Posted on 12/22/2009 6:36:51 PM PST by Shellybenoit
In the end what pushed Obamacare over the top in the Senate were the secret bribes democratic leadership made to "convince" people from his own party to vote for cloture. The most significant of the "bennies" was the one which helped Ben Nelson switch from pro-life to pro-choice. Nelson managed to win a share of the section of the manager's amendment on Equitable Support for Certain States, which will provide Nebraska, along with Massachusetts and Vermont, support in paying its share of additional costs to Medicaid in the health legislation.
Attorney Generals in Seven States are investigating whether they can sue the federal government over Nelson's Cornhusker Kickback on constitutional grounds.
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What a sleazy Nebraskan Ben Nelson is.
Sue?! they should be put in jail
Ben Nelson is a Corn Holer....er Husker.
Nelson will end up dropping the deal.
Now let’s hear some noise about the Death Panels that can never be repealed.
If Virginia’s not one of those states yet, she will be after McDonnell’s inauguration.
Nobody could make this stuff up....
Nelson the Cornhukster
Nelson the CornCob from cornhole.
Proud that Alabama’s on the list of the seven states!!
The top prosecutors in seven states are probing the constitutionality of a political deal that cut a funding break for Nebraska in order to pass a federal health care reform bill, South Carolina’s attorney general said Tuesday.
Attorney General Henry McMaster said he and his counterparts in Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, North Dakota, Texas and Washington state — all Republicans — are jointly taking a look at the deal they’ve dubbed the “Nebraska compromise.”
So, if I rob a bank and if caught, give the money back, do I go free?
If this legislation is so helpful to our citizens healthcare and pocketbooks...why do states need exemptions from this bill?
Ben Nelson is as phony as the rug on his head.
Graham is gaining a few points back after the immigration debacle.
He’s still got cap and trade to screw us with. LOL
Graham is a putz. All of a sudden trying to get Republican street cred.
So the plan is so abhorent, that the only way to gain a vote for it, you have to take a bribe whereby your state is exempted from a large portain of it. Yup, that’s the ticket.
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