Posted on 03/28/2014 9:50:59 AM PDT by TexasCajun
House GOP leaders on Thursday used a voice vote to pass a temporary health care fix, surprising members.
Maneuvering around last-second snags with some backroom intrigue, House GOP leaders used a voice vote Thursday to pass another temporary patch to prevent a massive cut to doctors' Medicare payments.
The decision by Republican leaders to circumvent the planned roll-call vote caught many of their own members by surprise.
"They voiced it? Oh, my God," exclaimed Budget Chairman Paul Ryan as he walked onto the House floor.
Democrats could have opposed the process and demanded a roll-call vote be taken, but House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi had given assurances they wouldn't do that. At the very least, the use of a voice vote does not provide the public with a record of who actually supported the measure and who opposed it.
The bill is now expected to be taken up by the Senate.
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Spot on. Bonehead is anti-TEA/anti-conservatives.
He's a DIABLO...
Dim In All But Label, Overall.
pelosi knows this is a move that saves democrat asses.
why boner wants to save democrat asses is troubling though.
Yep, the "Two Party Cartel" is alive & well. Except for maybe 10% of CONgress the remainder could go to hell in a hand basket. I double hate that whole D.C crowd.
I can't imagine that a ground swell against this bastard would not happen.
Amen! My wife is an insurance biller and most people have no idea how little the actual allowed for visits and procedures is. On top of that the unbelievable stalling games they play to hold up payments is crazy. I don't know how many times my wife working a claim has been shuffled around their phone system for 30 min. or more just to have them hang up.
The GOPe DID NOT want their names with a YEA vote beside it. I am not surprised.
The leadership didn’t have any conservatives in the House to oppose or call for a roll call vote. Treachery, of course.
Is your theory that AFTER the elections the Republicans will vote to slash medicare payments?
And take full responsibility for killing poor people, as the Democrats will claim?
This just gets the Dems (actually both) past the election on even ground.
My bet is that they will raise the amount taken out of everyone's paycheck.
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