Posted on 06/19/2015 11:24:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Correct. They would need another vote to specifically over-ride a veto. But that is a lot more likely to happen when the original vote was 280-140 than if it had been 220-200.
This is just the usual politics playing with the hometown folks.
It's not over....well you know....
Congress and Obama....Repeal the damn tax. It should have never been in there to start with.
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By way of comparison, the president's Article II, Section 2 treaty making power is expressed "provided two thirds of the Senators present concur".
The plain language is that for veto override, the number is two thirds of members "seated" (elected, not dead, etc. - sometimes less than the full 435 provided), not two thirds of those present.
I beg to differ. I, and others in my situation, have been decrying this section of the law since it’s inception. We’ve said since the out-set that an increase in taxes on medical devices would stifle innovation and lead to increased costs passed on to consumers of high-end medical devices.
More specifically, those consumers are families of patients in ICU or NICU wards.
We’ve been largely ignored or marginalized during this debate, but we’re still fighting and we still want the whole bill repealed. If it has to be one section at a time, so be it—and let it be this provision first, because it is killing our families.
The key here over the next six to nine months is to start calling it Democratcare. Obama’s gone, but Dems are forever. Secondly, keep sending it to Obama’s desk and let him veto it again and again. Put vulnerable Dems on the chopping block over this. Target seniors and those who use medical devices and make certain they know that their Democrat Senator or rep went along with this tax.
It’s Democratcare all the way and they need to be pinned to it, just like a donkey.
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