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Obama’s record isn’t kid-friendly

By Amy Frederick
Featured in The Daily Caller
January 9, 2012

The D.C. rumor mill of late has President Obama dropping Joe Biden from the ticket this year in favor of Hillary Clinton, but I don’t buy this for a second. If Obama drops Biden for anyone, it’ll be for Oprah.

January 9, 2012 | Read more…

ObamaCare, Not RyanCare, Harms Current Seniors

Health Reform Report
May 16, 2011
By Jim Martin and Colin Hanna

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the new Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, recently described Republican Congressman Paul Ryan’s proposed conversion of Medicare into a premium support system as a “death trap” for seniors, somehow failing to note that it doesn’t even apply to current seniors. Given that it only applies to those 54 and younger, it can’t harm seniors in the least, let alone be a death trap.

May 16, 2011 | Read more…

Democrats Care, Except When They Don’t

by Niger Innis and Amy Frederick

Washington Times   
January 5, 2011


The Obama administration still hasn’t gotten the message voters sent on Nov. 2. The lame-duck 111th Congress didn’t enact the intrusive energy and environmental laws the administration wanted. So now the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency plan to end the hydrocarbon and nuclear era in America by executive fiat – and force a conversion to “renewable” energy.

January 6, 2011 | Read more…

Senior Citizen Tsunami Comes Ashore Today

60 Plus Predicts 60+ GOP House Pick-ups

Statement by 60 Plus Association Chairman Jim Martin

Alexandria, VA –On behalf of 5.5 million elderly that we’re honored to rely on for support, and the number is growing at warp speed, I have some news for Congress.

November 2, 2010 | Read more…

Nattering Nabobs of Negativism – Setting the Record Straight

By Jim Martin, Chairman of the 60 Plus Association

The 60 Plus Association, which I launched more than 18 years ago, has been accused by the far left of not representing seniors.

October 28, 2010 | Read more…

Connolly’s Attempts to Overhaul Health Programs Bad For Federal Employees

July 19, 2010 by Jim Martin

Filed under Editorials / Opinion, Top Headlines

Originally published in the Culpeper Times

Now that Congress has rammed through health reform, several Members, including Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), serving the 11th district, have wasted no time identifying another program to “reform,” broken or not. Unfortunately, it seems that the Federal Employees Health Benefit’s Program (FEHBP) has landed in their crosshairs in the form of bill HR 4489.

July 22, 2010 | Read more…

Seniors Should Carefully Review New Medicare Mailer

By Newt Gingrich and Nancy Desmond

As weeks turned to months during the Great Debate over what to do about health care this past year, President Obama made one solemn pledge to the nation and its seniors.

June 14, 2010 | Read more…