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Obamacare battle is bizarre
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ron York
The Washington Examiner
Updated: Jul 24, 2013, 12:34 AM
Published: Jul 24, 2013, 12:35 AM
The Affordable Care Act originally passed the House in 2009 with 220 votes, all but one of them Democrats. Recently 251 members of the House, including 22 Democrats, voted to postpone for one year implementation of the heart of the act – the individual mandate to purchase health insurance. In the last couple of years, House Republicans have voted over and over to repeal the president's health care plan.
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Where Did That Come From? - Cat Nap
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Stan St. Clair
Published: Mar 14, 2025, 1:19 AM
Well, I want to wish all my appreciated readers a happy St. Patrick's Day! At my age, I feel like I need a cat nap every day! Forms of this metaphoric expression have been used for 200 years to describe a short period of sleep during the day. Cats sleep long periods at a time, so it may seem strange to call it by this name. Some researchers say it started in Ancient Egypt when cats were sacred and Pharaohs began to emulate the way cats sleep. But there are no records to indicate that.
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