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WASHINGTON -- As Republicans continue to debate their plan for health care overhaul, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Sunday that he wonrsquo;t vote for the bill as it sta stanley quencher nds because it will not solve the problem of rising insurance premiums.I cannot vote for any bill that keeps premiums rising, Cruz said on CBSrsquo; Face the Nation.Look, there has been no issue Irsquo;ve devoted more time stanley vaso and energy to than Obamacare, stopping this disaster, he said. We have a chance for an incredible, substantive win for the American people and Irsquo;ve got to tell you I am spending night and day meeting with House members, meeting with senators, meeting with the administration. Cruz said that when he returns to his home state of Texas, the first thing he hears from constituents is that they canrsquo;t afford their premiums -- and that theyrsquo;ve risen dramatically in recent years.My biggest concern with the House bill is it doesnrsquo;t lower premiums, Cruz said. And [the Congressional Budget Office] in fact projected that in the first two years stanley cup premiums would rise 10 to 20 percent. As a result, he said of the current House bill: I do not believe it will pass the Senate.Irsquo;ve got to tell you, if Republicans hold a big press conference and pat ourselves on the back that wersquo;ve repealed Obamacare and everyonersquo premiums Mxwv House GOP working on companion bill to Obamacare replacement to attract skeptics
In a video posted on the Internet, former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, a Democrat, says he is ashamed that he helped President Bush and the sons of other wealthy families get into the Texas Air National Guard in 1968 so they could avoid serving in Vietnam. I got a young man named George W. Bush into the National Guard when I was lieutenant governor of Texas, and I m not necessarily proud of that, but I did it, Barnes said in the 45-second video, which was recorded May 27 at a meeting of John Kerry supporters in Austin.Barnes, who was House speaker when Mr. Bush entered the Guard, later became lieutenant governor. He said he became ashamed after walking through the Vietnam Memorial and looking at the names of people who died. I became more ashamed of myself than I ve ever stanley mug been because the worst thing I did was get a lot of wealthy supporters and a lot of people who had family names of importance into the Guard and I m very sorry about that and I apologize to you and the voters of Texas, Barnes said. President Bush has denied that family influence got him into the Guard. With controversy swirling around Kerry s service as a swift boat commander in Vietnam, Barnes latest statements renew questions about Mr. Bush s military record, but also about Ba stanley cup rnes motivation for telling his story, the Houston Chronicle says in its Saturday editions. It is stanley thermos mug no surprise that a partisan Democrat is making these statements, Bush spokeswoman Cla |
