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Boehner says he expects health bill to hit House floor 'within days'
The Hill ^ | 03/04/10 | Michael O'Brien

Posted on 03/04/2010 10:19:15 AM PST by kingattax

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday he expects Democrats' healthcare bill to hit the House floor "within days."

Boehner said he expects the debate over healthcare to begin, in earnest, as Democrats in the House prepare to take up the health bill passed by the Senate last Christmas Eve.

"I think we're within days of this bill coming to the floor of the House," Boehner said during an appearance on Fox News. "It's pretty clear that the president, Speaker Pelosi, and Majority Leader Reid want to do everything they can to jam this bill through the House and the Senate to get it to the president's desk."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boehner; healthcare; obamacare; reconciliation
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1 posted on 03/04/2010 10:19:15 AM PST by kingattax
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To: kingattax

Sounds like another Sunday Midnight vote about to happen.


3 posted on 03/04/2010 10:22:34 AM PST by hattend (The era of John McCain is over, the era of Ronald Reagan is back! Go Sarah Go!)
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To: kingattax
And Boehner better be working to make sure it hits like a dropped egg.
4 posted on 03/04/2010 10:23:46 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: kingattax

Limbaugh has been saying this morning that ‘reconciliation’ will not happen.... It is being ‘sold’ by the leadership to convince the dumber House Democrats that they will have ‘cover’ if they vote for the bill.

But in reality, if the House passes this thing there is no need for reconciliation: 0bama can sign it into law immediately.

I don’t understand these procedural tricks well enough to know if that is true, but it does make sense to me.


5 posted on 03/04/2010 10:24:37 AM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: kingattax

And be mopped up and flushed down the commode within minutes


6 posted on 03/04/2010 10:25:26 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: The_Victor

One thing we know Democrats won’t call a vote unless they have the votes. We are so screwed.


7 posted on 03/04/2010 10:25:36 AM PST by scooby321
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To: kingattax

Rush just said that if they vote on the senate bill in the house since it already passed the Senate it is a DONE DEAL and Obama just has to sign it.....CALL YOUR DELEGATES NOW!!!


8 posted on 03/04/2010 10:26:40 AM PST by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: LegendHasIt

Sen. Lindsey Graham explained it pretty well last night:

http://www.freedomslighthouse.com/2010/03/gop-sen-lindsey-graham-questions-who-is.html


9 posted on 03/04/2010 10:26:59 AM PST by ConjunctionJunction (LOLcat sez: "ObamaCare: Do Not Want!")
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To: kingattax
"Let the bodies hit the floor ..."
Drowning Pool
10 posted on 03/04/2010 10:29:21 AM PST by BlueLancer (I'm getting a fine tootsy-frootsying right here...)
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To: ConjunctionJunction

Thanks!


13 posted on 03/04/2010 10:37:33 AM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: blueyon

Remember...
This has NOTHING to do with healthcare, it’s about FASCIST CONTROL...


14 posted on 03/04/2010 10:38:50 AM PST by tcrlaf (Obama White House=Tammany Hall on the National Mall)
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If this passes, Obama's psuedo prezidency will be toast for the next 3 years.

I pray that Mr. Stupak and all the clear-witted Democrats will vote no, and that this ludicrous bill will fail in huge defeat. It will be the political end of that enormous weasel Harry Reid and that brainless liberal twit, Pelosi.
Fail; EPIC FAIL!!!!!
LISTEN TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, CONGRESS!

15 posted on 03/04/2010 10:42:27 AM PST by NoRedTape
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To: tcrlaf
This has NOTHING to do with healthcare, it’s about FASCIST CONTROL...


...and ABORTION. It's always about Abortion with these people.
16 posted on 03/04/2010 10:45:21 AM PST by Deo volente (January 19, 2010...the Second American Revolution begins, right where it all started!)
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To: US Navy Vet

How many times do we have to ask you to knock off the profanity? One of these days, you’ll get more than a warning if you keep it up.


17 posted on 03/04/2010 10:45:36 AM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: scooby321

This is a shrewd move by Boehner, because he knows Pelosi doesn’t have the votes - put more pressure on her.


18 posted on 03/04/2010 10:45:44 AM PST by mwl8787
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To: kingattax

“health bill to hit House floor”

Was house floor was designed to take that kind of dead unread weight?


19 posted on 03/04/2010 10:46:09 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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To: kingattax

Does that mean Pelosi the evil witch has the votes?


20 posted on 03/04/2010 10:47:11 AM PST by KansasGirl
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