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Snowe Says "NO" to Dems on Health Plan
The Hill ^ | 09/15/09 08:10 PM ET | Alexander Bolton and Jeffrey Young

Posted on 09/15/2009 8:55:57 PM PDT by REPANDPROUDOFIT

Senate Democrats are going to have to move forward on healthcare without a single Republican supporter after Sen. Olympia Snowe said Tuesday she could not back the Finance Committee’s bill.

Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) failed to win any Republican backer despite weeks of intense negotiations behind closed doors to strike a deal.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: 111th; baucus; bhohealthcare; healthcare; justsayno; snowe
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Now let's see if she sticks to her guns!
1 posted on 09/15/2009 8:55:58 PM PDT by REPANDPROUDOFIT
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT

Hey Demmies....feel that draft? Feels lonely dosen’t it :)


2 posted on 09/15/2009 8:57:48 PM PDT by ak267
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT

Amazing!


3 posted on 09/15/2009 8:58:25 PM PDT by GnuHere
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT

I think if any Republican backs this thing - they will be toast. They will have a primary challenger and people around the country will probably donate $5 million to beat them.


4 posted on 09/15/2009 8:58:27 PM PDT by Frantzie (Lou Dobbs & Glenn Beck- American Heroes! Bill O'Reilly = Liar)
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT

Now when Senator SNOWE starts to stand her ground with Democrats, you KNOW the Tea Party had an affect.


5 posted on 09/15/2009 8:58:39 PM PDT by politicalmerc (If Birthers are so silly, then why not show the BC and put them to shame?)
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT

Olympia Snowejob has been a co-conspirator/useless idiot for so long...it’s foolish to try and fool us now. Go ahead and vote for it, statist.


6 posted on 09/15/2009 8:59:11 PM PDT by PGalt
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with Specter gone from the GOP ranks, Olympia was the Dems best hope to show ‘bipartisanship.’


7 posted on 09/15/2009 9:00:40 PM PDT by EDINVA (A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul -- G. B. Shaw)
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT
They will go down with their sinking ship. The American epople have spoken clearly and are against this...and the people will get an opportunity to voice that opinion very clearly in 2010.

2010, the year of the political slaughter house.


EZEKIEL EMANUEL AND OBAMA HEALTH CARE

(Must Read - Shocking, cited quotes by Emanuel)


OBAMA HEALTH CARE BY THE NUMBERS


AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY

A PETITION ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION

8 posted on 09/15/2009 9:00:41 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT

Keep making those calls. If your representatives don’t know you by name, you’re not calling enough!


9 posted on 09/15/2009 9:01:27 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: politicalmerc

Yup, 912 had a HUGE effect, and turned out to be GREAT timing!


10 posted on 09/15/2009 9:02:13 PM PDT by HerrBlucher (Obamanos!)
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT

They can still push it through by reconciliation though, can’t they? Or dont they even have the 51?


11 posted on 09/15/2009 9:02:45 PM PDT by Wisconsinlady
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT

Can you say: FILIBUSTER????


12 posted on 09/15/2009 9:02:54 PM PDT by politicalmerc (If Birthers are so silly, then why not show the BC and put them to shame?)
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT

“Senate Democrats are going to have to move forward on healthcare without a single Republican supporter”

bttt


13 posted on 09/15/2009 9:03:20 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT
More Breaking News... Hell Just Froze over. 2010 Winter Olympic committee negotiating with the Mayor of Hades, a Mr. Satan, about moving some Olympic events to his town.
14 posted on 09/15/2009 9:03:33 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT

That will be a first.


15 posted on 09/15/2009 9:03:48 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT

Amazing! Not one single Republican in either house will be voting for this Universal PUBLIC Health Care Plan! I’ll believe it when I see it.


16 posted on 09/15/2009 9:06:11 PM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: GnuHere
The full article takes a bit of the kick out of the story. It sounds like her main concern is higher taxes for her state. If they work that out, she may jump back on board.

The article also makes it very clear that the Dems will move forward and pass the bill without a single Republican vote if necessary. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that Democrats are prepared to use budget reconciliation as a last resort.

If they use this tactic, we sure as h*ll better hear the Republicans screaming bloody murder. The Dems had a hissy fit when the our side thought about using the "nuclear option"! Is that the same thing, or am I remembering wrong?

17 posted on 09/15/2009 9:07:10 PM PDT by REPANDPROUDOFIT (no more "till death do us part" public workers!)
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Hold the line, Madame.


18 posted on 09/15/2009 9:07:15 PM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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“I do have concerns and I’m not sure they can be addressed before he issues [legislation] tomorrow,” Snowe said.

I hate to think this way, but this is how I interpret that statement: She asked for a HUGE pork project to be thrown into this thing in order to get her support and the Dems told her to take a hike. So now she says she has some "concerns" the can possibly "be addressed" in order to get her support.

I say the Dems cave, give her her pork feast and put her out there on all of the talk shows this Sunday to sell the bill for them.

19 posted on 09/15/2009 9:07:49 PM PDT by NotSoModerate (Report dissenters to snitch@whitehouse.gov for a $4,500 tax credit)
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To: REPANDPROUDOFIT

I dont trust that b8tch. She’s stabbed the GOP in the front and back so what’s her angle?


20 posted on 09/15/2009 9:08:36 PM PDT by max americana (i)
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