18 Aug
Posted by MacRanger as Barack Obama
Drudge has the teaser, NYT: DEMS PLAN TO GO IT ALONE ON HEATHCARE… DEVELOPING…
This in spite of the fact that Americans have rejected Obamacare, nevertheless Dem leaders want to force it down their throat. Already the uber left is scheming. Kevin Drum.
“Quick background: Republicans will filibuster any healthcare bill that reaches the floor of the Senate, and it takes 60 votes to break a filibuster. If a healthcare bill includes a public option provision, it’s vanishingly unlikely that we can find those 60 votes. But budget reconciliation bills can’t be filibustered, so an alternative is to include the public option but then introduce the bill via the reconciliation process, where it needs only 50 votes to pass.
So then: A couple of days ago I asked what would happen if Democrats did this. The reconciliation process can only be used to pass provisions with direct budget impact, so the question is: which provisions would be deemed to have no budget impact and therefore get tossed out? ”
So slide of hand to get past Americans what the majority don’t want. I say, “Go fer it”. Already predictions are coming in of a 1994 style sweep in 2010. Consider the generic congressional vote is about a tie Dem/Rep with Republicans leading it for much of the last six months and you have the makings of such a sweep.
Last week Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) told a Netroots crowd that he doesn’t give a flip what the people want, he’s going to vote for Obama care.
We’ve sent this video to over three thousand ops on our network to get it as wide a viewing as possible. Every voter needs to see the arrogance of the Democrats.
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Stop The ACLU
August 18th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
1Democrats Plan to Go It Alone on Healthcare Bill…
August isn’t over yet, and there are plenty of calls we can still make, but Drudge is saying Democrats are through trying to compromise. I’m sure we will get the details of this major gamble soon. Bottom line is the Democrats never needed…
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