Posted on 07/29/2009 6:45:47 PM PDT by Maelstorm
A House leadership deal with Blue Dogs and an aggressive marketing push by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) shifted the healthcare debate sharply toward centrist positions Wednesday, sparking threats of rebellion from the left.
The days events left the Senate Finance Committees emergent bill as the most viable vehicle on Capitol Hill, but also made clear that House Democrats are still riven by bitter disagreements. Democrats postponed a floor vote until after the August recess, meeting a top demand of centrist Blue Dogs.
The Blue Dogs deal, which cut $100 billion from the healthcare reform price tag, was instantly denounced by Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), co-chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, who said, Its unacceptable. Were not going to vote for anything that doesnt have a robust public plan.
Liberals aimed to win 50 signatures on a letter to their leaders opposing the deal to make it clear they could defeat the healthcare bill on the floor.
Fifty is our threshold, said Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), a co-chairman of the caucus. Thatll kill anything.
The White House and Democratic leaders moved quickly to try to quell the liberal insurrection. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called a group of liberals to her office in the mid-afternoon, and Democrats postponed plans to continue a stalled markup of the bill by the Energy and Commerce Committee until Friday. Instead, they held a caucus meeting to answer member questions.
Its more important to let members ask questions, raise concerns, said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the chairman of Energy and Commerce.
Within hours of the liberal complaints, Obama was on the phone with Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a fellow Illinois Democrat and Energy and Commerce member who is in charge of the healthcare issue for the Progressive Caucus.
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Sorry that would be anti-christ. ;-)
Don’t be ridiculous! This is EXACTLY what the Left Wants!! They WANT you to Think it’s not so BAD....when it’s AWFUL! DON’T BE FOOLED by their protests!
...”Within hours of the liberal complaints, Obama was on the phone with Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a fellow Illinois Democrat and Energy and Commerce member who is in charge of the healthcare issue for the Progressive Caucus.”...
What everyone needs to know is that Jan Schakowsky is on record as stating her (and Obama’s) goal is the ultimate destruction of the private health insurance industry in the US. I’ve seen a Youtube video of this, and it is infuriating. Check it out yourself.
This seems to me to be unconstitutional at best, very dangerous at worst, when the Federal Government is making decisions as to which industries live or die. We need to work very hard to assure Obama and the democrats do not get this monstrosity through. They cannot be trusted with our health care. Write to your representative and senators, give them an earful, that we will not accept Obamacare.
...”Wonder what the gays with HIV are thinking about now”...
Those folks who need a dozen or more pills daily - which are very costly - trapped themselves in their zeal to support the swaggering, cool-guy “black” dude who talks the talk and walks the walk.
Well, as that philosopher and sage PFC Gomer Pyle, USMC, would say: “well sooprise, sooprise, sooprise”...ROFLMAO.
Good catch, he was an actor and wasn't he also gay? I would just love to see what is going on in their minds right now, or what's left of their brain, as there wasn't much prior when they voted for this "Black Mac Dude".
I'm sure Bwany Franks has a special provision in that bill to protect his "specwale frwinds" (?). Of course, no one in the media is going to do a study on this one that's for sure.
Not them of course cause we need them to run the governmet. We can have 80 year olds in the Senate and the Supreme Court and that's fine, but we cannot have 65 and older getting EXPENSIVE cancer treatments!!!
I don’t know whether or not Jim Nabors is gay. You likely are correct in that Frank and the other criminal democrat hypocrites (that’s actually redundant...) in Congress will be excluded from all provisions of this boondoggle.
Liberal Dems are refusing to accept the Blue Dog compromise!
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