So says Pelosi herself via the Washington Post: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the Senate will have to amend its version of a health-care reform bill before her chamber can pass it. “I don’t think it’s possible to pass the Senate bill in the House,” Pelosi told reporters after a morning meeting with her caucus. “I don’t see the votes for it at this time.” Of course the [...]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) spoke with progressive media organization Democracy Now! today to discuss his decision to flip-flop and vote “yes” on the healthcare reform bill. Here’s a clip where he confirms the Politico story from earlier today that the President has been pleading with the holdouts that the fate of his presidency is on the line with this vote: Kucinich of course is a long-time proponent of single-payer healthcare, [...]
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) has been all over the media the past couple of days defending he and Pelosi’s apparent decision to use a procedural rule to “deem” the Senate health bill passed as part of the reconciliation package, rather than holding an actual floor vote on the bill. This “deem and pass” strategy, also known as a self-executing rule (or the “Slaughter rule”), could be critical for [...]
As the controversy rages on over the upcoming Health Care vote (or non-vote), I was curious and pulled up the applicable section of the Constitution (Article 1, Section 7): (bold type mine) Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not [...]John on December 23, 2009 at 9:54 am
From Hot Air headlines:
The important bit is at the end where he says there are a dozen Congressman who’ve vowed not to vote for the compromise bill unless the language is changed. Pelosi is going to have a hard time passing this if she’s down 12 votes.
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Great. There’s probably going to be more pork inserted now to buy Congressmen off.
December 23, 2009 @ 12:50 pmYeah, while I’m happy Stupak is holding firm, I get the feeling there is a massive pay-off/bribe/Hefty bag stuffed with C-notes that’s about to get dropped on Bart’s doorstep in the next few days.
It’s gonna be hard for him to say no to that.
December 24, 2009 @ 5:18 amWill Rogers once said, “I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.” I’m hoping I get a dog for Christmas.
December 24, 2009 @ 9:35 amIt always seems to me that at the end of the day, demoncrats are like the bolsheviks of old, they vote the party line. They did not use to do this, but the current group is almost completely owned by the extreme left socialist/marxist group.
I hope Stupak is an exception, followed by others, but am not optimistic. More than likely it will be another Nelson/Casey cop out.
December 24, 2009 @ 6:10 pmWe’re going to get a bill whether we like it or not. Think of your wonderful experiences at the post office and the DMV. That’s the quality we’ll get from healthcare being run by the government. We’ll go deeper into debt, inflation and interest rates will rise, and Obamanure will decimate his party come the mid-term elections.
December 25, 2009 @ 10:53 am