Posted on 01/05/2010 8:49:35 AM PST by Nachum
Democratic leaders are likely to sidestep a conference committee in merging the House and Senate versions, an attempt to block Republicans from delaying the bill.
Reporting from Washington - As congressional Democrats work toward a final healthcare bill, they appear increasingly likely to forgo the formal conference committee process for merging House and Senate versions of the legislation, opting instead for closely held negotiations between leaders from the two chambers.
Under that scenario, aides said, the House would take up and amend the Senate bill before sending it back for a vote.
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Oh never mind
The list, ping
Don’t forget the most transparent...
...oops..
Its becoming more clear by the day what "Yes We Can" meant.
Suckers!
They still need 60 votes to advance it in the Senate.
at midnight on a Saturday night.....superbowl weekend perhaps?
Correction: Republicans would need 60 votes to advance it in the Senate. Democrats do not. Rules are always for the other guy.
When the garbage stinks like fresh fecal matter, no amount of bypassing the flushing of the toilet will change the smell. In other words, if it feels, looks, and smells like fecal matter, it is fecal matter, period. Please send a memo to these moronic idiots please.
This is a done deal, when will we face this fact?
Penis pinching Pelosi may have lost the majority margin in the House. She needs 218.
This could get interesting.
Send THIS to your Senators NOW!
Current Bill does NOTHING to “fix” Healthcare!
The current “Healthcare” bill was constructed in secrecy, because it is nothing to be proud of, and cannot withstand the light of day. It will NOT reduce the cost of healthcare to the 85% of Americans happy with their current healthcare! The quality and availability of healthcare enjoyed by 85% of Americans will NOT be available to them under the latest bill. This bill does nothing to reduce the $250 BILLION annual cost of defensive medicine and insurance premiums driven by current tort laws. Why continue the lie about keeping our current doctors and insurance, hoping we won’t notice that employers will be threatened, bribed, and cajoled into dumping us onto the government plan. We know that only “approved” policies will be allowed to stay in force, and any change in our circumstance is grounds for MANDATORY transition to the government plan. How many ADDITIONAL people does the bill pretend to provide “healthcare” for? How do you propose to pay for this additional coverage? How do you imagine enticing Doctors to continue to provide more care to more people for less money? If you pull $500 Billion out of Medicare, are we supposed to believe the quality of care for the elderly won’t suffer? What Constitutional authority allows the government to mandate that you buy health insurance under penalty of Fine or IMPRISONMENT? Are we really supposed to believe that rationed healthcare is not a cornerstone of this plan? Aren’t you really attempting to concoct a legacy by overstating the case for government run healthcare, and using that enterprise to impose a socialist agenda?
If that MA Senate special election gets tighter, watch these clowns start to squirm and accelerate the cram down.
If Brown wins - (doubtful) - the GOP filibuster is back on the table with 59-41.
What fun it would be to watch a Republican sit in Ted’s seat.
If they did, ObamaCare would fall flat on its face!
I'm not sure how this help's the dems though, can't the Republicans still attempt to filibuster every time the bill is sent back to the senate?
True; but they've got 'em.
If there is the slightest doubt about having 60 votes confirmed, they'll have two options:
1) Give more millions to buy the vote with more taxpayer debt
2) Amend the rules to only require a simple majority.
This communist takeover is a done deal; get over it.
"Healthcare" has nothing to do with this bill and everybody knows it. LOL, the rats don't care about "Healthcare"!
It's all about the money with those animals.. It's ALWAYS about the money.
“Mortgage justice”.
“Health care justice”.
“Credit card justice”.
“Stimulus justice”...
It’s all backdoor reparations.
The Kenyan communist Ubama hates white people, and he and the Democrats are going to stick it to whitey every chance they get.
There’s not a doubt in my mind.
They all have to go. We have allowed the corruption of the political system so completely that hitting “reset” is the only viable option.
Oh bloody hell. Why bother anymore? King Obama may as well just stop the charade and impose “healthcare reform” by supreme edict. Our Constitutional Republic has been overthrown and we’re nothing but serfs to a new Crown.
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