Posted on 09/11/2009 11:18:44 AM PDT by maggief
The Senate Finance Committee will release a health care reform bill as early as Tuesday, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said Friday.
The bipartisan Gang of Six, which has been meeting for months, could gather for the last time Monday as Baucus said he aims to wrap up the negotiations. The senators could indicate at that point whether they will sign onto the bill, Baucus said.
We are starting to reach closure, Baucus said after a rare Friday meeting of the group.
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) would not say whether she will support the bill, or even if she is willing to be the only Republican to do so.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Interesting that whenever one of these “deals” goes down, the group making the agreement are referred to as a “gang”. We need a gang task force.
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Governor Rick Perry may invoke the 10th Amendment over Obamas health care bill (Vanity)
7/23/09 | Cowtowney
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2299225/posts?q=1&;page=51
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Let him know we dont want Obama DeathCare.
Say no to Obamas DeathCare.
Send a message; DONT MESS WITH TEXAS healthcare!
No! NO you dont, you muzzie pos. Youre not denying our seniors deserved health care while insuring millions of illegal aliens and while Demorats are REJECTING Obamacare for themselves and their families!
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Dear Governor Perry,
On March 30, 2009 the Texas House of Representatives passed HCR 50 affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment.
You have publicly supported this bill, and stated that attorney generals from all over the union could be getting ready to sue the US Government.
We are asking you to take the lead.
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HCR 50 HAS PASSED THE HOUSE 99-36!
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In other words, she's going to hold out as long as she can, to hog as much of the spotlight.....
....before she signs the bill.
Cripes, I wonder why these idiots even bother. This @#$@%$ was scripted months ago.
And have any party funds pulled from their re-election efforts.
What kind of message does this send to our kids when we tell them not to join gangs?
make the insurance companies competititve by selling across state lines,
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I was very po’ed that they didn’t even mention that problem. I think that is the main problem!
It’s time, we have to revolt if they ram this through. We refuse to participate, we file class action lawsuits when they try to get our private medical records that we have paid for, whatever it takes.
Grassley and Snowe. Two real ACES! (uh, oh...a spelling error!)
It’s pretty frustrating to watch politicians ripping our freedom from us as if our lives belong to them.
“I guess trying really hard is all that matters. Doesn’t matter what kind of garbage comes out of that effort.”
And..so WHAT if they work real hard? I’ve been doing it for almost 50 years and it hasn’t killed me yet...
The RNC should disband it they can not keep party folks in line on critical votes.
No RNC $$$$ from me, I’ll go directly to the candidate, like Representative Joe Wilson. Thanks Joe for saying what millions of Americans already knew.
They will, come next years elections, cause most of them that are up for re-election will be gone! They have all forgotten they are supposed to work FOR THE PEOPLE!
I wouldn't be surprised by riots in the streets if this passes!!
First, the bill will go down in flames, then Snowe.
The American people are about to be gunned down in a drive by by another “gang”....
Hit them where it hurts .... W-2 riots and refusal to play the game.
The time is coming where we are going to have to decide if our middle class surburban lifestyles mean more to us than our principles and our freedoms. The left is playing for blood and gold. We're not ready to go toe to toe at this point.
Should leave no doubt as to where these old mossbacks true allegiance lies.
When has a RINO ever been punished by the Party Leadership, for jumping ship? Not in my memory, of course I am young yet.
Snowe and Grassley are paper tigers - Ice Cream fortresses.
Middle finger to the people. Tea parties ain’t working folks, time for more drastic measures...
The bipartisan Gang of Six, which has been meeting for months, could gather for the last time Monday... Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) would not say whether she will support the bill, or even if she is willing to be the only Republican to do so.See, bipartisan means "one Republican". The Congress is bipartisan too. /sarc
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