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Obama To Rally Senate Dems on Healthcare (Obama goes to Hill today)
UPI.com ^ | December 6, 2009

Posted on 12/06/2009 5:59:54 AM PST by khnyny

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- President Obama prepared to rally Senate Democrats Sunday on a healthcare bill bogged down by abortion, a public option and a Medicare panel, officials said.

Obama was to meet with Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and other Senators in a rare Sunday session ahead of possible debate Monday on key amendments.

Conservative Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., has threatened to filibuster reform legislation unless it contains restrictions on abortion coverage and the Senate has yet to find common ground on a government-run public option for health insurance.

Also up for discussion is the scope of an independent Medicare Advisory Board, which would have the power to rein in Medicare spending if costs continue to rise after 2014, the Washington Post reported Sunday.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhohealthcare; christianright; healthcare; hill; medicare; obama; reid
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To: unixfox

It’s probably already underway, silently. If Health Care gets rammed through, I expect a full blown tax revolt, liberals and conservatives. We will be lucky if that’s all it is, civil war wouldn’t shock me at all.


61 posted on 12/06/2009 10:30:10 AM PST by mojitojoe (“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
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To: khnyny

So, does “rally” mean a meeting with pom-poms and rah-rahing, or is this a code word for billion dollar payoffs behind closed door for each recalcitrant Dim Senator?


62 posted on 12/06/2009 10:31:12 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Made from The Right Stuff)
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To: sonic109

Bingo. Once passed, I simply think it’s time to secede.


63 posted on 12/06/2009 10:43:23 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: khnyny

I read the headline quickly and thought the word was “Hell,” not “Hill.”

I need my eyes checked.


64 posted on 12/06/2009 10:47:35 AM PST by cvq3842 (A fool and his liberty are soon parted.)
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To: rtbwood
This is the most hateful president I have ever seen. He hates this country, and impugns it whenever he gets a chance.

And to think he's living off the blood, sweat and tears of American citizens is beyond belief.

Perhaps this will open the eyes to the sleepy voters out there in 2010.

65 posted on 12/06/2009 10:56:37 AM PST by Northern Yankee (Where Liberty dwells, there is my Country. - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: khnyny

Please God let it fall apart! The majority of Americans do not want this and thiose that do have this false utopian dream that it most certainly is not what this bill is.


66 posted on 12/06/2009 11:37:54 AM PST by chris_bdba
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To: khnyny

Am I missing something or isnt it Bozo Biden’s job to rally the senate?

Obama as usual has to drop his face right into it....primadonna supreme.


67 posted on 12/06/2009 11:41:02 AM PST by sunmars
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To: o_zarkman44

They do not realize how much resistance there is to this Insurance giveaway. They are listening to Harry Reid and Pelosi It reminds me of how television advertisers listen to Neilson and act accordingly. They will learn in the 2012 elections how sincere Reid and Pelosi are.


68 posted on 12/06/2009 12:29:40 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: glock rocks

The Republicans are not very different from Democrats .
We need a massive public outrage . Most are content to watch footballs or American Idol so Obama will do as he pleases knowing the worst he’ll get is some lame tea party to deal with ( which he laughed at )Desperate times call for desperate measures. I crack up at people saying nov 2010 we;ll get em ! Or Sarah will take care of it in 2012 Like we’re really going to be here in NOV 2010 and able to do anything at all about things. 2012 and Sarah as the hero ? Forget about that totally .


69 posted on 12/06/2009 12:44:15 PM PST by sonic109 (and...what are we going to do about it ? NOTHING ?..so shut up and take it !)
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To: maxwellsmart_agent

There wont be a 2012 election ..or one that is real by then..You’ll have 50 million illegals made instant citizens voting Dem and a total shutdown of ANY opposition what so ever!
Get real.


70 posted on 12/06/2009 12:46:43 PM PST by sonic109 (and...what are we going to do about it ? NOTHING ?..so shut up and take it !)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Too late.


71 posted on 12/06/2009 12:47:39 PM PST by sonic109 (and...what are we going to do about it ? NOTHING ?..so shut up and take it !)
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To: samtheman

Well said, samtheman. I object to the very PREMISE of this healthcare takeover, not to all the little deals that can supposedly dilute this monster. I expect B.O. to dip his hand into the giant piggy bank— otherwise known as our tax dollars and most likely unspent stimulus money—to bribe, intimidate, and lure any recalcitrants. But just for once, I’d like to see someone—anyone—stand up to him and say “No!”


72 posted on 12/06/2009 12:59:05 PM PST by 1951Boomer
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To: cvq3842

No, cvq, I think your eyes are just fine!


73 posted on 12/06/2009 1:04:37 PM PST by 1951Boomer
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To: samtheman

I’ve thought from the beginning of this healthcare takeover strategy that the kitchen sink (abortion) was thrown in, because the Dems knew that it would be a bargaining chip to ensure passage of the rest of this rotting sewer of a bill.


74 posted on 12/06/2009 1:09:20 PM PST by 1951Boomer
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To: khnyny
Demoncrats are such hypocrites and liars.

I read Tip O'Neill's book Man of the House years ago.

In one chapter, O'Neill goes off on President Reagan, because Reagan had the audacity to ask if he could stop by Capitol Hill to talk to members of Congress about the budget. O'Neill said he called up Reagan's chief of staff in a tirade, and screamed into the phone that Reagan "Wants to come up here to LOBBY!" Then he told Reagan to go to hell, and wouldn't allow a frickin visit from the President.

Of course, when the Community Organizer wants to come by, its all bells and candy rainbows from the Dims.


75 posted on 12/06/2009 1:17:13 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: khnyny

Just make another national speech, Barry....you have done 36+ so far, another one won’t hurt......


76 posted on 12/06/2009 1:17:20 PM PST by cranked
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To: sonic109
My FRiend,

I place my faith in Providence.


Psalm 109:8

77 posted on 12/06/2009 1:20:21 PM PST by glock rocks (Wait, what?)
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To: samtheman; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
I really wish these BENIGHTED FOOLS would drop this abortion restriction effort. We don't WANT the bill to pass, in ANY form. What are you trying to do? Make it GOOD ENOUGH to pass?
Thanks samtheman. Lots of good comments in this thread.
78 posted on 12/06/2009 1:28:17 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: unixfox

“NATIONAL STRIKE NEEDED
AGGRESSIVE PROTEST NEEDED
TWO WORDS:

TAX REVOLT! “

I disagree. We are beyond that now. Time to take up arms. The second Civil War is coming.

REVOLUTION!


79 posted on 12/06/2009 1:39:47 PM PST by PawtucketPatriot71 (Emanuel and Axlerod- The new generations Haldeman and Ehlichman)
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To: Pikachu_Dad
They are working on Sunday?

They're desperate.

80 posted on 12/06/2009 1:46:31 PM PST by TheThinker
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