Posted on 01/25/2011 5:12:12 PM PST by Nachum
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday night, just hours before the president's State of the Union address, began the legislative process of forcing the House-passed health care repeal bill to the Senate floor for a vote. Typically, only the leaders in the chamber use this procedure, which gets around committee action. It's a way for members to bring a bill before the Senate without the support of the Majority Leader. McConnell's Democratic counterpart, Harry Reid of Nevada, has vowed that no such repeal vote will occur,
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McConnell has a long way to go to redeem himself. This is a good start.
If id does come up for a vote I doubt it will pass. However, it will be fun to watch the Dems try to minimize the damage and blame someone else.
It won't but I'm fascinated by the prospect of Dem senators having to stand up and vote for spitting in the face of 75% of Americans who want this thing gone.
It probably won’t pass but that’s OK because the public will get to see every Dem who votes no. Let them own it.
Bingo! First, some will change their spots and vote for it; and second, we simply need to see all the votes.
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