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GOP Senator (Sessions): Senate Health Care Bill Will Increase Federal Deficit
Fox News ^ | Updated December 23, 2009 | Fox News

Posted on 12/23/2009 8:15:53 AM PST by onyx

The Medicare savings in the Senate health care bill was double-counted by Democrats and the legislation will increase the deficit -- not decrease it, a a senior Republican senator said Wednesday, citing a letter from the CBO's chief.

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KEYWORDS: 111th; congress; corruption; democrats; healthcare; obamacare
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To: onyx

I’m just certain that Senator Reid would love to hear from all of us FReepers about this. Aren’t you?

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41 posted on 12/23/2009 9:22:54 AM PST by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: onyx

I sure hope so- I keep getting these breaking news emails from FOX- “boy this, boy that”...sheeesh!

How bout boys in Senate awaken from slumber of idiocy and cancel health care bill and all earmarks.


42 posted on 12/23/2009 9:23:22 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: BP2; STARWISE; SE Mom; savedbygrace; All
I want to see Joe LIEberman vote for this in light of the CBO’s new declaration.

Ole Joe emphatically declared he would NOT vote for a bill that increased the deficit.

43 posted on 12/23/2009 9:24:16 AM PST by onyx
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To: Tawiskaro

Sausage and eggs....


44 posted on 12/23/2009 9:26:26 AM PST by MainFrame65 (The US Senate: World's greatest PREVARICATIVE body!.)
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To: onyx

Did he say he wouldn’t vote for cloture on it if it were not deficit neutral?


45 posted on 12/23/2009 9:27:31 AM PST by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: sickoflibs; DoughtyOne; stephenjohnbanker; dennisw; penelopesire
Savings from Medicare touted by Democrats as a means to pay for the Senate health care bill were double-counted and the legislation will increase the deficit, not decrease it, a senior Republican senator said Wednesday, citing a new letter from the Congressional Budget Office.

Sessions and Gregg had a press conference on this, but unfortunately Fox News is focusing on Balloon Boy today.

46 posted on 12/23/2009 9:28:20 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Joe Wilson said "You lie!" in a room full of 500 politicians. Was he talking to only one person?)
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To: onyx

Seems like they would have added a little more complexity to shroud their evil intentions. What did the Greeks say about Hubris so many centuries ago?


47 posted on 12/23/2009 9:28:52 AM PST by TheThinker
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To: tatsinfla

According to Karl Rove on Greta’s show last night, Bill Nelson got the best deal of all for Florida.

I got lost in the details, but apparently, ONLY Florida gets to keep medicare advantage. IOW, Bill thinks he bought-off all the seniors in Florida.


48 posted on 12/23/2009 9:29:12 AM PST by onyx
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To: onyx

Wait! What new declaration by the CBO? I’ve been so busy I missed it :( Do NOT tell me they’ve sobered up and seen the light?


49 posted on 12/23/2009 9:29:38 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: savedbygrace

LOL. Reid hasn’t disconnected his phone yet?


50 posted on 12/23/2009 9:30:32 AM PST by onyx
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To: onyx
Gee, what a shock, the Democrats lied!

I am truly stunned.

And what is most amazing is that the MSM didn't report it!

Where is all that investigative reporting we are always hearing about?

51 posted on 12/23/2009 9:31:10 AM PST by fortheDeclaration ("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)
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To: onyx

Thanks! Will it be on FBN, Fox News, or both (or neither)?

Maybe it will be on CSPAN at least.


52 posted on 12/23/2009 9:31:32 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Joe Wilson said "You lie!" in a room full of 500 politicians. Was he talking to only one person?)
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To: onyx

Lieberman probably will vote against the bill, but it won’t matter - he will vote FOR cloture, like all the rest of the unprincipled liars, knaves, and fools we elected.


53 posted on 12/23/2009 9:31:42 AM PST by MainFrame65 (The US Senate: World's greatest PREVARICATIVE body!.)
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To: BP2

Excessive blinking is also a sign of demon possession.


54 posted on 12/23/2009 9:32:53 AM PST by fortheDeclaration ("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)
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To: onyx
Ole Joe emphatically declared he would NOT vote for a bill that increased the deficit.

He lied.

55 posted on 12/23/2009 9:34:00 AM PST by fortheDeclaration ("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)
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To: tatsinfla
Among the improvements I added to the bill in the Finance Committee is a provision that would preserve benefits for an estimated 800,000

Bill Nelson is like an a****le who puts t**ds in the punch bowl for everybody else but won't drink it himself. He's not the only one.

56 posted on 12/23/2009 9:35:25 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Joe Wilson said "You lie!" in a room full of 500 politicians. Was he talking to only one person?)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; All

Did we already miss it?

I am getting so confused now.

I am watching c-span on the computer and watching Fox News and Fox Business News split screen.

I just saw Judd Gregg on FNC, but not Sessions.


57 posted on 12/23/2009 9:35:54 AM PST by onyx
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To: onyx

As soon as I read about Senator Sessions’ discovery, I called Senator Coburn’s office and asked what they would suggest I could do about it.

The young lady said it was worth a shot to call other Senators’ offices, because some might actually record the call and pass it on to their senator, as Senator Coburn’s office does.

So, I called Senator Reid and waited on hold for more than 5 minutes. Unfortunately, my dog needed to go outdoors, and it’s so muddy here from the rains that I needed to take him out on the leash, so I had to hang up the call.

I suspect his phone staff is on overload today. More phone calls would be the last thing they think they need today, I’m sure.


58 posted on 12/23/2009 9:36:44 AM PST by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: savedbygrace; SE Mom; BP2; All
I guess we missed it:

Senator Cites New Budget Letter to Argue Health Care Bill Will Hike Deficit

WORTH READING

Can't post the content here, as per copyright rules.

59 posted on 12/23/2009 9:40:24 AM PST by onyx
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To: MainFrame65

I agree. He’ll vote for cloture. He’s a fraud too.

Not one democrat is willing to kill the bill.

Damn them all.


60 posted on 12/23/2009 9:42:08 AM PST by onyx
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