Sen. Cornyn's Statement on Baucus Health Plan

[Keith B]

Sen. Cornyn Opening Statement At Mark-Up Of Baucus Proposal

Announces New Data Showing Baucus Health Plan Would Cost Texans More Than $20 Billion

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Dig deep folks, it is gonna hit us working stiffs like a ton of bricks!

[pdubyoo]

Gotta like Cornyn...he knows how to keep it real!

[Hos]

Cornyn for Prez!

He does keep it real with lots of facts and he keeps it civil without backing away from a fight. I suggest anyone in his district to get his emails which are thorough and keeps us up to speed on these issues.

[The Annoyed Man]

Y'all are gonna love this:

Flout the mandate penalty? Face the IRS
Politico.com
September 24, 2009
By Carrie Budoff Brown

Americans who fail to pay the penalty for not buying insurance would face legal action from the Internal Revenue Service, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation.

The remarks Thursday from the committee's chief of staff, Thomas Barthold, seems to further weaken President Barack Obama's contention last week that the individual mandate penalty, which could go as high as $1,900, is not a tax increase.

Under questioning from Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), Barthold said the IRS would "take you to court and undertake normal collection proceedings."

Ensign pursued the line of questioning because he said a lot of Americans don't believe the Constitution allows the government to mandate the purchase of insurance.

"We could be subjecting those very people who conscientiously, because they believe in the U.S. Constitution, we could be subjecting them to fines or the interpretation of a judge, all the way up to imprisonment," Ensign said. "That seems to me to be a problem."

Ensign's argument , however, wasn't persuasive to the committee -- which rejected an amendment from Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) to eliminate the individual mandate.

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) was the only Republican to vote with Democrats to preserve the mandate.

Ensign receives handwritten confirmation
Politico.com
September 25, 2009
By Carrie Budoff Brown

This doesn't happen often enough.

Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold confirming the penalty for failing to pay the up to $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance.

Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail or a $25,000 penalty, Barthold wrote on JCT letterhead. He signed it "Sincerely, Thomas A. Barthold."

The note was a follow-up to Ensign's questioning at the markup.

We are in deep, deep trouble here. For those of you who can't get the PDF of the note to load, here is a slightly reduced copy of it below:


If anybody here voted for Obama, I hope you're happy with what you got.

[ninemm]

Cornyn for Prez!

He does keep it real with lots of facts and he keeps it civil without backing away from a fight. I suggest anyone in his district to get his emails which are thorough and keeps us up to speed on these issues.

Uh, if you live in Texas, you're in his "district".