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1. Debate reconciliation bill (the bill that amends the health care "law" -- which as of the time they debate and vote won't yet be law) *2 hour debate 2. Vote on reconciliation bill. 3. Then vote on Senate health bill without debate.

If Congress passes the Senate health-care plan, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, American families will be required by federal law to buy a federally approved health insurance plan that will cost a minimum of $12,000 per year--and, on average, will cost $15,000 per year -- whether their employer or the government helps them with the premium or not. Beginning in 2014, the Senate plan would require all individuals to buy health insurance. Anyone who does not obtain insurance through an employer would be forced to buy it out of their own pocket. Families of four that...

If you deem it, it will pass.–verb (used without object) 1. to form or have an opinion; judge; think: –verb (used with object) 2. to hold as an opinion; think; regard, consider: I deem it to be 2012 already! I deem Pelosi The Grim Deemer.! I deem Sarah Palin President of the United States. Michelle Bachmann Vice President of the United States.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said President Barack Obama has no constitutional concerns about signing a bill passed by controversial House rules that are being proposed by Democrats to pass healthcare. Obama, a former constitutional law professor, would sign a bill if it is passed by the controversial "Slaughter Solution," Gibbs said. The proposal would deem the Senate version of the bill passed after House approval without an actual vote in the House. House Republicans have cried foul, and many have questioned whether that process would be constitutional. But Obama has downplayed any controversy surrounding the procedure, telling Fox...

The latest maneuvering by congressional Democrats to make their brand of health care reform a reality has a lot of Washington, D.C. insiders scratching their heads and unable to forecast what is around the bend when it comes to this legislation. But have the media completely dropped the ball and that is allowing those in power to circumvent constitutional process? According to Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., they have. She had some harsh words for the fourth estate on conservative talker Sean Hannity's March 16 radio show. (h/t Kevin Eder) "Well yeah and the other thing is treason media," Bachmann said....

(CNSNews.com) – House Rules Committee Ranking Republican David Dreier (Calif.) said he is committed to doing “everything I possibly can” to prevent Democrats from using House procedural measures to pass a health care bill without actually voting on the bill. In an exclusive interview with CNSNews.com, Dreier, a past chairman of the House Rules Committee, said he was committed to exposing a legislative tactic he described as “outrageous.”

Go ahead and say it fast: Deem and pass. Deem’n pass. Demon pass. Kinda catchy, isn't it? Imagine Tea Party rallies with hundreds of “Demon Pass” signs and crowds chanting that slogan outside swing Democrats’ offices day after day. P.S.: If the Constitution is a living, breathing document, as liberals like to say, then why are they trying to smother it?