This is far from over. The vote tonight is on the Senate version of the healthcare bill. There will be many changes/negotiations/bribes/whatever before the House and Senate bills combine, if they ever do.
—Health care is a done-deal.
**This is far from over. The vote tonight is on the Senate version of the healthcare bill. There will be many changes/negotiations/bribes/whatever before the House and Senate bills combine, if they ever do.
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Here are the steps that still need to happen and the points before and during which we must battle tooth and nail.
The end game for us is to stall this as long as possible.
The RATS have the opposite end game.
1. If it passes the Senate, then the separate House and Senate bills go to a joint conference committee where the two differing bills are merged into one bill. So our next targets are those committee members. The committee can cause it to die if they wish.
2. If it comes out of committee, then it goes back to the Senate and House for a final vote. At that point if we stop it in either House or Senate the thing is dead!
3. If however the bill is passed by both Senate and House it goes to Obama for his signature and it becomes law (the chances are absolute he will sign it)
4. Then we have the Court system to tie it up and I think there is a good chance the Supreme Court will strike it down. We must be prepared to support the most credible groups waging the legal battle. We can probably tie it up until the 2010 elections.
5. Then we have the 2010 and 2012 elections to elect enough new congressmen and a new president to overturn the legislation.
6. An uncooperative Congress will slow down and fowl up Obama’s schemes.
7. A freedom loving Congress might actually impeach Obama.
I’m sorry but I think this is all for show and CYA for the senators. Bottom line is it’s a done deal.
correct this isn’;t over
Lets keep a list of those who are up for election and lets us all call.
Not just moan on here or make one or two calls but 20 to 30 calls a day every day until the final vote and remind them that we have not forgot who they are
The Dems are thinking this will all blow over. How wrong they are
Thanks for the reality check. I can’t even read threads like this anymore. Waaaaaaaaay too many people saying “woe is me.....the country is finished......socialized healthcare is a done deal”. It’s NOT a done deal.
At the current pace I can’t see this getting done before the end of the year, even if they can muster the votes...and that’s still unclear. People like Nelson and Lincoln might vote to proceed now, but who knows what will happen on the final bill.