Posted on 10/26/2009 10:05:12 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Just in from the Senate Majority Leader’s press shop:
Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will hold a press conference this afternoon to give an update on the merger of Senate health insurance reform proposals.
Today, Monday, October 26, 2009, at 3:15 p.m.
Practically every report agrees that Reid will deliver a bill to the CBO today for scoring, and that it will include a public option with the potential for states to opt out.
Harry Reid - what a joke.
Hey Harry - in 2010, you’re gonna lose ... lose badly.
They want to present the Psychological deception that things are moving along fine......
To defeat those of us opposing it..
Always psychological deception with them. Oh wait, that’s the way wars are planned.
Floor vote scheduled for 3:16.
If this is true? It’s DOA! The liberals won’t support it..the opt out provision isn’t coercive enough for them...and the blue dogs already said they won’t support anything with a public option. As for us, all we have to do is stand fast and say NO! (Looking at you Senator Snowe!)
TO EVERYONE:
I call this, I called this, I CALLED THIS....
They MUST get this thing done and PASSED by Nov. 3, or they risk the Blue Dogs fleeing from it when the Election Results come flowing in.
This isn’t about Healthcare, it’s about CONTROL.
(as Donna Brazille admitted Live on CNN last fall)
WHAT ARE THEY SHOVING DOWN OUR THROATS THIS TIME....PING!!!
Now is the the final bill or one gutted just for the CBO so that the money will come out favorable?
Will they even bother to READ THE DAMN THING????
Or will Democrats try to maintain plausible deniability of this nightmare by NOT reading it???
At least it’s 3:15 *PM* instead of *AM*. I bet that hurt.
Oh, I think that the Liberals will vote for it. They will have been told that it can be amended at a later date. I have always contended that a health care bill, any bill, will pass this year, and I still believe that.
They won’t read it...guaranteed.
But WE, the people, will...
“it will include a public option with the potential for states to opt out”
Do they get to opt out of the payments too?
OK...
It’s up on TPM now:
Reid To Make Major Health Care Announcement This Afternoon
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may have some answers for hungry reporters, and anxious activists sooner than expected. The Nevada Democrat will be holding a press conference today at 3:15 p.m. to discuss his progress merging two competing health care bills.
We’ll, of course, be there, and will pass on updates as quickly as possible.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/reid-to-make-major-health-care-announcement-this-afternoon.php
Harry Reid’s son is running for Governor in Nevada...
Keep trying to ram it down our throats, Harry...because come next fall, you’re going to be served your ass on a platter.
read later
See tagline...
He could have scheduled it three hours earlier so Obama could get in an afternoon round of Golf without looking stupid.
Hey everybody!! I even beat POLITICO to this story!!
Politico-1:14PM
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Reid to announce push for public option
Senate Majority Leader will announce this afternoon that he plans to push ahead with a public option vote — most likely one that includes an opt-out provision for states — even though he’s currently short several votes for passage, according to people close to the situation.
The Nevada Democrat has 3:15 p.m. press conference to discuss details.
Leadership sources tell me that Reid, who spoke with virtually every member of his 60-member caucus this weekend, currently has between 56 and 57 votes for the opt-out, which is being pushed by Sen. Charles Schumer, according to Democratic aides.
A public option with a delayed “trigger” — supported by the White House and Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe — has between 58 and 59 backers. It could be floated as an alternative if the opt-out measure fails to obtain the 60 votes needed for cloture, sources said.
Reid worked most of the weekend, convening several meetings with his leadership — and wrangling over the details with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1009/Reid_to_announce_push_for_optout_option.html
This should be exciting, a thief unveiling a scam as a plan, and the rape of America continues. I’m glad I can’t watch it. Y’all will have to tell me what the plunderer intends to steal from us.
That’s why he is racing to saddle us with this before 2010
One second the WH backs Reid AKA= public option
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/64705-white-house-were-with-reid
The next they don’t
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/64705-white-house-were-with-reid
Obama does not have backbone even in his corruption. They are worried about elections of course and not the country. MEMO to OBAMA: A majority of Americans do not support you and are on to you.
Rush has a guest host. You do not have to wait until the conclusion of his show to avoid criticism. It is unlikely Davis will come close to this given his focus today....
On the blue dogs; I hope you’re right but I think they’re gonna vote for this. I don’t trust a single one of them.
There it is, the very question that needs an answer.
Right now I have ten bucks that sez no, opting out means nothing, all will have to pay.
Is the vote scheduled for 3:16?
Will there be an option for states to opt out of the Obama dictatorship?
“That’s why he is racing to saddle us with this before 2010”
They will race to get anything thru asap, they can then incrementally grow it. I’ve been hearing and seeing alot on Hillary Clinton lately. Maybe the internal Dem polls are showing how much trouble Obama is in and they are lining up a back-up for 2012 just in case.
Politico is reporting this
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1009/Reid_to_announce_push_for_optout_option.html
Exactly what I was thinking!
Rush! Wherever you are, please call your show immediately. You are needed as a "guest host."
“unveiled”? Why, one would think it was a work of art rather than something the Dems and moderate GOP gobbled down then excreted onto the floor, wouldn’t one?
Be a dear and pass me a third-pounder Angus cheeseburger, that’s a good lad.
They HAVE to, because they know this thing is rapidly slipping through their greedy little fingers.
Yup, there's two of them.... they're called the 2nd and 10th Amendments.
“They’ll pass something - anything - is long as it has the words ‘health’ and ‘care’ in it, even if it’s horrendously bad policy.
They HAVE to, because they know this thing is rapidly slipping through their greedy little fingers.”
Been calling THAT ONE for months, too...
Reid and Emanuel, while Odumbass plays golf. These people make me want to throw up.
You are such an idiot. If they intend on unveiling it at 3:15PM, the floor vote is schedule for 2:30PM.
I mean, LEARN how they do things these days.
They will try the full monty first with public option and then the states opt out trigger. Both has them 2-3 votes short.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1009/Reid_to_announce_push_for_optout_option.html
LOL
I will play Jeane Dixon and PREDICT...
A public option with a delayed “trigger” will pass to pacify. But we will all still be bent over backwards with no lube.
Yet if they pass it before then they KILL the rats standing in the specials.
Rubber stamp congress. Any rep that votes for something he or his staff hasn’t read belongs in jail.
http://senatus.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/reid-to-include-public-option-opt-out-in-health-bill/
Here’s how the votes are breaking down right now on the two leading public option proposals.
Leadership sources tell me that Reid, who spoke with virtually every member of his 60-member caucus this weekend, currently has between 56 and 57 votes for the opt-out, which is being pushed by Sen. Charles Schumer, according to Democratic aides.
A public option with a delayed “trigger” — supported by the White House and Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe — has between 58 and 59 backers. It could be floated as an alternative if the opt-out measure fails to obtain the 60 votes needed for cloture, sources said
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