Brian Darling, Author at The Daily Signal

Obamacare: Reid’s Secret Bill to be Unveiled Soon

Brian Darling | November 17, 2009

The health care reform debate in the Senate may start this week – at least procedurally. Today or tomorrow, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)… Read More

Law

Is there a Constitutional Basis for Mandatory Health Insurance?

Brian Darling | November 12, 2009

Does the Constitution allow the federal government to force individual citizens to buy health insurance? Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) have… Read More

Health Care

Reid Says No to Transparency

Brian Darling | November 03, 2009

It has been one week since the Senate Majority Leader announced that he had sent his health care bill to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)… Read More

Health Care

Where Is Reid’s Obamacare Bill?

Brian Darling | November 02, 2009

It has been one week since the Senate Majority Leader announced he sent his health care bill to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the… Read More

Health Care

Where is Harry Reid’s Obamacare Bill?

Brian Darling | October 29, 2009

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) released a 1,990 page House version of Obamacare, yet Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has yet to release the Senate… Read More

Health Care

Public Option Puts Obamacare In Critical Condition

Brian Darling | October 27, 2009

According to CBS and other media reports, “Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) said Tuesday that he would support a Republican filibuster of a health care bill… Read More

Health Care

Secret Obamacare Senate Negotiations End on Day 13 – Reid Announces Deal

Brian Darling | October 26, 2009

The secret Obamacare negotiations have come to an end in Day 13th and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced today that the insiders have… Read More

Health Care

Secret Obamacare Negotiations Enter Day 7 – The Fix is in

Brian Darling | October 20, 2009

As the secret Obamacare negotiations enter Day 7, word has leaked from the meeting that the White House and Senate leaders have ordered Congress to… Read More

Health Care

Secret Obamacare Negotiations Enter Day 6

Brian Darling | October 19, 2009

The Washington Post reports: [A]s a Senate vote on health-care legislation nears, those negotiations are occurring in a setting that is anything but revolutionary in… Read More

Health Care

Congress’ Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare – Pushed to Plan B

Brian Darling | October 14, 2009

Leaders in the House and Senate have a secret plan to pass President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care plan without a conference and without any… Read More

Health Care

Congress’ Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare by Thanksgiving – Update

Brian Darling | October 10, 2009

Last night, Chris Frates of the Politico posted on Live Pulse a post “Unconventional Wisdom” where a “former House and Senate leadership aid” communicate to… Read More

Health Care

Congress’ Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare – CONFIRMED

Brian Darling | October 07, 2009

Leaders in the House and Senate have a plan to pass President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care plan by Thanksgiving without any significant participation by… Read More

Health Care

The Vapor Bill – The Left’s Plan For A Filibuster Free Public Option

Brian Darling | October 06, 2009

President Barack Obama’s push for a sweeping health care overhaul is inching toward a full consideration by the Senate and we have learned the left’s… Read More

Health Care

The Vapor Bill – Where is the Bill?

Brian Darling | October 05, 2009

President Barack Obama’s push for a sweeping health care overhaul is going to be voted upon in the Senate Finance Committee this week and nobody… Read More

Health Care

The Vapor Bill – Congress’ Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare – Update

Brian Darling | October 02, 2009

President Barack Obama’s push for a sweeping health care overhaul edged closer to a major victory in the Senate Finance Committee. Early next week, the… Read More

Health Care

Obamacare Senate Floor Vote Next Week?

Brian Darling | September 29, 2009

Multiple sources on the Hill have told The Foundry that as early as next week, the Senate could be debating Obamacare. This is a possibility… Read More

Passing a Shell of A Bill: Congress’ Secret Plan to Ram Through Health Care Reform

Brian Darling | September 22, 2009

With the President and Congress’s plan to pass comprehensive health care reform reaching increasingly high levels of unpopularity, and reconciliation becoming an impediment, the leadership… Read More

The Specter Defection Policy Ramifications

Brian Darling | April 28, 2009

Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the longest serving Senator in Pennsylvania history, has made some history today by switching from the Republican to the Democrat… Read More

Economy

Bailouts, Not Bonuses, are the Problem

Brian Darling | March 23, 2009

After over a year of the Bush-Obama Bailout Parade, there were some encouraging statements coming from the Senate last week. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK): Should… Read More

Economy

This Week in Washington: Playing Politics With the War on Terror

Brian Darling | June 09, 2008

Here’s a preview of what’s happening this week in Washington. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6YshohNEUM[/youtube] May was a successful month in Iraq, yet progress with the war supplemental has… Read More

Economy

Housing Bill Creates National Fingerprint Registry

Brian Darling | June 09, 2008

Sens. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) authored a bill (with 11 co-sponsors, including Sen. Barack Obama) that was incorporated into a housing bill… Read More

Energy

This Week in Washington: The Costly Lieberman-Warner Bill

Brian Darling | May 20, 2008

Here’s a preview of what’s happening this week in Washington. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5soRqhJLnQ[/youtube] The Lieberman-Warner climate change bill may cost the sponsoring senator’s states dearly — Connecticut’s… Read More

This Week in Washington: So Much for Equal Protection

Brian Darling | May 12, 2008

Here’s a preview of the week ahead in Washington. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=JzXN6A6LYOM[/youtube] Late last year, the House passed by a large margin a bill that allows federal… Read More

Law

This Week in Washington: Liberals Block Bush’s Judicial Nominees

Brian Darling | April 29, 2008

Here’s a preview of the week ahead in Washington. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGtSIVoMj9Y[/youtube] The liberals continue to block President Bush’s conservative judicial nominees in the hope they can… Read More

Energy

This Week in Washington: Keep Pork Out of the War Supplemental

Brian Darling | April 07, 2008

Here’s a preview of the week ahead in Washington. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ySXAXT2vaI[/youtube] Congress will soon consider a $100 billion emergency war supplemental. Some want to load it… Read More

Economy

This Week in Washington: Just Say No to Government Regulation

Brian Darling | April 01, 2008

Here’s a preview of the week ahead in Washington. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an2ZGW85Ad0[/youtube] Recent troubles with the financial and housing markets have lead to proposed action by Congress… Read More

This Week in Washington: D.C. Gun Ban Faces Supreme Test

Brian Darling | March 17, 2008

Here’s a preview of the week ahead in Washington. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZz-iB3k4OI[/youtube] Former Oklahoma Rep. Mickey Edwards will speak at Heritage on March 27 about his new… Read More

Energy

Now That Congress Is Back From Vacation…

Brian Darling | February 25, 2008

As lawmakers return from a week-long vacation, here’s a preview of the week ahead in Washington. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIV4GwclIn0[/youtube] Now that Communist dictator Fidel Castro has departed… Read More

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Articles by Brian Darling

Obamacare: Reid’s Secret Bill to be Unveiled Soon

Is there a Constitutional Basis for Mandatory Health Insurance?

Reid Says No to Transparency

Where Is Reid’s Obamacare Bill?

Where is Harry Reid’s Obamacare Bill?

Public Option Puts Obamacare In Critical Condition

Secret Obamacare Senate Negotiations End on Day 13 – Reid Announces Deal

Secret Obamacare Negotiations Enter Day 7 – The Fix is in

Secret Obamacare Negotiations Enter Day 6

Congress’ Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare – Pushed to Plan B

Congress’ Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare by Thanksgiving – Update

Congress’ Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare – CONFIRMED

The Vapor Bill – The Left’s Plan For A Filibuster Free Public Option

The Vapor Bill – Where is the Bill?

The Vapor Bill – Congress’ Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare – Update

Obamacare Senate Floor Vote Next Week?

Passing a Shell of A Bill: Congress’ Secret Plan to Ram Through Health Care Reform

The Specter Defection Policy Ramifications

Bailouts, Not Bonuses, are the Problem

This Week in Washington: Playing Politics With the War on Terror

Housing Bill Creates National Fingerprint Registry

This Week in Washington: The Costly Lieberman-Warner Bill

This Week in Washington: So Much for Equal Protection

This Week in Washington: Liberals Block Bush’s Judicial Nominees

This Week in Washington: Keep Pork Out of the War Supplemental

This Week in Washington: Just Say No to Government Regulation

This Week in Washington: D.C. Gun Ban Faces Supreme Test

Now That Congress Is Back From Vacation…