Posted on 07/10/2009 8:52:38 AM PDT by EagleUSA
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Friday acknowledged the tough going for his health care overhaul in Congress but rejected the notion the legislation is doomed if lawmakers fail to act by August. "I never believe anything is do or die," Obama said.
"We're closer to that significant reform than at any time in recent history," Obama told reporters at a news conference in Italy. "That doesn't make it easy. It's hard. And we are having a whole series of constant negotiations."
Conservative Democrats are demanding significant changes before they will support a sweeping health care overhaul, forcing the House to join the Senate in stalling Obama's top domestic priority.
The "Blue Dog Democrats" group released a list of demands on the eve of House Democratic leaders' planned unveiling of their final bill Friday. The bill release was pushed back to Monday at the earliest and Democratic leaders agreed to devote Friday to meetings with the fiscally conservative Blue Dogs to work through their concerns.
These include the need for more cost containment measures, protections for small businesses and a focus on rural health care.
"We cannot support a final product that fails to" address these issues, members of the group wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Opposition from the 52-member group could imperil House passage of a bill.
Before Thursday, delays and internal Democratic disputes over taxes and the role of government had seemed mostly confined to the Senate. A bipartisan deal emerging in the Senate Finance Committee was threatened this week when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid indicated displeasure with the likely payment method, a new tax on health care benefits.
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And for what? Why? FOR SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT POWER over the lives and well-being of the citizenry. So very Marxist.
“Conservative Democrats”
Is there such a thing?
On a related note there aren’t many conservative republicans either......
It’s a relative term.
D*mn right “it’s hard”.
Dim-bulb-crats believe that standing in a bucket and lifting oneself by the handle is hard too.
And it’ll continue to be hard - no matter how much they want to believe it’ll work.
It’s why things involving math (such as health care reform) should be left to those of us with a real education (not one in education, political “science”, or other marshmallow majors).
Where were they last week?
If Massachusetts can solve their “Healthcare problem” by spending 2% of their state budget to provide health insurance for 40 some thousand residents of the state, why does Uncle Sugar need to spend $1T to solve this issue?
I’m not an advocate of ANY government participation in healthcare, but if it has to be, I’d much rather the states do it.
Let us pray theat there are still conservative Democrats in the South.. They have power now ... let thm be encouraged to not bow down to this request for a STUPID healthcare fiasco!!
Some of them do realize it is a death sentence in many ways.
No. They are simply socialist-lite.
“I never believe anything is do or die,” Obama said.
In the case of Obamacare, better make that do AND die...
“Conservative Democrats”
Is there such a thing?
a possibility would be moderate republicans
(Conservative Democrats)
Bias alert! If the AP used the word “Moderate Democrat” like they do to RINO’s, it might mean that the other Democrats are extremists. Can’t have that! Hence the words “Conservative Democrats”, which to the AP is an insult (how dare they be conservative!). Simply disgusting.
But they’re going to ruin Obama’s clever scheme of solving the economic crisis by...wasting lots of money.
“Is there such a thing?”
Relatively speaking. A more precise term would be: “Less Liberal Democrats”.
You foul, effing liar. Then why do you ram everything through on a mandate of "Vote-for-it-so-that-I-can-sign-it,-then-we'll-write-the-bill-later." ?
Relatively speaking. A more precise term would be: “Less Liberal Democrats”.
That too.
Relatively speaking. A more precise term would be: “Less Liberal Democrats”.
That too.
“Sane Democrats Beak Ranks on Health Care”
That is a more accurate title.
Oh, please....
Does anybody buy this?
The rats are only using this alleged coalition to game the populace into believing that the final bill, having been “approved” by “conservative Democrats,” isn’t so bad after all. “Gee! Whaddaya know?”
The state run newsrooms will do whatever they can to help.
Yes, there are conservative Democrats, and frankly, I’m glad there are! They are the ONLY people slowing That One down in his rush to fascism.
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