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To: pillut48

I don’t see how they have the votes to pass the senate bill. Everyone in the house knows that the senate is never going to pass the reconciliation bill.

They are in serious disarray.


15 posted on 03/20/2010 11:39:47 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
"The problem is the sequence. Can the House vote to amend something that isn't the law, as the Senate bill will not be law before the president's signature? The Rules Committee meeting turned into mass confusion when Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman said, "We're not going to 'deem' the bill passed. We're going to pass the Senate bill…I would be against the idea of 'deeming' something -- we either pass it or we don't. "

Now this does sound "series" AND "hugh" I hope the rats are forced to go on record voting up or down on the Senate Bill. The Bill That Madam Speaker says no one wants to vote for. Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Rules-Committee-meeting-descends-into-chaos-88725962.html#ixzz0ikEKnVP6

66 posted on 03/20/2010 12:01:41 PM PDT by lstanle
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
They are in serious disarray.

Agreed. It has nothing to do with them having the votes, and I think there are more that are jumping ship. The switchboards at Congress are still "all circuits are busy" as of about an hour ago.

69 posted on 03/20/2010 12:03:21 PM PDT by Born Conservative ("I'm a fan of disruptors" - Nancy Pelosi)
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