Posted on 03/04/2010 3:36:55 AM PST by ricks_place
President Obama's endorsement Wednesday of a risky legislative maneuver to complete health-care legislation sent Democratic leaders scrambling to settle policy disputes and assemble the votes necessary for passage in the coming weeks.
In a speech at the White House, Obama urged Congress to "finish its work" on health care and indicated support for a strategy that includes the budget maneuver known as reconciliation, which would protect the final product from a Republican filibuster in the Senate. Obama told an audience of medical professionals that Congress "owes the American people a final vote on health-care reform."
But completing the job would require weeks of complicated parliamentary tactics that Republicans have pledged to challenge at every turn. Although Obama has reached out to GOP lawmakers in recent days, hosting a bipartisan health summit last week and offering to include conservative proposals in his plan, Republicans remain unified and resolute in their opposition.
GOP opportunities to block reconciliation in the Senate will be numerous. The minority party may offer an unlimited number of amendments and can challenge provisions that don't have a clear impact on the federal budget, restricting the bill's contents. "We're going to scrub the bill thoroughly," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky).
Even so, House and Senate Democratic leaders pledged to move aggressively. Under the plan taking shape, the House would pass the legislation approved Christmas Eve by the Senate. Both chambers would then pass a reconciliation bill that consists of fixes, being negotiated by Democratic leaders, to address House concerns with the smaller and more moderate-leaning Senate bill.
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just wait until elections are suspended.
Now is the time when we need to call our reps and say NO.
I know everyone is tired of calling but we need a push to say If you (reps name) vote for this healthcare bill I will do everything in my power to make sure you are never elected for any position now or in the future.
It needs to be done today.
Start dialing.
It remains to be seen if he has the votes in the Senate to accomplish anything with or without the filibuster. His real problem is the House. If doing what they are planning were such a slam dunk, they would have done it in January or December.
This baboso obammy has nominated a Utah congress criminals brother to an appeals court position.
This creep voted against obammy on his health care b.s. initailly.
Ya think this is a bought situation?
Were this ANY pubbie pres they’d be screaming for his impeachment.
G.W. played nice with his “compassionate conservativism”,B.S.
That B.S. ain’t gonna play next time.
You mean after all that whining about how the Republicans are falsely claiming that the Democrats are using “reconciliation,” the Democrats ARE using reconciliation?
A false front is being shown by Obama/Reid/Pelosi to get House Democrats to enact the Senate Health Care bill - Nebraska corn-husker Louisiana purchase Union deal Florida payoff - warts and all. Obama will not care a whit if the Senate passes a reconciliation bill or not. Health Care would be mission accomplished, disaster for America.
Since when is Bambi King of Congress?
...”just wait until elections are suspended”...
Many people are thinking that the health bill is not about health but, rather, about revolution. Folks are very anxious right now..Nothing coming out of Washington D.C. is believeable. Glen Beck says the President and his administration are trying to collapse our economic system, which is what this health care bill would contribute to. Then, they would replace it with a system of their choosing. If true, that is revolution. If we had a decent major news media, this would not happen. FOX and talk radio are having to carry the water all alone..Right now neighbor helping neighbor is very important. All of us should be about that while doing everything we can to save our nation.
If they can do this, they don't need the Reconciliation Bill.
Exactly! If the House passes the Senate version, the Bill is passed.
Is it really true that what the Democrats/SRM are now calling “reconciliation” is exactly the same thing that they called “the nuclear option” when the Republicans threatened to do it?
LLS
Is it not time to get back words that show real intent i.e. words such as 'nuclear option' for this bill? Nuclear option at least rides on it's very real threat and promise. We know if this bill passes; an irreconcilable devastation will follow.
Does the fact that Obama changed the language; mean that we all must?
(Let us - please - drop the 'reconciliation' that is not; while we deconstruct, as well, every other euphemism the Left determinedly uses so as to sugar coat their own vileness contained therein.)
But you don't understand. It's wrong when the republicans do it and it's absolutely right when the democrats do it.
That whole party is corrup beyond salvation.
The Charge of the Lemming Brigade.
Where is Juan McCain and his Gang of 14?
It was worth crossing the aisle to thwart a GOP-controlled senate, why doesn’t he try to form his little book club now?
OBAMANOMICS—TRICKLE DOWN DESTRUCTION of the economy
Bambi doesn’t keep his promises...so buyer beware!
SET THEIR LOCAL AND DC LINES ON FIRE!
PLEASE ASK THEM TO REPEAL THE BIG NEW FEES in TRICARE for Life, the retired Military over 65 secondary health ins. which they passed in a DOD bill. They promised our Military these benefits, and our Military have earned them.
Sen Scott Brown’s number is 202-224-4543
Capitol Hill switchboard is 202-224-3121
Lots of local demwit phone numbers on this thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2408217/posts
Rename, repackage, rewrite it a tad smaller, and sell another pig in a poke. NO COLAs for granny, retired Military or retired fed employees. BIG NEW fees for Tricare for Life retired over 65 Military’s secondary health ins. (DOD bill already passed, delayed but goes into effect 2011 NEEDS TO BE REPEALED!
OBAMA’s WAR ON SENIORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2433867/posts/
New Dem mantra: Woof, woof eat dog food granny....ala let them eat cake.
Obama says slight fix will extend Social Security, http://townhall.com/news/us/2010/02/19/obama_says_slight_fix_will_extend_social_security
Health Care Rationing for Seniors Another Problem in New Obama Plan http://www.lifenews.com/bio3058.html
Medicare tax may apply to investment income (ObamaCare tax hike)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2460988/posts
Obama: No reduced Medicare benefits in health care reform
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/28/obama.health.care/index.html
Will healthcare reform mean cuts in Medicare for seniors?
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2009/1017/will-healthcare-reform-mean-cuts-in-medicare-for-seniors
Health Reform’s Hidden Victims Young people and seniors would pay a high price for ObamaCare.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203517304574306303720472842.html
SOCIALIZED MED THREAD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2463709/posts
MILITARY & retired Military
TRI CARE FOR LIFE This from a google search:
http://economicspolitics.blogspot.com/2009/05/tricare-for-life-is-obama-trying-to.html
This option would help reduce the costs of TFL, as well as costs for Medicare, by introducing minimum out-of pocket requirements for beneficiaries. Under this option, TFL would not cover any of the first $525 of an enrollee’s cost-sharing liabilities for calendar year 2011 and would limit coverage to 50 percent of the next $4,725 in Medicare cost sharing that the beneficiary incurred. (Because all further cost sharing would be covered by TFL, enrollees could not pay more than $2,888 in cost sharing in that year.) http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9925/12-18-HealthOptions.pdf
Bill Would Restrict Veterans’ Health Care Options 11/06/09
Buyer and McKeon Offer Amendments to Protect Veterans and TRICARE Beneficiaries
http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/hcva09/hcva110609-1.htm
Congress plans to block Tricare fee increases
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/10/military_tricarefees_blocked_100709w
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/10/military_tricarefees_blocked_100709w/
By Rick Maze - Staff writer, Oct 7, 2009
Tricare fee increases imposed last week by the Defense Department will be repealed by a provision of the compromise 2010 defense authorization bill unveiled Wednesday by House and Senate negotiators.
The fee increases were announced on Sept. 30 and took effect on Oct. 1, but the defense bill, HR 2647, includes a provision barring any fee increases until the start of fiscal 2011.
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Bill Matz, president of the National Association for Uniformed Services, said the announcement of fee increases was shocking considering that the Obama administration promised earlier this year to hold off on any new fee Tricare fee increases until fiscal 2011.
“President Obama and DoD assured NAUS and the entire military family earlier this year that there would rightly be no increases in any Tricare fees” in fiscal 2010, Matz said. “We took them at their word, and I can’t believe that a co-pay increase like this was allowed to go forward,” he added.
Everything about Barry is a lie and all that surround him are liars. Sinister and evil.
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