Posted on 03/12/2010 7:52:15 PM PST by raptor22
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have never before been asked to pass legislation by "deeming" it approved under a House rule instead of following the process required by the U.S. Constitution in which they actually vote on the proposal itself, according to a senior aide to House Republicans.
The procedure - dubbed by critics as the "Slaughter Solution" - is the brain-child of House Rules Committee Chairman Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-NY, who, at the request of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, is trying to fashion a rule that would allow the House to move toward passage of a health care reform bill without a recorded vote on the Senate version.
Like the Senate, which adopted its health care reform measure on Christmas Eve, the House passed its version last year. But there are major differences between the two measures, especially concerning federal funding of abortions. The Senate version includes billions of dollars to fund new health care clinics that would offer abortion services. The House bill was passed only after Rep. Bart Stupak's amendment barring federal funding for the procedure was included.
Slaughter's approach would bring to the House floor a reconcilliation bill to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of health care reform with the rule deeming the House to have approved the Senate version. The GOP aide, who requested anonymity, said a search of the House archives failed to reveal any previous use of the Slaughter Solution.
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Every American needs to send this commie ho a copy of the U.S. Constitution.
I got my pocket sized one from AskHeritage.org I wonder if they would send one to Slaughter............LOL
Is this a matter for the Supreme Court?
They have the votes provided they don’t have to vote?
For every action there is a reaction. I suspect the DEMOCRATS and RINOS won’t be liking the response to this CORRUPTION. Breakout the ORANGE JUMPSUITS.
A Tea Party Spotlight shines on Slaughter......Marked for “Replacement”....yet another sleeper cell Constitutional Liberal identified.
Let the Caucus begin, Who we got to replace this B-word ?
I think the current plan is to either fire the parliamentarian and replace him a Rahm Emmanuel stooge or to have Biden simply overrule him.
Re the following Slaughter quote:
“We always believed we had to have a signed bill before we reconcile.”
Something doesn’t make sense: If the pres. has to sign the bill before the reconcilation bill can be taken up, how can the bill get to the pres. if the House doesn’t vote on it separately?
If they can’t take up the sidebar before the bill is signed, then how can they couple them in one package?
Do you see the logical conundrum?
Might be an extra bite of the apple there. Ask them to enjoin putting into effect a bill that (constitutionally) had never been passed.
No kidding.
We used to have a Constitutionally protected democracy before Obama and the communists seized the democrat party and the government.
No wonder Obama led a thug mockery of the Supreme Court at the State of the Union propaganda rally. The Court may have to act to protect the Rule of Law.
Slaughter Solution = slaughter the unborn
Nothing like having someone with NO legal background to draft a scheme like this.
Why don’t they just deem that everyone in America is healthy and has no need for medical care?
There is nothing wrong with the Federal Government that 537 Bullets wouldn’t cure.
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