Posted on 03/03/2010 11:09:56 AM PST by ConjunctionJunction
Republicans are preparing to raise points of order and other roadblocks to the healthcare bill, a member of the Senate GOP leadership said Tuesday evening.
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the fourth-ranking Senate Republican who serves as chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, said the GOP is prepared for a number of scenarios in which they would seek to slow down or halt passage of healthcare legislation once it comes back before the Senate.
"I still think it creates a lot of problems when it comes back to the Senate because there will be lots of points of order that will lie against the bill in the Senate, and obviously, we will, hopefully, have the opportunity to raise some of those," Thune said of the health bill during an appearance on Fox News.
At issue is the new bill of healthcare legislation changes the House is expected to pass under budget reconciliation rules. Under those rules, the legislation only has to achieve a simple majority in the Senate instead of the 60 normally needed to end a filibuster. Such a maneuver would effectively sidestep Republican opposition to the health bill.
"You know, I don't want to concede that it's going to pass for sure yet," Thune said. "I still think that there's a lot of clock left in this game."
Republicans have fewer procedural options under reconciliation rules, which limits debate and is designed to eventually force votes on a piece of legislation. The GOP might object, though, for instance, to whether the new legislation is germane to the budget. These points are decided by the Senate parliamentarian, but could be overruled by the president of the Senate.
"I think we have to be prepared for all types of different scenarios and sort of game this out," Thune explained. "I mean, our goal at the end is to stop a really bad bill from passing."
"So my guess is, before this is all said and done, that if they want to pass it, they may be able to pass it, but we're going to do everything we can on the side of the American people to try and stop a really bad bill from passing," the South Dakota senator added.
lol
Bwahahahahaha!
Seems like a lot of people have stock in a "Don't blame me..." bumper sticker company.
I just hope that ALL the Republicans vote against it, and the RINOS don’t fall for Obama’s inclusion of ‘some’ Republican ideas. It’s still a dog of a bill, and the main point remains; it’s a government takeover of health care, and the Republicans should be TOTALLY against it!
Not to mention that it is just plain unconstitutional and against all things American (our founding principles and values).
This ticks me off to no end!
I’ve been mailing my Democratic representatives voided checks made out to “Your Opponent in 2010” along with a picture of myself holding a “vote the bums out” sign.
This ticks me off to no end!
I’ve been mailing my Democratic representatives voided checks made out to “Your Opponent in 2010” along with a picture of myself holding a “vote the bums out” sign.
Not sure. The House hasn’t passed the Senate version yet. BUT the first step in this reconciliation BS is for the House to pass the Senate version. So, if that does happen, then Bambi has a bill to sign, with or without further Senate reconciliation.
Why not just introduce the Encyclopedia Britanica, as an amendment?
BamBam says the health care debate is over...They want to make healthcare a constitutional right...just like they did with abortion.
My LOLcat says, “Do Not Want!”
I read that unicorns are real.
Point being that 20 hours is 20 hours (more or less), and that is the time limit regardless of the number of amendments that manage to find their way into the limited debate time.
Hasn’t he heard the latest? Our dictator said there will be no more debate.
Yea, they don’t care what we the people or the cat wants.
Gotta have some humor here!
Just think, Al Gore said that the global warming debate was “over”, too, and look how that turned out! Eh?
Some people think that there won’t be any more presidential elections. Or if there are, they’ll be “ACORNized”, if you know what I mean.
I know they don’t give a damn. But I am going down fighting. We have stopped them up to now. If it would not have been for the American people this sham of a bill would’ve passed last summer.
I know we have stopped it. We can at least try and continue.
Well, if our side doesn’t put a stop to the acorn nuts...this will be true. Sh*t, I can see it now...once again it will be left up to us to put a squash to the nuts...I hope we raised our kids right to give a sh*t about all of this in the future!
Actually, since the election of BC the entire process has been “Acornizied”.
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