Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Obama may use 50-vote tactic on energy, healthcare
The Hill ^ | 3/1/09 | Jim Snyder

Posted on 03/01/2009 10:30:40 AM PST by Nachum

President Obama’s budget director said the White House would consider using a Senate procedural tactic so that only 50 votes would be rquired to pass major healthcare and energy reforms.

Peter Orszag, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said the administration would prefer not to use the budget reconciliation process to push through its package. But he added: "We have to keep everything on the table. We want to get these.... important things done this year." Orszag called healthcare in particular "the key to our fiscal future."

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111; 50vote; agenda; bho44; bhoenergy; bhohealthcare; bhoomb; budgetreconciliation; cloture; energy; healthcare; nuclearoption; obama; orszag; senate; tactic
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-64 last
To: Nachum

bttt


61 posted on 03/01/2009 2:00:36 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pride in the USA

Thanks for the ping. I’ve run out of words to express how much I hate this man and what he’s doing to our country. I don’t know if our nation, as we know it, will survive 4 years of him.


62 posted on 03/01/2009 2:25:34 PM PST by lonevoice (Ich bin ein plumber)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: FormerACLUmember
Bait and switch: The voters elected Obama. They actually got Hugo Chavez

Exactly what I said before the election ... Watch the Frontline video "The Hugo Chavez Show" and see how it works.

Obama clearly wants the Hugo Chavez final solution.

63 posted on 03/03/2009 5:17:35 PM PST by Tarpon (It's a common fact, one can't be liberal and rational at the same time.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 52 | View Replies]

To: long hard slogger; FormerACLUmember; Harrius Magnus; hocndoc; parousia; Hydroshock; skippermd; ...
Socialized Medicine aka Universal Health Care PING LIST

FReepmail me if you want to be added to or removed from this ping list.


64 posted on 03/05/2009 10:39:30 AM PST by socialismisinsidious ( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-64 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson