It can and will be fillibustered. The conference report can’t be changed, however. It’s a pure up or down vote. The question is what the House will do. Last I heard the conference committee will meet on Friday and the House will want major changes. Then, each chamber votes again. Lots of voting to go before Obamacare becomes law.
Nelson making statement now.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
I am usually an optimist. However, on this one I feel a resigned inevitability. Everyone was sure it would not get out of the house - it did. Then everyone was sure they would not get 60 votes in the senate - they did. I have little hope that the congress will not eventually pass this monster.
It saddens me immensely. As a taxpayer, I am already shouldering many peope’s share of the burden, and am sick of it. I already pay >50% of my income in state and local taxes. Next year I will be working harder to pay for college, and that percentage will be increased. If this monster passes, I expect that tax burden to skyrocket.
As a physician, it may mean the end of my career. If a public option passes, I will retire. I will not end my career as a government employee.
Elections do have consequences, and the net leeches in society who already live off me have put the screws to me even further in the last election.