Posted on 09/10/2009 3:23:54 PM PDT by TroutGuy
WASHINGTON — Democratic congressional leaders predicted passage of health care legislation within a few months despite undimmed Republican opposition, claiming momentum Thursday from President Barack Obama's speech and renewed commitment from lawmakers fresh from a month of meetings with constituents. Increasingly, events in the Senate Finance Committee appeared pivotal, precursor to likely votes in both the House and the Senate by early October. "I'm confident the president will sign a bill this year," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California. While effusively praising Obama's speech from the night before, Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada signaled separately the president may not prevail in his call for legislation that allows the federal government to sell insurance in competition with private industry. Reid said that while he favors a strong "public option," he could be satisfied with establishment of nonprofit cooperatives, along the lines expected to be included in the bill taking shape in the Finance Committee. Pelosi, who has long favored a measure that allows the government to sell insurance, passed up a chance to say it was a nonnegotiable demand. As long as legislation makes quality health care more accessible and affordable, "we will go forward with that bill," she said.
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Irrational Optimism. There's no example in history that lends credence to that hope.
The democrats are lying as usual.
They are bluffing....keep calling, writing, and letting them know you will NOT abide by ANY national health care!
But Nancy said they would pass healthcare before the summer recess. Oh, wait, that didn’t happen, did it?
..co-op are just another word dreamed up to use instead of the toxic public option....the idea is KEEP GOVERNMENT OUT OF HEALTH CARE....period
Huh. Harry and Nancy said they had the votes six weeks ago, then they said it last week, then they said it a couple days ago. Why isn’t it passed already? I mean, I’m sure they’re telling the truth. They wouldn’t lie; that’d be terrible for their credibility! Gotta be another reason.
Dems Say Health Care Bill to Pass This Year
I SAY Dems and anyone else who shoves this bill down America’s throat will be gone next year.
this bill is dead.
As I understand it, the Democrats actually have only a month to get a SINGLE bill passed by the House. This is because the Senate HAS TO DECIDE by 10/15 whether to invoke the ‘Nuclear Option’ which by all reports would be REQUIRED with any bill with the ‘Public Option’. Granted that the Democrats have a history of destroying legalities when it is to their benefit (New Jersey Torricelli -> Lautenberg 2002 and Massachusetts Governor’s Senate Appointment), but this may be a step too far if they try to work this into December!
No bill. NO Republican should sign on to the COMMUNISTS’ bill.
Hussein and his lapdog party controls EVERYTHING. Let ‘em.
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