CSpan2 NOW: Koch brothers Americans for Prosperity warning of lame duck session bills

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Specifically, this group is concerned about a cap and trade bill and card check bill. No doubt, high up on the Koch brothers wish list!

http://www.cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx

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1. S.3157: Create Jobs and Save Benefits Act of 2010. Introduced 3.23.10. No House companion bill.

(The Koch brothers and their ilk do not want those who lose their pensions to get any relief whatsoever. Surprise, surprise! I would question whether this bill does what they say it would do, as well.)

S.3157
Title: Create Jobs and Save Benefits Act of 2010
Sponsor: Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. (introduced 3/23/2010) Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 3/23/2010 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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2. These folks are looking to defund IRS enforcement of 'Obamacare' when they take power.

Who gonna' sign that bill, guys?

And, about those IRS agents looking to enforce the 'mandate...'

Health-Care Reform: The Mandate Debate
Experts say the only way to cover the uninsured is to require them to buy insurance or pay a fine. But how much should a penalty be?

By Catherine Arnst

How much is health insurance worth to you? That's the key question lots of experts in Washington are trying to answer as Congress attempts to hammer out a health-care reform bill. Economists say the only way to cover most, if not all, of the nation's 47 million uninsured is by instituting an "individual mandate" that would require everyone either to purchase insurance or pay a fine. The great unknown, however, is how high the penalty should be to motivate the desired response.

In the bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee on Oct. 13, there are no fines at all the first year it goes into effect, in 2013. In 2014 individuals would have to shell out $200 in annual penalties if they choose to forgo insurance, and by 2017, the number jumps to $750. That's starting to sound like a meaningful sum. But consider that the average yearly insurance premium for an individual policy is around $5,000. For just a few hundred dollars during the first years the law is in place, a healthy person might decide to forgo the costly security of insurance.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_43/b4152000570390.htm?chan=top+news_special+report+--+health+care+reform_special+report+--+health+care+reform