Blue Dogs Strke Deal: No Vote Before Recess

The Hill ^ | 07/29/2009 | Jared Allen

[fiscon1]

The Energy and Commerce Committee will resume its markup of healthcare legislation Wednesday afternoon under a deal between Blue Dogs and House leaders, but there will be no floor vote on the legislation before August.

Delaying a vote until August was a key demand of the Blue Dogs, along with reducing the cost of the bill by $100 billion and allowing states to create health "co-ops" that would compete with the government-run "public option" and private insurers.

[hflynn]

Fantastic!!!! We go from no recess before vote to no vote before recess. These guy bring back so many memories of my time in kindergarten.

[alecqss]

Good.
The idea of government taking control over the health-care money, using significant portion of it as and for they deem needed, while rationing actual care (essentially using health-care money as another tax revenue) is awful.

[RummyChick]

Didn’t we hear yesterday that there would be no vote only to hear something else later. I wouldn’t trust them until Monday morning.

[The Sons of Liberty]

The Congresscum need to get an earful from the people!

[pabianice]

Meanwhile, another post from Reuters says otherwise, that a deal has been reached.