HARRISBURG -- Political momentum is building for taxpayer-funded school tuition vouchers, as hundreds of people clogged the Capitol rotunda Tuesday to support the idea of "school choice."

Many of those attending were elementary and high school students wearing shirts reading "Put Students First -- Support School Choice."

Dawn Chavous, of Philadelphia-based political action committee Students First, repeatedly shouted, "My child!" The large crowd loudly replied, "My choice!"

For decades government officials have been touting the fallacy that International Monetary Fund payments cost American taxpayers nothing. Even former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin claimed that "the IMF has not cost the taxpayer a dime."

This is misleading. Since the IMF operates under a veil of secrecy, these hidden taxpayer subsidies are not subject to annual appropriations, and they are nowhere to be found in the federal budget.

General Electric Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt's decision to help the Obama administration by heading a new economic advisory panel has sparked outrage from some conservatives and has led to a renewed campaign to force his resignation by groups affiliated with the tea party.

Calling the appointment "crony corporatism in its purest form," FreedomWorks and the Free Enterprise Project said Immelt would use his new position to lobby for government policies that help GE.

Wednesday, as its first major act, the new House of Representatives passed a bill to repeal the government takeover of health care. On Thursday, the House passed a “replace” resolution instructing key committees to begin replacing Obamacare with a patient-centered approach.

“Repeal and replace” is proceeding according to schedule.

Official Washington wants to dismiss the repeal vote as a stunt, and move on. But far from “symbolic,” yesterday’s vote showed repeal is real and creates huge momentum for the next stop: the Senate.