Posted on 03/16/2010 6:11:00 PM PDT by Steelfish
Health-Reform Vote Deserves A Reasonable Process
March 16, 2010
WE UNDERSTAND the administration's sense of urgency on health-care reform. But what is intended as a final sprint threatens to turn into something unseemly and, more important, contrary to Democrats' promises of transparency and time for deliberation.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Monday that she is leaning toward a parliamentary maneuver under which the House would vote on a package of changes to the Senate-approved reform bill, and the underlying Senate bill would then be "deemed" to have passed, even though the House had never voted on it. That may help some House members dodge a politically difficult decision, but it strikes us as a dodgy way to reform the health-care system. Democrats who vote for the package will be tagged with supporting the Senate bill in any event. Why not be straightforward about it?
More worrying is that Congress and the country have yet to see the changes, for which Democrats hope to win quick House approval and which they then hope to speed through the Senate under a procedure that would bar filibusters. These changes -- the so-called reconciliation bill -- are not all minor "fixes"; some could have far-reaching consequences. Such changes deserve to be fully understood and debated before they are voted on.
The speaker's office says the week-long "conversation" that Nancy Pelosi promised to have with members is taking place and that they are waiting for the final word from the Congressional Budget Office before releasing the package; in any event, they say, lawmakers and the public will have 72 hours to consider the changes. But why be so secretive about it? Any number of measures -- including versions of the health-care bill itself -- have been unveiled without CBO scores.
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UNSEEMLY?
It’s an outrageous abuse of the American People.
The Deemocrats must be stopped...
The Rats know they’re toast if this vote goes through and for some odd reason they think passing the bill without voting for it will be cover for them.
Is this written by WP staff or what?
A little late for WAPO to find something unseemly.
Yes, in the same sense that 9/11 was "unseemly."
“A little late for WAPO to find something unseemly.”
Especially late if “UNSEEMLY” is the best you can do to describe the Deemocrat’s Federal Usurpation.
WaPo Editorial
“Yes, in the same sense that 9/11 was “unseemly.”
Exactly...the Deemocrat cheerleaders stopped just short of calling 9/11 a demolition.
I guess when the pubbies take the majority next fall they can just deem Obamacare repealed. And when Obama vetoes it, they can just deem his veto overrided. Its amazing what you can do when you deem, its a very powerful political force.
When you’re to the Left of the Washington Post, .......
How can a traitorous Rat vote for the “changes” in order to get the actual bill approved without a vote, and then claim the didn’t vote for the bill?
Paging Winston Smith......
It’s an outrageous abuse of the American People.
Unseemly is mild criticism, like the hostess served a robust red wine with a delicate white fish.
I think it is even more outrageous than outrageous. It is dishonest, sleazy, corrupt, and immoral.
It's been more than a week-long, the commies have been plotting their strategy for over a year. They are just now getting around to their last resort tactics.
“It is dishonest, sleazy, corrupt, and immoral. “
Thanks...the words I was thinking might have got me tossed...
what's the difference
Or they can just deem it not funded in the budget.
The RATS are acting like a four year old hiding in the middle of the room under a bright orange blanket and screaming....you can’t see me.
Except they are not four year olds and it far less endearing when they are largely decrepid millionaires.
very well said.
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