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Senate won't bring Upton fix to the floor [cool!]
TheHill ^ | 11/15/13

Posted on 11/15/2013 12:18:43 PM PST by Bulwinkle

Edited on 11/15/2013 12:30:18 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Senate Democrats do not expect to vote on the ObamaCare fix the House approved on Friday with 39 Democratic votes, according to a senior Democratic aide.

The aide said there is not any pressure on the Senate Democratic leadership to bring the legislation sponsored by Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) to the floor.

"There is a difference between constructive fixes designed to improve the law and bills that would gut it,” said the senior Democratic aide. “The Upton bill is the latter.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 113th; harryreid; lawlessnation; obama; obamacare; reid; upton; youcankeepitbill
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To: Cowboy Bob

"Landrieu, help us!"

121 posted on 11/15/2013 3:49:15 PM PST by mikrofon (Of the Body Politic)
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To: pabianice

They may try, but this time it is different. Time and time, repubs have bee on the right side of this issue — against it.

Even stone cold libs are getting a shock with losing their coverage and finding out that there new policy sucks and will cost a lot more. Reality is hitting their pocketbooks and/or wallets.


122 posted on 11/15/2013 3:55:04 PM PST by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters for Freedom and Rededicaton to the Principles of the U.S. Constitution...)
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To: Sacajaweau
Obama is the enemy...not roberts

Obama is the enemy. So is Roberts.

123 posted on 11/15/2013 3:55:12 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Jane Long
I think thats a great idea. It fits this fasco to a T!

OBAMACARE....We Will Never Forget!






124 posted on 11/15/2013 3:57:19 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: TigersEye

Not with the rats it won’t


125 posted on 11/15/2013 4:02:29 PM PST by italianquaker
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To: mikrofon

Was that from Omega Man? Fitting. Charlton Heston would be the last man standing after the Obamacare Death Panels get done.


126 posted on 11/15/2013 4:08:14 PM PST by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters for Freedom and Rededicaton to the Principles of the U.S. Constitution...)
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To: 3Fingas

No thats a Star Trek show.


127 posted on 11/15/2013 4:20:21 PM PST by Gasshog (0bama: 146 rounds of Golf and counting... FORE!!!!!WARD!!! -___O)
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To: Gasshog

Well, that works too.

Because when people find out the results of Obamacare, they will say, “Beam me up, Scottie!”


128 posted on 11/15/2013 4:23:45 PM PST by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters for Freedom and Rededicaton to the Principles of the U.S. Constitution...)
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To: Iron Munro
Republicans should not be looking for ways to help Obama.

I totally agree and have been shouting from the rooftops on this.

The only thing Republicans should do is pass a clean bill completely repealing Obamacare, and if Zero refuses, then file Articles of Impeachment.

129 posted on 11/15/2013 4:27:04 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Governor Sarah Heath Palin for President of the United States in 2016)
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To: mikrofon

Harry, you are Not of the Body.

130 posted on 11/15/2013 4:36:19 PM PST by Gasshog (0bama: 146 rounds of Golf and counting... FORE!!!!!WARD!!! -___O)
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To: what's up
If this helps Obama, why does he want to veto it?

I think that any action that mitigates the negative effects of ObamaCare actually helps Obama, even if he fights it.


131 posted on 11/15/2013 4:39:55 PM PST by Iron Munro (When a killer screams 'Allahu Akbar' you don't need to be mystified about a motive.)
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To: Iron Munro
that mitigates the negative effects of ObamaCare actually helps Obama

If the Upton legislation leads people away from the exchanges this does not help Obama one bit. It imperils his program.

132 posted on 11/15/2013 4:42:54 PM PST by what's up
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To: Bulwinkle

... LOL ... of course they won’t ..... They are going to present the Mary Landrieu bill. That was the plan all along!


133 posted on 11/15/2013 4:59:57 PM PST by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: what's up
If this helps Obama, why does he want to veto it?

It doesn't help Obama at all. It allows insurance companies to sell individual policies outside of the Exchanges and without any of the restrictions or mandates of Obamacare. It is a good bill - not as good as total repeal, but a heck of a lot better than a simple delay of the mandate. It makes it possible for insurance companies to actually survive this, which is in direct opposition to the planned objective of Obamacare which is to drive insurers out of the market.

134 posted on 11/15/2013 5:09:06 PM PST by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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To: OldMissileer

The Upton bill is actually a good bill. It eliminates the mandates placed upon insurers, and it allows them to sell policies outside of the exchanges.


135 posted on 11/15/2013 5:11:12 PM PST by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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To: Hoodat
and it allows them to sell policies outside of the exchanges.

I believe insurers can already sell policies outside the exchanges.

But a.) they can't offer any subsidies against the premiums and b.) they must still comply with the coverage standards of Obamacare.

136 posted on 11/15/2013 5:13:42 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: DoughtyOne

“the Republicans can’t even save the Democrats, the Democrats are so fricken stupid.”

the word hubris comes to mind


137 posted on 11/15/2013 5:16:14 PM PST by AMDG&BVMH
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To: P-Marlowe

[Tell that to Justice Roberts.]

a.k.a.; The traitor Justice Roberts, aka, Benedict Arnold Unjust Justice Roberts.


138 posted on 11/15/2013 5:20:57 PM PST by kindred (Let the God of Israel be true and every man a liar. The just shall live by faith.)
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To: forgotten man

In fairness, Peters voted with the Republicans back in July for a 1-year delay in the mandate. The same can’t be said for the vast majority of Dems.


139 posted on 11/15/2013 5:21:02 PM PST by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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To: catnipman

[Mortally ill people who’ve lost their insurance and their doctors will soon be dying because of Obamacare.]

OBAMA LIED, PEOPLE DIED, AMERICA CRIED, I sighed for the hurt done and yet to come.


140 posted on 11/15/2013 5:25:18 PM PST by kindred (Let the God of Israel be true and every man a liar. The just shall live by faith.)
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