Posted on 03/15/2010 1:19:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
On Fox News Sunday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs predicted the Democratic health-care reform plan will be passed and signed into law by next weekend.
"We'll have the votes when the House votes, I think, within the next week," Gibbs said, and by next Sunday claimed we "will be talking about healthcare not as a presidential proposal but, I think, as the law of the land."
Gibbs also said that Democrats look forward to campaigning on the passage of the health-care bill in the 2010 midterm elections.
"[O]nce it passes, we're happy to have the 2010 elections be about the achievement of health care reform. That's a debate I think we're obviously comfortable having."
The Democrats' 2,309-page reconciliation bill was released for public viewing Sunday and will begin the mark-up process in the Budget Committee Monday at 3pm. Contrary to the Democratic pledge to post the reconciliation measure 72 hours before consideration, the bill posted is a dummy — or a "shell" as Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wisc.) put it — an early version of the House bill that cleared key committees in 2009, thus making it eligible for the reconciliation process under budget rules. Once that bill clears the the committee it will be gutted and replaced with the closed-door "fixes" agreed upon by Congressional Democrats, and appended with an unrelated student loan bill.
Smok’n crack again I see.
mmmm....”law of the land”.....didn’t Pelosi say the exact same thing?
the turd speaketh.....
But, if by next week it is the "law of the land"...then by February 2011 it will not.
And bullets, beans, and bandaid sales again rise another 300%...
Obviously the usurper is comfortable - he's not up for election and has no loyalty to anyone else in the world. I'm hoping there are a few patriotic Democrats left in our Congress who are willing to stand up to this thug and stop him. If not, then we're going to sweep the socialists out of power and repeal everything except for the debts that they are dumping on our children.
one speaks and says no vote we will use the slaughter solution...then another ass clown speaks and says we will have the votes....if you have them vote already....if not use slaughter....get it over with so we the people can defeat you........
Just like it was the law of the land before the August recess. How many times must these people be told no before they get it? Will they ever get it?
The slogan ro 2010 elections will be:
I WILL VOTE TO REPEAL THE GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE TAKEOVER, END THE GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF THE AUTO INDUSTRY AND BANKS AND STOP CREEPING SOCIALISM
I read somewhere that in the bill states that it can not be repealed.
Good, that give’s Gibbs another week to Turtle Wax his face before his giddy press conference on the subject.
I’m sorry to see that In-Trade has passage at 75% probable.
Depends on what the definition of "passage" is. If they do the non-vote "deem" it passed thing, does it count?
is there any procedure that the Republicans could use to force a floor vote now? Calling Nancy’s bluff would likely end this farce once and for all.
Hope it dies a horrible and painful death.
Any health care reform done during the Kenyan Kommunist’s reign of terror will be known as Obamacare. And linked to the donks.
By next week one thing is certain and one is up in the air.
Whether it passes is not certain. Gibbs is an ass, that is certain.
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