Topic: Louise Slaughter

Representative Louise Slaughter is criticized for claiming 300 million Americans lack health insurance and citing 10 million website visits as 12% of New York's population. The hosts deconstruct these figures, noting that 300 million represents nearly the entire U.S. population. The segment highlights perceived mathematical incompetence within the House of Representatives regarding the Affordable Care Act and agency budgets.

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter discusses the Stock Act, intended to stop insider trading by members of Congress and their staffs. She reveals that a former chief of staff for Tom DeLay was caught day trading on government computers during work hours.

Democratic representatives Bart Stupak, Louise Slaughter, and Gabrielle Giffords reported receiving death threats and experiencing vandalism following the healthcare vote. News outlets across the country utilized identical pre-packaged video segments and sound bites to report on these incidents. The uniformity of the coverage suggests the use of electronic press kits potentially produced by centralized political organizations.

House Rules Committee Chairman Louise Slaughter has proposed a procedural maneuver known as the "Slaughter Solution" to pass the Senate's health care bill. This "deem and pass" strategy allows the House to approve the bill without a direct vote on the Senate version. The hosts criticize this as an unconstitutional "shyster" move to avoid political accountability.