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Breaking: Reid Signals Support For Reconciliation Vote On Public Option
Who Runs Gov.com ^ | 02/19/10 | Greg Sargent

Posted on 02/19/2010 2:35:31 PM PST by OldDeckHand

In another surprising step forward for the public option, Senator Harry Reid’s office says that if a final decision is made to pass health reform via reconciliation, the Majority Leader would support holding a reconciliation vote on the public option.

With more and more Senators signing on to the letter urging Reid to hold an up or down vote on the public option under reconciliation rules, Reid spokesman Rodell Mollineau sends over a statement signaling Reid’s qualified support for the move:

Senator Reid has always and continues to support the public option as a way to drive down costs and create competition. That is why he included the measure in his original health care proposal.

If a decision is made to use reconciliation to advance health care, Senator Reid will work with the White House, the House, and members of his caucus in an effort to craft a public option that can overcome procedural obstacles and secure enough votes.

That’s a fairly big step forward: Up until now, Reid, while supporting the public option throughout the process, had been silent on whether he’d support a reconciliation vote on it.

(Excerpt) Read more at theplumline.whorunsgov.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: 2010; healthcare; nevada; obamacare; obmacare; senate
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To: OldDeckHand

Keep your laws off my body.


21 posted on 02/19/2010 2:45:26 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny
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To: OldDeckHand
As has been pointed out by none other than Lawrence O'Donnell, Reconciliation will effectively kill the bill. Each and every provision will require a 60-vote cloture to end debate. Reconciliation will give Republicans the chance to kill any provision by hanging together, and the Democrats have to hope that none of them get the jitters and jump ship too. No guarantee these days with so many of them opting out of their own reelections.

In short for the Democrats: Reconciliation = Desperation. And they'll get virtually none of what they really want.

22 posted on 02/19/2010 2:45:47 PM PST by antonico
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To: OldDeckHand
IS THIS THING EVER GOING TO DIE? Photobucket
23 posted on 02/19/2010 2:46:46 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: OldDeckHand; All
Breaking: Reid Signals Support For Reconciliation Vote On Public Option"


24 posted on 02/19/2010 2:47:15 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: montyspython

Perfect. Or “The Public Option”.


25 posted on 02/19/2010 2:48:23 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: ExTexasRedhead

BINGO!


26 posted on 02/19/2010 2:49:03 PM PST by A. Morgan (ZER0 is a BIG LIAR!)
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To: OldDeckHand

Grab your pitchforks and meet me on Capitol Hill.


27 posted on 02/19/2010 2:51:22 PM PST by steelyourfaith (FReepers were opposed to Obama even before it was cool to be against Obama.)
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To: Verginius Rufus
"I read something the other day that the parliamentarian can object to provisions that don’t meet the normal criteria for “reconciliation” and the Republicans will be able to offer endless amendments.

That's true. The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 spells out very clearly what can and cannot be passed under the rules of Budget Reconciliation. The so-called "public option", doesn't come anywhere near meeting those rules, IMHO. I really don't think it will make it past the parliamentarian, but anything is possible in corrupt DC.

28 posted on 02/19/2010 2:51:30 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

"Harry Reid sharing a moment with one of his constituents. Which one is carrying the bong?"

29 posted on 02/19/2010 2:54:01 PM PST by montyspython ("I don't believe in 'no win' scenarios." - James T. Kirk)
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To: OldDeckHand

The Dems are going kamikazi on this bill. They must be pretty sure that once it is in place conservatives will never be able to undo it upon retaking congress.


30 posted on 02/19/2010 3:01:57 PM PST by flying Elvis ("In...War, the errors which proceed from a spirit of benevolence are the worst" Clausewitz.)
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To: OldDeckHand
The so-called "public option", doesn't come anywhere near meeting those rules, IMHO.

That's the thing. They already passed the public option late last year. The "reconciliation" comes where they pass a bill that would "downgrade" what they passed into something palatable for the House to pass by simple majority (after they pass the Senate bill, in quick succession).

31 posted on 02/19/2010 3:05:29 PM PST by Dan Nunn (Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise. -The Great One)
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To: flying Elvis
"They must be pretty sure that once it is in place conservatives will never be able to undo it upon retaking congress."

Well, that's a certainty. For the GOP to unwind this abortion, it would have to take back both Houses and the Presidency in 2012. As long as a Dem is in the WH, the veto will end whatever the GOP tries to enact.

32 posted on 02/19/2010 3:06:21 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

My question is, if it’s not to take effect until 2013, what’s to stop the Republicans from campaigning on a “WE WILL PASS A LAW TO SCRAP THE HEALTH CARE BILL” platform?

I’ve heard no one talk about scrapping it if it passes. Is it not possible by statute, or is it not possible because we won’t have the votes to stop it by our current 2010 predictions?


33 posted on 02/19/2010 3:07:12 PM PST by Dan Nunn (Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise. -The Great One)
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To: OldDeckHand

Related...

http://exposingtheleft.blogspot.com/2010/02/obama-writing-health-bill-to-skirt-gop.html


34 posted on 02/19/2010 3:12:40 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: montyspython
Kind of looks like

Trick or Treat!

35 posted on 02/19/2010 3:14:50 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Dan Nunn

There’s a very good possibility, that if this abomination passes, that it could be struck down by the Supreme Court.


36 posted on 02/19/2010 3:15:24 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (I'll miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! 2012 - The End Of An Error!)
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To: Maelstorm

He knows that he and they are going down. If they want to go down in flames, that’s their choice.


37 posted on 02/19/2010 3:15:48 PM PST by Canedawg (FUBO! Just FUBO.)
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To: OldDeckHand

If you delete all the BS here, the communist dem party is saying that they think none of you pussys will fight our passage of a commie healthcare bill, and they are probably right.

Hellooooooo...does anyone care?


38 posted on 02/19/2010 3:19:34 PM PST by dforest
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

You don’t think he has 51 votes?


39 posted on 02/19/2010 3:19:34 PM PST by animal172 (Can a girl with a mole on her face be happy married to a gopher?)
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To: Bushbacker1
There’s a very good possibility, that if this abomination passes, that it could be struck down by the Supreme Court.

That would be my worst case scenario, with the timeline that they deal with cases on.

40 posted on 02/19/2010 3:25:43 PM PST by Dan Nunn (Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise. -The Great One)
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