Unions, Obama Differ on Health Plan
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Labor unions that have solidly backed the president are splitting with him over ObamaCare, arguing insurance costs for millions will increase — with one union leader calling for a ‘repeal or complete reform’ of the health-care law.
Rand Paul To Seek Re-Election to Second Term
From: Newsmax – Newsfront
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul will seek re-election to Congress in 2016 — but he’s not ruling out a run for the White House that year, either.
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If at First You Don’t Succeed: Obama Re-Nominates Labor Board Pick
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President Obama re-nominates Acting NLRB General Counsel Lafe Solomon, left, to serve as top lawyer for the embattled agency, despite the nominee’s controversial past involving complaint filed against Boeing Co.
SOLDIER STABBED:French Authorities Probe Possible Tie to UK Terror
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‘WE’RE MERE MORTALS’: Arias Trial Juror Calls Life Or Death Decision Unfair
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‘A GREAT AMERICAN’:Veteran Remembers Army Pilot Wife on Memorial Day
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‘MY BIGGEST FAN’: Soldier Surprises Daughter At High School Graduation
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Authorities Look for Link Between Attack on French Soldier and Jihadists
From: Newsmax – Newsfront
A French soldier was stabbed in the throat in a busy commercial district outside Paris on Saturday, and France’s president said authorities are investigating any possible links with the recent slaying of a British soldier.
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Desperately seeking waivers: Union disgruntlement with Obamacare spreading
From: Michelle Malkin
**Written by Doug Powers
Last month, a 22,000 member United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers — the same one that endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 and lobbied for passage of Obamacare — called for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
The list of those unions who are starting to realize they may have sawed off the same branch they were sitting on is growing:
Some labor unions that enthusiastically backed President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry, fearful it will jeopardize benefits for millions of members.
Union leaders warn that unless the problem is fixed, there could be consequences for Democrats facing re-election next year.
“It makes an untruth out of what the president said — that if you like your insurance, you could keep it,” said Joe Hansen, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. “That is not going to be true for millions of workers now.”
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“We’re concerned that employers will be increasingly tempted to drop coverage through our plans and let our members fend for themselves on the health exchanges,” said David Treanor, director of health care initiatives at the Operating Engineers union.
And by “there could be consequences for Democrats facing re-election next year” they mean “we expect an across-the-board waiver from the law we lobbied for pronto!“
One for the “epic backfire” file:
Bob Laszewski, a health care industry consultant, said the real fear among unions is that “a lot of these labor contracts are very expensive, and now employers are going to have an alternative to very expensive labor health benefits.”
“If the workers can get benefits that are as good through Obamacare in the exchanges, then why do you need the union?” Laszewski said.
I’m sure the Dems will desperately try and work out an agreeable “fix” to the problem well before the 2014 elections.
Until then, we’ll close with the obligatory Obama promise:
**Written by Doug Powers
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Sinclair Now Third Largest TV Group, Ahead of NBC, ABC
From: Newsmax – Newsfront
Sinclair Broadcast Group has climbed over three other major television networks and now is in third place in TVNewsCheck/BIA Kelsey’s annual Top 30 rankings.
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