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Senate won't bring Upton fix to the floor [cool!]
TheHill ^ | 11/15/13

Posted on 11/15/2013 12:18:43 PM PST by Bulwinkle

Edited on 11/15/2013 12:30:18 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Senate Democrats do not expect to vote on the ObamaCare fix the House approved on Friday with 39 Democratic votes, according to a senior Democratic aide.

The aide said there is not any pressure on the Senate Democratic leadership to bring the legislation sponsored by Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) to the floor.

"There is a difference between constructive fixes designed to improve the law and bills that would gut it,” said the senior Democratic aide. “The Upton bill is the latter.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 113th; harryreid; lawlessnation; obama; obamacare; reid; upton; youcankeepitbill
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To: Jacquerie

You’ve said it all! Reid is truly the Marxist’s little b!tch, whiny voice and all.

I am just hoping my Senator who’s up for reelection (Thad Cochran) gets beat or decides not to run.

He already has a very worthy opponent who’s already doing a lot of campaigning!

Cochran said he’ll make his decision by the end of this month.


101 posted on 11/15/2013 1:48:39 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: catnipman

Just because Obama says he won’t sic the feds on companies selling illegal policies doesn’t bind the public. How about an insured who has a claim that is not covered under an Obamafix policy but would be covered under an Obamacare policy. What’s to stop those people from suing?


102 posted on 11/15/2013 1:53:47 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: hal ogen
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103 posted on 11/15/2013 2:00:01 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: LachlanMinnesota; MeshugeMikey
Does anyone remember Clint Eastwood’s empty chair analogy?
It sure seems prescient now.
I did not know it would be an empty wheelchair.

That is a perfect analogy...an empty wheelchair. I imagine one of our gifted and talented FReepers could make something like that ;-)

104 posted on 11/15/2013 2:00:58 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: SC_Pete
However, although they accomplished zero for themselves, the Republicans have now helped House RATS in their RE-ELECTION campaigns.

Nope. The House GOP will keep pushing the bills to dismantle Nobamacare piece by piece and at some point they're going to really put Rats between a rock and a hard place. This is just the first step.

What this did do is give the appearance that there is a serious distancing of Rats from Obama. We already knew there was a revolt in the Senate, but this revealed one in the House.

Obama is close to being irrelevant and Rats who care about their future are going to have to side with the GOP to save their hides.

105 posted on 11/15/2013 2:09:38 PM PST by randita
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To: carlo3b
It would not surprise me if Reid and Obama sign on to this crap bill

Sign onto a bill which reverses the lousy effects of Obamacare and tells people they don't have to use the exchanges?

I don't think so.

106 posted on 11/15/2013 2:09:55 PM PST by what's up
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To: Jane Long
That is a perfect analogy...an empty wheelchair.

Don't forget: that's a medical device. So there's an extra tax on it.

107 posted on 11/15/2013 2:27:15 PM PST by alancarp (Obama will grab your guns and ship them to Mexican drug mobs.)
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To: Iron Munro

This is good if the Senate sits on it. We need to win the Senate and it would be great to have a very large majority.


108 posted on 11/15/2013 2:36:13 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: catnipman
So Obama is telling the insurance companies: “Don’t worry, it’s OK to issue illegal policies because I promise my administration won’t prosecute you.”

If I were an insurance company, I would very much worry about how much a promise from Obama is worth. I don't think I'd risk putting myself in a position of having to rely on one of Obama's promises.

109 posted on 11/15/2013 2:45:14 PM PST by T Ruth (Islam shall be defeated.)
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To: hal ogen

democrat


110 posted on 11/15/2013 2:52:03 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Obama, the Democrat Party, the Left in the U. S., have essentially become the 4th Reich.)
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To: Bulwinkle
Damn, the Republicans can't even save the Democrats, the Democrats are so fricken stupid.

When it comes to Democrats, stupid isn't an accurate enough word.

Stupid(26291) might come close.

111 posted on 11/15/2013 2:56:17 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Obama, the Democrat Party, the Left in the U. S., have essentially become the 4th Reich.)
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To: catnipman

He made all kinds of waivers and pushed back the employer mandate for one year and nobody challenged him. Why would he think he’ll be challenged on this? And not one reporter yesterday asked him where he gets the authority.

Don’t expect the LIVs and media to stop supporting him. They’ll be back in line blaming the insurance companies and the republicans for not having a plan.


112 posted on 11/15/2013 3:08:38 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: Bulwinkle

Good! The bill was worthless.

The house needs to pass a REPEAL bill every damned week and send it to Dingy so he is forced to defend the Obamacare train wreck WEEKLY. Every damned WEEK!


113 posted on 11/15/2013 3:13:13 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: To-Whose-Benefit?
The Rats cooked it. They can Eat it.

Absolutely.

Note to all congressional Republicans: Do not accept any dinner invitations from your 'friends' across the aisle.

114 posted on 11/15/2013 3:22:01 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: P-Marlowe
Tell that to Justice Roberts.

Roberts did conservatives a good turn in deciding that the Obamacare law was not constitutional.

According to the US Constitution, a law passed by House, Senate and President is law, no matter how bad said law might be.

Looking at it another way, imagine what Democrats would have done had the Obamacare law been declared unconstitutional.

Personally, I think Roberts might have saved America from our totalitarian opponents.

115 posted on 11/15/2013 3:26:49 PM PST by OldNavyVet ("Learn from science that you must doubt the experts" ... Richard Feynman)
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To: Bulwinkle
Did someone say Upton???



116 posted on 11/15/2013 3:31:12 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: OldNavyVet
Sorry for the typo ... here's my corrected post

Tell that to Justice Roberts.

Roberts did conservatives a good turn in deciding that the Obamacare law was constitutional.

According to the US Constitution, a law passed by House, Senate and President is law, no matter how bad said law might be.

Looking at it another way, imagine what Democrats would have done had the Obamacare law been declared unconstitutional.

Personally, I think Roberts might have saved America from our totalitarian opponents.

117 posted on 11/15/2013 3:33:14 PM PST by OldNavyVet ("Learn from science that you must doubt the experts" ... Richard Feynman)
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To: mountn man

Your Upton has a much better chance of getting approved by the Senate.


118 posted on 11/15/2013 3:33:50 PM PST by kjam22 (my newest music video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7gNI9bWO3s)
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These Lying weasels knew all along.
Senate Democrats voted unanimously three years ago to support the Obamacare rule that is
largely responsible for some of the health insurance cancellation letters that are going out.
http://www.ijreview.com/2013/11/91770-busted-senate-dems-voted-rule-led-people-losing-insurance-plans/

119 posted on 11/15/2013 3:39:14 PM PST by RedMDer (Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
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To: OldNavyVet

The mandate forcing Americans to buy something they don’t want is still the law. Obama’s ‘fix’ only says that they will not enforce the law regarding substandard plans, into next year. This catastrophe is unfolding much as we expected it would, but the upholding of it by the Supreme Court allows this to drag out very painfully and unnecessarily.

Look how badly Obama is breaking the law by changing it, totally beyond his constitutional authority. Our health care system is in crisis due to the lawlessness of the president and his minions. Justice Roberts did us no favors with his ruling.


120 posted on 11/15/2013 3:45:07 PM PST by untwist (One Bad-Assed Mistake, America!)
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