Rejected: Obamacare’s ‘high-risk’ plan for states 
By Bob Unruh   May 01, 2010
One of the key parts of “Obamacare,” the Democrat plan that essentially nationalized health-care management, is facing bumpy seas as multiple states are telling Washington to run its own high-risk health insurance pool.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty was among the state leaders who, to meet a deadline today, told the federal government his state would not accept federal money and the accompanying responsibility for running such a high-risk program.
He explained to Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services secretary, the state already has addressed the need with a program put in place nearly 25 years ago. Besides, he wondered whether the $5 billion set aside by the federal government for the effort would run out long before the needs are filled. …
The federal deadline for notifying the federal government about state plans was today, and a full list of states and their decisions on participation was not immediately available.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=148005

 
AUDIT THE FED
Unions and More Economists Join Push to Audit Fed as Obama and Bankers Fight Back
By Alex Newman       May 4, 2010
“Big Labor” and a host of prominent economists announced their support over the weekend for efforts to “Audit the Fed.” These efforts are growing stronger as the bipartisan coalition for Federal Reserve transparency continues to build momentum. But the Obama administration and the banking cartel are pushing back. 
An amendment requiring a full audit of the central bank sailed through the House of Representatives with overwhelming support as part of a broader legislative package. Recent polls indicate that around 80 percent of Americans also support the measure. And the nation’s biggest labor unions’ announcement that they would put the power of their members behind it just gave the proposal another powerful boost. But in the Senate, the audit legislation faces an uncertain future as the Obama administration allies itself with the Fed and big banks.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/3470-unions-and-more-economists-join-push-to-audit-fed-as-obama-and-bankers-fight-back
 
 
Fed Documents Reveal Secret Lobbying Effort Against Audit Provisions
White House, Big Banks and Fed are desperately trying to kill off moves for transparency
Steve Watson                      May 4th, 2010
http://www.prisonplanet.com/fed-documents-reveal-secret-lobbying-effort-against-audit-provisions.html
 
 
IMMIGRATION
Sign at AZ march for Immigration Reform May 1: 
Give us FREE
Health care
Jobs – no taxes
House
Food
You owe us America!
We will shoot more police in Arizona until we get free!
See http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1053625.html#1053625