purchase it?
By ridiculous
June 20, 2011 7:43 PM | Link to this
It’s the teacons who are rewriting history books to echo their convictions.
By Squirrellygirl
June 20, 2011 12:08 PM | Link to this
I think switching our Republic to Socialism is crazytown. I think having progressives prewrite a mandatory national hc bill and then telling us “you have to pass it to find out what is in it” is crazytown. Obama even provided in the HC bill for a “civilian army” that would be better funded than our regular Defense—now that’s crazytown! I originally thought Obama was going to get our children (who are easier to indoctrinate and have been through our unions/socialist school teachers) to be that in that army (and he still may), but now we find he is looking at expanding mailmen duties (to include sniffing out for bombs or poisonous substances in the mail, etc.). Whatever the case, nationalizing our hc has made hc insurance and medicines skyrocket. Our forefathers warned us against special interests taking over and talking for the majority. Yahoo search for Federalist Papers #10. The truth will set you free (not the rewriting of our history for a socialist political agenda, as the progressives have been doing in our schools for decades).
By ridiculous
June 17, 2011 3:13 PM | Link to this
Crazytown on this blog again, I see.
By Squirrellygirl
June 17, 2011 2:04 PM | Link to this
Some people think the people that expose and discuss what they see as anti-american activities in our WH and our federal government as crazy. I think the crazy ones are those who want to stick their heads in the sand and pretend none of it is going on. When you pull your head out of the sand, it will still be there. To me, it is crazy when this stuff is going on and people act like it is normal and why are we discussing it… Standing back from it and looking at it, I realize people can’t see it because they have been blinded because they would not see what was right in front of their faces. It’s like a 900 lb gorilla staring at you, sitting on your lab, eating your food and spitting it out on you. Do you really think this government of freebies is going to continue when we lose our great credit rating? Have you seen Greece lately? Riots, fires, attacking police? We will look like Greece when this government fails. Don’t kid yourselves.
By ridiculous
June 17, 2011 1:56 PM | Link to this
Crazytown on this blog again, I see.
By Squirrellygirl
June 17, 2011 10:33 AM | Link to this
Mike, I’m a concerned citizen who follows all of the media, but especially fox news because they report stuff the other media refuses to carry even though it is important news everyone should know about. I would love to get paid for doing it, but these are my opinions. I do tend to ramble on sometimes, but I’m frustrated with this current administration’s apparent disregard for our Constitution and their flagrant abuse of our laws. I don’t see them being brought up on charges even though there are so many laws they have broken. I hear threats of bringing them up on these, but nothing ever seems to happen to them. You tell me how a hc bill that covers 1/6th of our economy can be so haphazardly passed that Pelosi can say something like “you have to pass it to see what’s in it” and then close the doors and lock the Republicans out of all the talks on the bill. Then when Obama does meet with them he calls the Republicans his enemies. I’m telling ya, this Obama is a socialist if I ever heard of one. This is some serious stuff here.
By Squirrellygirl
June 17, 2011 10:10 AM | Link to this
Make fun of the name “death panels”. You can call it something else if you want, but it is the same thing. The health care bill provides for rationing of care in case of emergency of shortfall of money. How else will you decide who gets what without a panel of government people who have to make these decisions under Obama’s health care bill? I’m sure the progressives will come up with words that goes down better than “rationing” or “death panels” but it is still the same thing. No one will be laughing when Grandma and Grandpa can’t get their surgeries because they are economically infeasible. Seriously, this is twilight zone stuff. Socialism is no joke, but go ahead and give us your moronic laughter if you think it is funny. Poke fun at the people who are pointing these HC bill “inadequacies” out for you. Socialists wrote the stupid bill, so that’s what you get. As Pelosi said, “You have to pass it to find out what’s in it…” What a haphazard way to handle 1/6th of our economy, so negligent. Imagine that!
By Randy Johnson
June 16, 2011 9:20 PM | Link to this
Thank the gods we can be healed by preachers. 10% of our income for a laying on of hands is much cheaper than letting blood. I’m for finishing any chance of good healthcare for all…It ain’t American. Lookie hear and do as I did. Don’t serve for your country…get a job at the VA…get good bennies and good pay and good retirment. You get good healthcare from regular civilian doctors….It ain’t rocket science…sign up with a government job today and get good health care…I did it and so did Ohio’s Congress!
By dixonofdockgreen
June 16, 2011 9:09 PM | Link to this
We must not let minority Christianities such as Obamaha dictrate to us majority chirstianities…we must overthrow all hees measures. My wife Effie said that when Jesus comes he cain’t take us all, but 12 dozen jewberries and only majority christianities like us. So we need goods health acre for the bests of us! Doan yous guys get it yet. Your all just guests so behrave.
By Mike
June 16, 2011 5:55 PM | Link to this
Some of these long, long right wing tirades look like they were written by a paid Republican operative. Who else has the time to sit there and write so much? They do that.
By raiel
June 16, 2011 5:10 PM | Link to this
Congratulations, Ohio. You just voted for the health care premiums of all Ohioans to continue to spiral out of control. The mandate is cost-lowering measure.
By Bill
June 16, 2011 4:42 PM | Link to this
Most commenters here would benefit from getting their information somewhere other than faux news.This plan actually provides vouchers to assist the poor in buying insurance, the same plan the GOP is trying to replace Medicare with. The mental midgets among you think that is a good thing because faux news supports it and you cannot think for yourself. That’s proven by your stupid belief in “Death Panels”. What losers!
By Leslie
June 16, 2011 3:56 PM | Link to this
J.T. is quite the racist. “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” Talk about a slave that wants to stay on the plantation.
By @by Mike & Becky
June 16, 2011 3:39 PM | Link to this
Do you REALLY think that the government can do it better than private enterprise? Really? I can understand the Defense program being under the Federal Government, but pretty much everything else would do better privatized. Obama’s hc bill has caused generic medicine prices to skyrocket. My health insurance skyrocketed, and I was forced to purchase an inferior insurance. Have you heard the latest information to come out regarding how many companies will get rid of their hc coverage for their own employees? At the least one third of all employers will get rid of hc coverage once the bill is active, and there are further estimates that it could exceed fifty percent. 50% of all companies will be getting rid of hc coverage, and that means Obama got his one payer system, huh? Was that an accident? A surprise? And filtering our coverage through the government, we are now susceptible to the federal government refusing our care. Kind of hard to fight the government in court, heh? Did you know the hc bill provides for money shortfalls? They are called GOV’T DEATH PANELS, or you can call them something else if it makes you feel better, but that’s what they are. This is socialism, forced redistribution of 1/6th of our economy. Lots of hidden goodies, like we get to pay for abortions, too. But grandma and grandpa will have to deal with their pain or lack of surgery because they can’t contribute as much RIGHT NOW to society (Obama’s hc bill doesn’t account for what they contributed all of their lives, just what can they do for the government TODAY). Population control? One of Obama’s czars (science), John Holdren, has an answer for that: forced abortions and sterilize our water w/o our knowledge. Just like that—population contained. Famine will kill what water sterilization doesn’t. What? You think America can continue without drilling for our own oil, with overregulation keeping jobs down and unemployment up? With our dollar losing its worth, we will look like Greece soon, riots in the streets, Government unable to meet its obligations. We are getting ready to lose our good credit rating, we’ve received the warnings already. Our stockmarket is diving. Unemployment went up to 9.1%, Obama’s crazy anti-colonial socialist policies are killing our economy. And the unions, who Obama is in bed with, our committing economical sabotage.
By Becky
June 16, 2011 3:04 PM | Link to this
Well, what did you expect when you elected these bimbos? Guns in bars but no health care when you get shot. Well, the hospitals will fix you up at no charge but the rest of the public will pay since the hospital raises their fees to everyone else pay for the freebies. You all pay anyway for the poor people.
By Mike
June 16, 2011 2:58 PM | Link to this
Aw man. You might know Ohio will be one of the backward, Banana Republic states. Others will have their high speed rail and health coverage for people and Ohio will still be living in the dark ages. I hope lots of people decide to move to better states.
By Perspective
June 16, 2011 2:46 PM | Link to this
My mistake,he only gave out 1372 exemptions,but I’m sure he’s going to grant a few more to his buddies.
By Perspective
June 16, 2011 2:37 PM | Link to this
One more thing J.T.,if OBamacare is so great why has he given out over 1400 exemptions? (Oddly enough to all the unions and companies that bankrolled his campaign,oh yes and businesses in Pelosi’s district,no imprpriety there I’m sure) Also you sound ridiculous when you try to play the race card.It’s funny how usually the most racist people are the ones that play that card. Tell you what,you can buy Obamacare if you want,(bet you don’t though,not willingly at least)me I’ll try to keep my health plan with my company if your beloved King doesn’t kill it.
By Squirrellygirl
June 16, 2011 2:33 PM | Link to this
I would correct my grammar in my former post by adding the right parenthesis and space that I accidentally deleted before posting, but there is no edit key…SORRY! Ref. JT: “Obama and Dems are the only thing between you and the homeless shelter.” No, your dictator Obama is killing jobs, and that WILL put you in a homeless shelter. The thing that is in between me and the shelter is MY JOB. Let me break it down for you. If you can’t find a job, you might lose your house or apartment and end up in a shelter. Obama’s name is nowhere in there. What do you think HE’LL do? Give you Obamamoney? Really? Maybe if you are a communist or Shariah Law radical islam muslim in a community center Obama will give you money. But if you are a law abiding citizen who wants to work and make a living, Obama is making it harder for you. Hey! People w/o jobs can’t pay taxes…did THAT ever occur to you? Unemployment went up 2% since Obama stuck it to us with his stimulus bill, you know, the thingee that lined our highways with those ugly signs that said our Administration was putting us to work! Where are those jobs now? Huh? Obama’s moratorium on oil drilling, his attacks on the coal industry, his filtering billions of our dollars out of our country to 3rd world countries like Brazil, this is what is making it hard for Americans to find jobs. Our dollar is being devalued as we speak by the FED under the direction of Obama. Obama kept that one promise to us, that under his energy policy our energy prices would necessarily SKYROCKET. That’s right. Obama didn’t lie about that one thing. But everything else that comes out of his mouth is a lie. Why do YOU think he doesn’t want to get congressional approval for his 2 wars (Syria and Yemen)? Is it because the dictator doesn’t believe he should have to answer for his actions? Perhaps he thinks he can call them all racists and get out of it? I hope Boehner calls for his impeachment. This is what Boehner needs to do. You can stick that hc bill where the sun doesn’t shine. And don’t you dare ask me why I have the nerve to say anything about cutting back on spending like education. If they have money to indoctrinate our children to socialism or teach them how to have oral sex in middle school, then they aren’t spending our tax money properly and the unions need to get out of the mix. Unions are going the way of the dinosaur with their corruption and progressive political agenda. I’m glad we have a majority of Republicans and at least 1 Democrat who can see fit to stand up for our freedom of choice, who recognize this attack on our personal freedoms, and who fight to give us back our rights over our children. This is insanity. This so called president Obama, and his so called social programming. Barack Hussein Obama, Bill Ayers, AG Holder, and Rev Wright will burn in hell if they don’t confess their sins against God and all Americans. They are destroying our Republic.
By Perspective
June 16, 2011 2:27 PM | Link to this
You tell ‘em SG!! BTW J.T.,our govt. already IS redistributing wealth under our current tax code. You explain to me how someone who gets a tax return for thousands of dollars more than they paid in taxes isn’t forced redistribution of wealth? All one has to do is look at the countries that have socialized medicine to see we would be downgrading the quality of our care here in the USA if we follow their lead. The Republicans are all that stands between us and a Democrat Dictatorship.Hell Obama already thinks he’s the KING.
By CH
June 16, 2011 2:17 PM | Link to this
JT - finally someone with actually knowledge.
By Squirrellygirl
June 16, 2011 2:08 PM | Link to this
JT, first of all if you are going to call somebody a name like dumb, why don’t you at the very least spell your words correctly so you don’t look like such a hypocritical idiot moron? (“your” s/b spelled “you’re”!!!You mentioned education. Made me think of article I read today at Fox News: A middle school in Massachusetts is under fire for requiring children to complete a graphic sex survey — without parental knowledge or consent — that included questions about sexual partners and oral sex. That’s right—middle school, and they asked them if they had oral sex and about their last sex partner. Let me repeat…MIDDLE SCHOOL!!! And the parents sued because they were not given an option to opt out if they didn’t want to put their kids through this. I PROMISE you this is not what the majority of Americans want taught in our schools, we don’t want our tax money used for propaganda and indoctrination, but there it is. The American taxpayers feels they have lost control of what the government is forcing down our throats. We are tired of them lieing, cheating, stealing from the taxpayers. Weiner this and Weiner that. We find that a lot of progressives don’t like God, want to force their lack of morality on the rest of us and our children, and want to redistribute our money, make us give it all to the government and let the government decide who is worthy to receive it. That is BS, it is unAmerican, and it is SOCIALISM. Whether or not you and your cohorts recognize it, the majority of Americans don’t appreciate your special interests and don’t wish to pay for them. You can pay for your own abortions, the hc bill is unconstitutional! The mandatory requirement will kill the bill for good once it goes all the way through court. Obama has killed jobs and his hc bill will kill more jobs. How many jobs were lost through Obama’s green program? The coal industry, oil drillers who left America for less regulated waters? I have plenty of nerve and feel the responsibility to speak up when I see unfair treatment using my tax dollar. While Obama is filtering our tax money out of our country to Brazil for oil drilling there, out of our country for manufacturing jobs in China, out of our country for jobs in Mexico at a tax paid car facility, you have the balls to say how dare I speak up? You progressives want to shut up your “enemies” the conservatives, but we won’t because we are bigger than you. Your unions are losing ground every day because their corruption is catching up with them. You go ahead and call us who don’t agree with socialism racists, see if it does you any good. You are making the word of noneffect because it has been misused so much since Obama became president. We can see through your antics that no longer work. Your transparency ain’t so transparent, and your Rev Wright ain’t no Christian. Obama is a Muslim. I judge him by his fruit, and it is rotten to the core. You explain how Obama’s hc bill that took over 1/6th of our economy isn’t redistribution of wealth. You can’t. Just try to argue with the government in court to them to pay when the gov’t refuses to pay for your grandma’s operation (because she isn’t able to contribute as much to society as a 30 year old?) because of shortfall of money, which is provided in the hc bill? Gov’t Death panels will be making those life/death decisions, and we will pay for Obama’s civilian army that is provided for in his hc fiasco bill. This hc debacle is transparent, but only to those who have sought out the information. If you are listening to mainstream media, you won’t hear about it. Overregulation is killing our country, and the liberals are killing our city. The fake preachers like Rev Wright who preach that Jesus believed in forced redistribution of wealth are lieing and haven’t read God’s Word, because it says, “If a man doesn’t work, neither shall he eat.” I guess that puts a plug in your “if you were a Christian you would agree with Obama’s hc bill” or “if you weren’t a racist, you wouldn’t fight what Obama is doing” BS! Give me Herman Cain for president. If you don’t vote for Herman Cain, you are a RACIST! How does THAT feel? Jack AXX!
By J.T
June 16, 2011 1:26 PM | Link to this
@Squirrellygirl..Either your dumb, watch Fox News or both. Nobody is trying to redistribute wealth. The way the system is now, if your child came down with a disease that cost a lot to treat, your insurance company can kick you off their coverage and tell you tough luck. Obama’s HC is trying to prevent that. If a uninsured person racks up a $20k bill, tax payers have to eat that which results in higher premiums for us all. Under Obama, if we all have care than the cost will go down. From 2000 to 2008 the wealthy of the wealthy increased by almost 5%. The middle class became poor and the poor are even more poor. Yet you have the nerve to talk about redistribution of wealth. It amazes me the skill republicans have at manipulating people into thinking they care about them. Republicans don’t give a damn about you, me or anyone else. They care about rich people. Our Governor cut EDUCATION but gave tax breaks to people who have homes priced at $500k and above SMH. Do they really have you in fear of this foreign black man running our country that much? One thing for certain, the white guy before Obama that looks like you sure didn’t give a s**t about your job or healthcare when he was in office. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you. Obama and Dems are the only thing between you and the homeless shelter.
By constitutionalist
June 16, 2011 1:00 PM | Link to this
We don’t need to amend the state constitution. we only need to point out the 10th amendment to the federal gov’t and then invite them to go pound sand.
By constitutionalist
June 16, 2011 1:00 PM | Link to this
We don’t need to amend the state constitution. we only need to point out the 10th amendment to the federal gov’t and then invite them to go pound sand.
By Dave
June 16, 2011 12:14 PM | Link to this
Squirrellygirl, the Federal Government can and it has in the past. George Washington set the precedent in 1792. And since he led the Constitutional Convention, it’s pretty likely he knew what is and is not constitutional.
By Squirrellygirl
June 16, 2011 10:10 AM | Link to this
The Federal Gov’t cannot require citizens to purchase anything. It is unconstitutional. If they can make you purchase hc, what is next? The Democrats are using the hc bill to further their progressive socialist agenda of forced redistribution of wealth by taking over 1/6th of our nation’s economy.