Pryor, Beebe: It’s Cash-Out Time!

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Westerman: Give States Flexibility On Workforce Requirements

February 19, 2015 Caleb Taylor 0 Comments Bruce Westerman, medicaid expasnsion, obamacare, private option

Freshman U.S. Rep Bruce Westerman introduced a bill last week that would give state legislators across the country much-needed flexibility and distance from the federal government with respect to Medicaid expansion.

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Taxpayer-Funded Legislative Meal Plans: Another Possible Blessing From Issue 3

December 8, 2014 Caleb Taylor 1 Comment Arkansas Legislature, Arkansas Politics, ethics reform, issue 3, Jon Woods

Scott Trotter, a local attorney who helped write Issue 3 and who currently serves as a kind of volunteer advisor to the misnamed Independent Citizens Committee, said during the panel discussion that one of his suggestions to the committee would be to make taxpayers pay for legislators’ meals in the future.

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O’Care Architect: “Lack Of Transparency” Reason Law Passed

November 10, 2014 Caleb Taylor 0 Comments Affordable Care Act, issue 3, jonathan gruber, obamacare, term limits

A new video of Jonathan Gruber, one of Obamacare’s architects, surfaced Sunday in which he said a “lack of transparency” and the “stupidity of the American voter” were big assets in getting Obamacare passed into law.

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PO State Budgeting Will Meet Harsh Reality in 2017

November 6, 2014 Caleb Taylor 1 Comment Arkansas Legislature, jonathan dismang, obamacare, private option

We wrote yesterday about the decreasing likelihood of funding for Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion in Arkansas (the private option) making it through the legislature in 2015.