Posted on 12/24/2009 3:58:44 AM PST by SE Mom
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are poised to pass a landmark health care bill that could define President Barack Obama's legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in U.S. history.
Ahead lie complex talks with the House to reach final legislation in the new year.
"We stand on the doorstep of history," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat. "We recognize that, but much more importantly, we stand so close to making so many individual lives better."
The vote Thursday on the bill extending health care coverage to some 31 million uninsured Americans brings Obama closer to achieving his top domestic priority. The White House and Congress have now come farther toward the goal of a comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. health care system than any of their predecessors.
But the final step may be the hardest: reconciling the Senate bill with a significantly different version already approved in November by the House of Representatives.
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A quick perusal of Scripture shows this to be true.
Judgment is quite harsh upon those who should know better!
Independent judiciary? Don’t make me laugh. We’ve seen time and time again that the courts (including SCOTUS) are in Hussein’s pocket; every case challenging the Kenyan’s eligibility has been ignored or squashed before even considering the merits of this most important issue.
>>Has Perry made any statements yet on this fiasco being shoved down our throats?<<
I know there are a lot of Texans who don’t like Gov Perry, but he has been quite opposed to the fed’s takeovers.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343105/posts
Harry Reid said this is a “Victory for the American people”.. Which American people is he referring to, the meager 35% who are FOR this Bill? WTF? When the Government rules in favor of the minority opinion at the expense of the majority opinion, I do believe we’re SCREWED. Obama, Reid and Pelosi.. All a bunch of Marxist A-holes, empowering the have-nots to conquer the so-called “haves”.. Makes for easy tranformation to a slave nation. I am NOT wishing anyone who voted for this Bill a Merry you-know-what because frankly, for them to do this on Christmas Eve was downright blasphemous, let alone insulting to WE the majority who DON’T WANT this Bill.
2012
Why are they waiting until 2014 to implement? They need four years of taxes and fees to pay for some of it!!!! Merry Christmas ALL.
Doesn't matter what you think of Newt. Just listen to it, it's excellent.
This is nothing but a stealth tax increase. Because this will be repealed before the benefits ever take effect after the zero is run out of office in 2012.
AMerry Christmas to you and yours, my FRiend.
We have our work cut out for us in 2010, don’t we?!
That’s quite a scary picture you’ve painted.
Yup, Going Galt
Merry Christmas
Thank you Exit82. We sure do.
Merry Christmas to you, your family, and friends too.
Excellent post.
Thanks for all those links
Who is the one Senator who did NOT vote? 60+39 = 99.
Axtually, they WOULD have won with just 50 votes, since “Slow Joe” Biden would then vote FOR it, to break the tie!
I wonder if we could have a SPECIAL RUN of American flags printed up, where everything red and blue is replaced by BLACK? Just a white and black flag, for the Free Resistance?
However, the bill states inside it that it needs 67 votes - a SUPER-MAJORITY - to ever be REPEALED!
Me too!
Sorry for not responding sooner - we were on flights all day yesterday.
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