Posted on 03/02/2010 3:40:50 PM PST by truthandlife
White House officials tell ABC News that in his remarks tomorrow President Obama will indicate a willingness to work with Republicans on some issue to get a health care reform bill passed but will say that if it is necessary, Democrats will use the controversial reconciliation rules requiring only 51 Senate votes to pass the "fix" to the Senate bill.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been awaiting the president’s remarks direction on how health care reform will proceed.
In his remarks, scheduled to be at the White House, the president will paint a picture of what he will say will happen without a health care reform bill – skyrocketing premiums, everyone at the mercy of the insurance industry as recently seen with the 39% premium increases proposed by Anthem Blue Cross in California.
He will note that the “fixed” bill will include the proposal for a new "Health Insurance Rate Authority" to set guidelines for reasonable rate increases. If proposed premium increases are not justifiable per those Health Insurance Rate Authority guidelines, the Health and Human Services Secretary or state regulators could block them.
The president will outline the plan to pass the bill, including having the House of Representatives pass the Democratic Senate health care reform legislation as well as a second bill containing various “fixes.”
He will say that if Republicans refuse to allow and up or down vote in the Senate on the fixes to the bill, Democrats will use the reconciliation rules.
He will argue these rules are perfectly appropriate because the procedure is not being used for the whole bill, just for some fixes; because reconciliation rules are traditionally used for deficit reduction and health care reform will reduce the deficit;
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Actually, Drudge is getting it wrong. It's still Reconciliation, and it's always been Reconciliation. That process is quite different from the so-called "nuclear option", which is what was threatened to get Bush's judicial nominees.
Reconciliation has been around since 1974, when is was created in the Congressional Budget Act of 17974. There have been some modification made to it, namely the Byrd Rules.
The Nuclear option is a parliamentary maneuver dating back to the early 1800's. With such a maneuver - which is too complicated to detail here - the Senate would actually do away with - entirely - the filibuster. While Budget Reconciliation is a possibility, they'll never resort to the "nuclear option" as it would change the complexion of the Senate for generation, and perhaps forever, making it exactly like the House. The Senate and it's Senators don't want to be like the House.
Exactly.
This is about VeriChip and what can be stored on that chip.
M.A.R.C.
PositiveID.
Other name-changed company of some type that is and has been heavily invested in the collection and concentration of power and money. IBM, Hitachi...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-CD4ppfIM0&feature=related
Ain’t NO care like Sor0bama/Reid/Pelosi/Democrat Hellth Care.
Thank you so much for that clear explanation of this mess. As you explain it, it seems that our hopes and prayers need to center on House defections.
Well, if there were hundreds of other insurance companies competing in Cali (and the other 49 states ... 56 if you're Obama), then Anthem would not have been able to get away with a 39% premium increase.
But, alas, competing across state lines is just one of those 'talking points' that Obama says is being mentioned by the Republicans instead of real suggestions. /s
Resist! Resist! Resist! Vote the bast**ds out! You know what to do.
Agree with everyone here who thinks that if this is passed, it is game and set for the good old USA. The only thing that would possibly save the match for us in the end, is for a substantial portion of the productive people in this country to refuse to play along, i.e. to decide to sacrifice potentially all personal possession (i.e. our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor), in order to starve this beast. I’m not sure enough are prepared to do that. I am, but I don’t have as much at risk as many others do. The only thing I know is that I will die a free American before I live as a slave pu$$y European.
If he Nukes the Filibuster then this country is headed for a Massive Crisis and maybe a Civil War one day.
This NUKING act has massive long term ramifications
That’s like adding 4 new vegetables to a pot of poisoned stew, and pretending the addition makes it better and less harmful.
It is still a crock of rot that will kill everyone who partakes of the rot.
get a grip !! THAT IS THEIR STRATEGY !!!!
Gosh I Wish Your SENTENCES Didn’t Start Every Word IN CAPITOLS!!! With TOO MANY Exclamation Points!!!! And Sound Like You Are RANTING!!!!
Four years with taxes and no benefits, and even the Poverty Pimps will be clamoring for repeal.
“Please don’t let these radicals wear you down.
get a grip !! THAT IS THEIR STRATEGY !!!!”
Oh I don’t get worn down. I do everything I can to stop them, I think I’ve just kinda lost faith in my fellow citizens of late.
Keep an eye on Sen. Conrad’s committee, which any bill has to go through in order to move to reconciliation. I believe that for any bill to move forward, it MUST include at least one member of the minority party.
Remember, Sen. Snowe provided that vote from Baucus’ committee, which is how we got in this mess.
White House Phone Numbers
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
Melt those phone lines first, then start on Congress.
Melt down every line into DC there is.
BS... just sit back and watch.
Here’s what I think is going on: Obama is going all in without seeing his cards.
He has no idea how many votes he has. He hopes he can intimidate Dems in the House and Senate to choose between their own success and Obama’s.
It’s the Chicago Way.
Frankly, I don’t think it’s a bet he wants to make. Scuttling Obama’s signature issue will probably make you pretty popular, even for a Democrat.
You're not wrong. This is it!
Ready, Set. . . .
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