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Demonstrators hold signs during a "House call" rally against proposed healthcare reform legislation at the Capitol, November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Posted on 11/06/2009 9:11:47 AM PST by RobinMasters
The answer to the big question surrounding Nancy Pelosi’s scheduling of the ObamaCare vote this weekend has been answered. She didn’t schedule it for Saturday because she had the votes — and now Steny Hoyer has admitted as much this morning:
A House leader says Democrats haven’t yet lined up enough votes to pass their health care overhaul bill.
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland says the vote that House Democrats had scheduled for Saturday could slip to Sunday or early next week.
Hoyer acknowledged to reporters Friday that Democratic leaders don’t yet have the 218 votes needed to pass President Barack Obama’s historic health overhaul initiative.
In other words, this was a Hail Nancy play. She couldn’t afford to wait too long for the vote after dropping 2,000 pages on members last week, and having them see the results of the elections this week. Pelosi and Hoyer thought that rushing a vote would allow them to bully recalcitrant moderates into support.
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Ping.
You forgot a word . . . “yet.”
Ping.
The Dims hold the Senate, the House and the White House... and can’t pass their favorite legislation. Not only are they wrong, but they are also incompetent.
DECOY....
Didn’t she pull this at least once before?
Hee hee - think I’ll make some more phone calls!
The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf.
“You forgot a word . . . “yet.”
Agree. Never, NEVER underestimate the sleaziness of a democrat.
Especially the Pelosidiot.
The GOP needs to publicize their plan more. From what I’ve heard about it’s far less costly than the Rat plan, and has lots of common sense solutions.
A big shout-out to the voters in New Jersey and Virginia who put the fear of God (and their jobs) into a bunch of Demo-rats this week.
We have to put garlic in the mouth, cut off the head, and put a stake through the heart.
Blue Dogs better start looking over their shoulders. It wont be long that the photos of them with the wrong woman will be showing up on their desks. Their children may tell tales of strange men following them. This is going to get brutal.
There were thousands of Americans (likely voters, to be sure) shouting KILL THE BILL on the steps of the U.S. Capitol yesterday, a week day during business hours. Any elected official who votes for this thing is is committing political suicide.
What!!???? Steny Hoyer LIED!!!!????????
Not necessarily incompetent, although I get your point.
The fundamental problem they have is that many of the RATS campaigned and were elected on none of this liberal agenda.
If the MSM had any shred of decency, they would grow weary of Pelosi’s continued lies and grandstanding — she has said repeatedly that she has the votes when everyone in those press conferences knows damn full well that she doesn’t. Were this a GOP leader, his/her credibility would be publicly torn into shreds and he would be run out of town.
.Demonstrators hold signs during a "House call" rally against proposed healthcare reform legislation at the Capitol, November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
I wish people would stop calling this thing a “healthcare overhaul initiative.” It’s a healthcare takeover powergrab. Period.
Pelosi and Co. can take away a lot of goodies from those that don’t toe the socialist line, but we can fire them outright. So what’s it going to be, blue dogs?
Does anyone have a link to the bill? Preferably in HTML format. If not I will try to load a PDF file.
10.2% unemployment and $1+ Trillion price tag.
Blue Dogs are hunting a hole to hide in. They know they can’t face voters next year with those numbers.
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