House healthcare talks break down in anger

The Hill ^ | 7/24/2009 | Jared Allen

[KansasGirl]

House healthcare negotiations dissolved in acrimony on Friday, with Blue Dog Democrats saying they were “lied” to by their Democratic leaders.

The seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee stormed out of a Friday meeting with their committee chairman, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), saying Waxman had been negotiating in bad faith over a number of provisions Blue Dogs demanded be changed in the stalled healthcare bill.

“I’ve been lied to,” Blue Dog Coalition Co-Chairman Charlie Melancon (D-La.) said on Friday. “We have not had legitimate negotiations.

“Mr. Waxman has decided to sever discussions with the Blue Dogs who are trying to make this bill work for America,” Melancon said...

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"Waxman simply does not have votes in committee and process should not be bypassed to bring the bill straight to floor,” Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), the lead Blue Dog negotiator, said on Friday. “We are trying to save this bill and trying to save this party.”

Melancon said there would be 40-45 “solid no” votes from the 52-strong Blue Dogs, among other problems throughout the caucus.

[the long march]

Some of the dems are “newly” elected. They beat repubs on fiscally conservative platforms

[Responsibility2nd]

I love the smell of democrats failing.

[a fool in paradise]

DNC leadership to the common rabble, “sit down and shut up” (a phrase that goes back to the Clinton error)

[the long march]

Most definitely

[Lazamataz]

(Usual montage of Dennis Moore riding plus song.)
 
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Riding through the land
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Without a merry band
He steals from the poor.
And gives to the rich
Stupid bitch.


(Dennis Moore reins to sudden halt and looks over to camera.)


Dennis Moore:
What did you sing?

Singers:
(speaking)
We sang... he steals from the poor and gives to the rich.


Dennis Moore:
Wait a tic... blimey, this redistribution of wealth is trickier than I though

[glock rocks]

Keep it up Nancy and Henry pretty soon the blue dogs will remember where their true loyalties lie —— with the conservatives.

Jim Matheson is my rep. You might figure the only congress critter that's a democrat from the most conservative state in the republic might be a tad more conservative than the rest of the rat pack in DC, and he is.

[EdReform]

Ping!

[colorado tanker]

I actually think this is for real. They are finding out what's in this stinker and it is scaring the crap out of them because they know how most people are satisfied with their health care and the changes the bill would force on people would generate tremendous blowback.

[Boiling Pots]

You got it.

They’ll end up with 5-10% of what they “demand” then they’ll fall in line.

These guys are very dependent on bringing pork back to their districts. Pelousy will chop their pork as she chops their nuts.

[the long march]

Oh yeah. And Jane has a long long memory

[Free State Four]

He always votes with Pelosi though.

Always has. Always will. The Blue Dog Democrat label is nothing but a beard for ol' Dennis.

[Red_Devil 232]

Wow! Did Waxman later walk out of a metting with Pelosi? Could be I heard the news wrong but I thought I heard on Cavuto that Waxman stormed out of a meeting!

[the long march]

Hell this isn’t new. It started way back in the 50s when King/Anderson and Kerr/mills were competing pieces of crap trying to ‘reform’ health care in this country. My dad ( a great surgeon who did a LOT of pro bono work —— including covering people’s hospital bills)hated them both. We ended up with a version of Medicare and it continues to go down hill. THIS HAS GOT TO BE STOPPED AT ALL COSTS

[edpc]

Best of all.....know your votes before you say you've got 'em.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ike's been on the government payroll his entire life so I imagine his family is on his federal package which he and they will keep no matter what happens to the rest of us. Hypocrite !

[Carry_Okie]

Hopefully, by the time this is over, Nancy Pelosi will no longer be Speaker of the House. Inasmuch as it would be wonderful to run against her, she is capable of too much damage to abet her retention to stand as a target in 2010.

[444Flyer]

These Blue Dogs give me H-O-P-E!

[re_tail20]

I bet it smells like ... victory

[FlyVet]

Reminds me of the annual Rube Goldberg contest, except that the Goldberg machine is just a machine. This mess has endless amounts of legalized bribes and kickbacks mixed in. It’s a frigging disaster.

[Oldpuppymax]

Lied to by democrat leaders? Well why should THEY be any different?