GOP wins parliamentary ruling in Senate reconciliation fight
posted at 8:45 am on March 25, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
Is this significant, or just a momentary hiccup on the road to passage for the reconciliation package? The Senate adjourned earlier than expected this morning after Republicans successfully identified parliamentary overreach in the House sidebar bill that prevented the use of the reconciliation process. The errors mean that the Senate must change the bill, which then requires another House vote (via CentristNet):
With the Senate working through an all-night session on a package of changes to the Democrats’ sweeping health care legislation, Republicans early Thursday morning identified parliamentary problems with at least two provisions that will require the measure to be sent back to the House for yet another vote, once the Senate adopts it.
Senate Democrats had been hoping to defeat all of the amendments proposed by Republicans and to prevail on parliamentary challenges so that they could approve the measure and send it to President Obama for his signature. But the bill must comply with complex budget reconciliation rules, and Republicans identified some flaws. …
Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota and chairman of the Budget Committee, said that one problem with the bill was the formula for determining the maximum Pell grant awards. The second issue was a technical matter that Mr. Conrad described as mostly insignificant.
Mr. Conrad said a third issue was under review by the Senate parliamentarian.
The risk for Democrats in a parliamentary challenge is that Republicans could knock out key provisions of the legislation, or win a decision that upends the mechanisms Democrats rely on to pay for the measure.
“We see no impact on the score and very insignificant impact on any policy,” Mr. Conrad said, referring to a cost estimate of the legislation. “This is not going to be a problem.”
If that’s all that gets struck from the bill, the only effect will be to lengthen the debate on health care. Obviously, that’s exactly what the Republicans want. With 62% of voters wanting the GOP to keep fighting against ObamaCare, their leadership has no reason to let up.
The big surprise here is that House leadership allowed themselves to screw up on minor points. The process of reconciliation isn’t that arcane, and they certainly had the time to double-check their work. They’ve been working on this strategy since Scott Brown won his election in mid-January. To have the bill boomerang back because of Pell grants in a health-care bill is an embarrassment.
However, it doesn’t change much in practical terms. The original bill has already passed into law, and the reconciliation bill mainly rearranged deck chairs regarding taxes and fee structures. Even if the “third issue” turns out to be significant to the health-care system itself, the Senate will just strike it, and the House will agree to it just to get the debate out of the way. The GOP warning that the Senate wouldn’t act on reconciliation has already been shown to be empty, and the amendment blizzard won’t make any difference on the House, which has much more motivation to pass the new version as soon as they get it. The GOP won a delay in the inevitable of about a week at most.
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Regardless they are still trying and as others have said keeping this in the news.
The last thing I want them to do is quit. The next win could be a big one you know?
gophergirl on March 25, 2010 at 9:35 AM
TommyBoy, you and yours can be the party of socialism, we’ll be the party of no-cialism. I’m tired of being the one who supplies free stuff to those who won’t provide for themselves.
thomasaur on March 25, 2010 at 9:35 AM
The house leadership is a group of cocky, narcissist, immature blunderers. It makes perfect sense that they made mistakes and left gaping holes. They wanted to pass something so bad that they had no problem spending billions of American’s tax dollars to bribe people and of course didn’t sweat the legal details. That’s their mindset.
You go get ‘em GOP. No quarter. The voters have your back, so make like Normandy and take the beach and hold it until election day.
Hening on March 25, 2010 at 9:35 AM
I think i am right on this .It also go back to the CBO to be scored again????
thmcbb on March 25, 2010 at 9:35 AM
And Via**a for rapists, incl. the ones in the House and Senate who rape us in the wallet. Sure, they’ll need the substance…so they kept it in the bill.
Schadenfreude on March 25, 2010 at 9:35 AM
Gee, what to believe, a nationally-derived poll of opinion on whether or not to continue fighting against passage of the bill or a POS like you?
I’m gonna go with the poll.
venividivici on March 25, 2010 at 9:35 AM
Hey Lunch Bucket, They F’d up!!!!
Hening on March 25, 2010 at 9:35 AM
An erudite moocher, the ones that ‘lead’ the sheep to believe they are “for the people”, while keeping them ignorantly in the modern day plantation, so they can vote for their power and privilages. One day you will be found out. Wouldn’t want to be you at that time.
Schadenfreude on March 25, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Which is what again?
Tom_Shipley on March 25, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Tom Shipley supports child molestation and rape.
csdeven on March 25, 2010 at 9:38 AM
Funny, the only people I know who are sick of talking about Health Care are liberals.
I know, it’s tough to defend bullshit. I’d get sick of it too.
uknowmorethanme on March 25, 2010 at 9:38 AM
A troll.
uknowmorethanme on March 25, 2010 at 9:39 AM
I think it just kind of points out that the Democrats were playing fast and loose with the rules.
BTW, something I have wondered, if the bill was passed with a simple majority, can it be undone with a simple majority?
Terrye on March 25, 2010 at 9:39 AM
Who supports supplying pedophiles with Vlagra.
uknowmorethanme on March 25, 2010 at 9:39 AM
You’re kidding, right?
Seriously, that was sarcasm, wasn’t it Ed?
iurockhead on March 25, 2010 at 9:39 AM
Robber barron. How does it feel to steal?
Schadenfreude on March 25, 2010 at 9:40 AM
One of the most amusing aspects of the popular rejection of this legislation has been that it truly turns “up to 11″ the through-the-looking-glass element of lefty spinning. I watched a dem strategist last night, with an admirably straight face, argue that the reason people were so dissatisfied with Congress is because it had taken them *too long* to enact reform. As soon as the cameras turned off he must have exploded into fits of laughter. Or tears.
Keeping this debacle in the news is great. Let the sunlight shine on it.
SoRight on March 25, 2010 at 9:40 AM
I agree, its just that Conrad is more a numbers guy rather than somebody that can motive the troops. Perhaps some of the tougher Republican women can come to his defense.
ConservativeTony on March 25, 2010 at 9:40 AM
Yes, because during economic recessions, the American people just love obstructionist parties with no ideas or solutions!
Seriously though, remember when you guys were saying that it was a horrible mistake for Obama to focus on “healthcare” because the American people wanted to focus on “jobs”? And now, for the next 7 months Republicans are not going to focus on jobs…but on health care reform. And not on doing it, but getting rid of it. LOL. Good luck with that guys.
crr6 on March 25, 2010 at 9:40 AM
The GOP can do whatever they want with majority vote now that the Democrats have decided to set the precedent.
If they win the House and the Senate, they can effectively lock the Democrats out and only deal with Obama.
uknowmorethanme on March 25, 2010 at 9:41 AM
Really, nothing surprises me anymore about democrats.
darwin on March 25, 2010 at 9:41 AM
I think you need something like a 2/3rds vote to repeal a bill.
Tom_Shipley on March 25, 2010 at 9:41 AM
Shipley is the Tokyo Rose in this dramatic assault now taking place on the American People. he’s the flunkie reading slogans over the loudspeaker in the burned out village.
Sad.
jeff_from_mpls on March 25, 2010 at 9:41 AM
Not a troll. A convicted erudite looting enabler.
Schadenfreude on March 25, 2010 at 9:41 AM
That’s been common knowledge in these parts for years. Word is he’s also under suspicion in a few missing persons cases. I hope they end up frying him.
venividivici on March 25, 2010 at 9:41 AM
Tom_Shipley on March 25, 2010 at 9:21 AM
I suppose then that George Washington should have given up at Valley Forge. After all, they were freezing to death, no supplies, no food, no hope of winning. We are fighting for the life of this Republic. We will never give up.
flytier on March 25, 2010 at 9:41 AM
A troll, and a hypocrite. BTW, do you remember that impassioned speech that Obama {another hypocrite} gave on the inherent unfairness of mandates? It was during the primary against Clinton. But then again, that was then…and as we all know, Obama has no real principles and neither do most of his followers.
Terrye on March 25, 2010 at 9:42 AM
Or, you do it in stages.
I. Don’t pay.
II. Don’t fund.
III. Repeal in bits.
IV. Get the Socialist in Chief into organizing again.
Schadenfreude on March 25, 2010 at 9:42 AM
Caterpillar said ObamaCare would cost them $100 million this year. That’s $100 million they can’t spend on hiring new workers.
venividivici on March 25, 2010 at 9:43 AM
Do you actually hate America? Or does laughing at Republicans get you all hot?
Yes, in this abysmal economy, being obstructionists to new taxes and massive spending programs is a much smarter strategy than pushing trillions of dollars of new taxes on an already broke nation.
Smart thinking…if your a Communist.
uknowmorethanme on March 25, 2010 at 9:43 AM
Not really.
Del Dolemonte on March 25, 2010 at 9:43 AM
Yeah, BUT, a lot can happen in a week.
Stupak already has a slew of challengers on both sides. And he has been ostracized by the bishops and the pro-life groups. He has shown himself unstable already. Can he and his groupies really be counted on to vote no again? Just wondering.
parteagirl on March 25, 2010 at 9:43 AM
You must have missed that WSJ article in the headlines.
BadgerHawk on March 25, 2010 at 9:44 AM
They’d need a 2/3 majority to override Obama’s inevitable veto…
And because of staggered elections, they couldn’t get a 2/3 majority even if they won every sing Senate race in the country in 2010. So yeah, they’re just blowing smoke. Or they’re ignorant of the way our political system works. What else is new?
crr6 on March 25, 2010 at 9:44 AM
You need 2/3s to override a veto.
The GOP can repeal with reconciliation in the Senate and a simple Majority in the House.
But Obama will still veto.
uknowmorethanme on March 25, 2010 at 9:44 AM
It can, but the President would also need to sign it. Repeal will require either a veto-proof majority or a President to sign it. It’s hard to conceive of Obama being chastened enough to sign any significant repeal, but it’s not as hard to imagine that if the GOP gets close to a veto-proof majority that they could repeal some of the more scandalous parts and pick off some of the 24 or so D Senators who will be up in 2012. If 2010 is awful for D’s then some of them could decide they want to brush up on their centrist credentials before 2012. But I wouldn’t hold my breath.
SoRight on March 25, 2010 at 9:44 AM
Do you think Obama will be President forever? He won’t.
uknowmorethanme on March 25, 2010 at 9:45 AM
I really wish Allah and Ed would consider setting up a special posting area like the green room for dissenters like Shipley.
Call it whatever, the Insurgent’s HQ, the Red Square, whatever.
Nothing will defeat these people more effectively than giving them free reign to develop and expostulate on their political and social theories.
jeff_from_mpls on March 25, 2010 at 9:45 AM
Only fools ever believed a word the Muenchhausen in Chief eve said, or will say. If there is a hell there will be a special place for the lies of his sort, which are possible only once in a planetary life.
If our populace ever again falls for this, then they thoroughly deserve their destruction. Those who voted for him are already doing a good job at destruction. Fortunately the independents, sane Dems and the rightie morons who voted for him saw Pinocchio.
Schadenfreude on March 25, 2010 at 9:46 AM
Haven’t had your coffee yet? What the hell are you talking about? You seriously expect the anti-Constitution party to accept any legislative proposals from Republicans to help the economy?
So let’s see … the economy falters, and not only are the anti-Constitutionalists ignoring it, they want it to continue.
Exactly what have they done to spur economic growth? Nothing. Add to that they just passed a bill that has businesses scrambling to contain the inevitable damge they’re going to suffer.
darwin on March 25, 2010 at 9:46 AM
If you don’t mind, we will look to someone else for confirmation.
TXMomof3 on March 25, 2010 at 9:46 AM
It matters because it shows that the Dems aren’t very good at governing. It makes folks wonder if the bill/law will can possibly work as advertised when it is so poorly crafted that it can’t even withstand parliamentary scrutiny.
Essentially it calls into question the Dems’ competence – since their motives and policy preferences are already well in evidence, it is just another nail in their electoral coffin.
holdfast on March 25, 2010 at 9:47 AM
Call it Moochers’ Quarters.
Schadenfreude on March 25, 2010 at 9:47 AM
A simple majority in both the House and Senate and a lot of the bill could be undone in 2012 via reconciliation.
BadgerHawk on March 25, 2010 at 9:47 AM
Uh, your entire post?
You were a LOT funnier at Captain’s Quarters.
Del Dolemonte on March 25, 2010 at 9:48 AM
crr6 on March 25, 2010 at 9:40 AM
Becaue one week compares to the most crucial 1 1/2 years.
Your brain is truly the size of a gnat’s. Like I said before, clients beware of crr6.
Schadenfreude on March 25, 2010 at 9:48 AM
Missed the boat AGAIN, Crr6. The President is now embarking on a speaking tour (what else does he do?) to sell….healthcare. The f’ing bill passes, and he has decided to spend even more time making stops and giving speeches promoting healthcare. The President certainly isn’t doing the hard-pivot to jobs like he PROMISED he would. Will he ever????
joejm65 on March 25, 2010 at 9:49 AM
obama’s election killed the economy. his healthcare push, and bill are preventing a recovery.
runner on March 25, 2010 at 9:49 AM
UGH – it’s really annoying to log in and see nothing but troll names over and over again. I’ll never understand why people post at a site where they aren’t welcome.
gophergirl on March 25, 2010 at 9:50 AM
The left has not contemplated real he*l when they gave the right the “51 will pass anything” precedent.
This you will remember, with much, much regret. Pity our land.
Schadenfreude on March 25, 2010 at 9:50 AM
Do you think you’ll have the political will in 2 1/2 years to repeal this? How about in 6 1/2 years (If Obama is reelected)?
You’re all worked up now, but you’ll move on to something else in a few months. Your attention span is pretty short, really.
crr6 on March 25, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Oh , I see I’ve arrived at feeding time in the troll enclosure
huskerdiva on March 25, 2010 at 9:51 AM
I really wish the Republicans would use this delay to hammer the Democrats over the student-loan takeover. I’m fairly confident that about 90% of America’s families with children have no idea this is happening, and that by next year the only place they will be able to get a college loan for their kids will be the federal government. I would guess that if polling were done on this, there would be upwards of 80% opposed to this.
I already told my husband that we will NOT be applying for a government loan for either of our kids, and if that means they don’t go to college, they don’t. We have one planning to go to college in the fall of 2011, and though we have a small college fund, it won’t pay all of the costs for the private music school he wants to attend.
Newt Gingrich is just about the only commentator I have heard saying anything about this newest socialist power grab.
If this passes, the government will be the sole source of funding for student loans, the source of 90% of all funding for home mortgages, and the major source of funding for auto loans through its ownership of GMAC. If that doesn’t scare the crap out of you, it should!!
rockmom on March 25, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Right. It’s so good that he has to sell it after 1 1/2 years of yakking it up. It’s like selling sex after the orgasms has subsided. He, Tom and crr6 believe the country to be filled with fools.
Schadenfreude on March 25, 2010 at 9:52 AM
“have subsided”
Schadenfreude on March 25, 2010 at 9:52 AM
Yes. I highly recommend the Republicans deal with this mess the same way the anti-Constitutionalists did. Ignore them and use the very same rules they did.
Let them whine and wail and their chersihed nation destroyer is dismantled.
darwin on March 25, 2010 at 9:53 AM
crr6 on March 25, 2010 at 9:44 AM
2010 is stage 1. 2012 follows, Obama gone and 2/3 membership for GOP. See how the system works?
How’s that for blowing smoke. Get a gas-mask pal, you’re going to need it.
fogw on March 25, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Elephants’ brains…vs donkey brains…yours if of a gnat.
Schadenfreude on March 25, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Says the spokeshole for a political ideology which deems anything held true yesterday to be obsolete and reactionary today.
venividivici on March 25, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Maybe they could get Michelle Bachman to run for Senate…
huskerdiva on March 25, 2010 at 9:54 AM
I see crr6 has received this morning’s talking points. It’s kinda neat to watch the MSM and read leftist blogs and they’re all saying the same thing.
They seem really scared.
darwin on March 25, 2010 at 9:55 AM
You sound pretty high and mighty behind your little keyboard. I bet all it would take is one swift backhand to have you fall to the ground in a whimpering heap.
RepubChica on March 25, 2010 at 9:56 AM
Why do you hate America?
Del Dolemonte on March 25, 2010 at 9:56 AM
Kind of looks that way, huh? I guess getting on here and stirring things up kind of feeds some emptiness in their little troll souls.
TXMomof3 on March 25, 2010 at 9:56 AM
If they can force this into a situation where they need 60 votes for cloture, than that will be the big win. Dem’s can’t get cloture and they know it. So let’s pray our guys and gals can devise a way in which to force a cloture vote requiring 60 votes…
t.ferg on March 25, 2010 at 9:57 AM
You go ahead and build your house of sticks on that foundation you copraphagious twit.
thomasaur on March 25, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Sorry. The (D)s were the ones who said no. More precisely, “Proper legislative techniques? No. Listen to constituents and have a proper vote on the bill? No. Debate in the sunlight? No. Take it slowly so that we’re sure we get it right. No…”
rogerb on March 25, 2010 at 9:58 AM
(Laughter)
Del Dolemonte on March 25, 2010 at 9:58 AM
0hhhh….great point Tom….now if we could get the self rightous liberals who bite peoples fingers off and beat black men down in the streets to follow this example….you could hold your democratic party to the same standards that you want to hold everybody else.
The Carnahan Carnival; Update: Gladney’s attorney recounts details of beating; Update: Carnahan staffer among those arrested? Update: Post-Dispatch buries Gladney paragraphs
http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/08/07/photos-and-video-carnahan-event-in-st-louis/
…whoa Tom!!!
Where’s the outrage!!!!
Where are all the Headlines and special reports coming from MSNBC and CNN concerning the hatred and racism spewed by democrats in beating a black man down while calling him a ni#er!!!!
….Come on Tom…Where is your credibility on this issue?????
ObamaCare Protester Punched in the Face During Union Sponsored Town Hall in NC….
Handicapped Woman Cries After Assault By Union Thugs at Town Hall (Video) … Update: Woman Speaks Out on Being Stomped On
….tell us Tom….where is your outrage?????
Healthcare-reform opponent says bit-off finger could not be re-attached
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/sep/03/healthcare-reform-opponent-loses-part-of-finger/
….come on Tom…where is your outrage…move on liberals attacking elderly men and biting their fingers off…..every single liberal refused to identify the man that came from their group…..when is your democratic party going to denounce the violence coming from their liberal supporters???????????
…of course all the self righteous liberals like Tom here did not have a problem with this violence….as a matter of fact…their liberal spokes people joked about it…you know…the same people all upset over Americans disagreeing with the President all of a sudden:
Shuster Gloats: Finger-Bitten ObamaCare Protester Treated By Medicare
….of course the protester is not protesting medicare…he is protesting the government takeover of the entire system and the terrible job the government has done running medicare…..but good job liberal…blame the victim…not a word about the rabid liberal biting people’s fingers off…just like you Tom….not a word to condemn you own parties violence and hatred…..
Lila Rose assaulted by Planned Parenthood escort
posted at 11:45 am on February 1, 2010 by Cassy Fiano
Where was all of your self righteous crying and whining about liberals spewing all of this hate Tom…..
Bush as Hitler, Swastika-Mania: A Retrospective
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:24 am
http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=612
…please get back to us Tom when you actually have some credibility on this issue, because listening to you liberals whine about “violence and hate” after eight years of “Ki!! Bush”,vandalizing military recruitment centers while calling our Soldiers “murders” and “war criminals” is beyond hypocritical.
Baxter Greene on March 25, 2010 at 9:58 AM
I think it’s “beating” time diva.
thomasaur on March 25, 2010 at 9:58 AM
I read yesterday that a lower court could put an injunction on the bill while the case against its individual mandate is being heard by an upper court, most likely the supreme court. This would keep any of the benefits or taxes from kicking in until the case is decided.
:http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-oped-0323-byrne-20100323,0,2003916.story
Also, conventional wisdom keeps saying that Republicans need super majorities in both chambers to repeal ObamaCare. This assumes that no Democrat will change their mind or their vote in the next few years. I don’t see how they completely hold together on this as the details and the consequences of this complete mess of a bill begin to trickle out, and public opinion drops even further than it is now. Besides, neither Pelosi nor Reid will likely be in a position of leadership after November.
And remember, there will be many more chances for their constituents to express themselves between now and 2012 as well. They can’t stay in DC until 2012, or even November! The fact that our side is now fighting a passed bill, instead of the passage of a bill, has added fuel to our fire and will keep our side passionate until this thing is killed once and for all.
parteagirl on March 25, 2010 at 9:59 AM
Your right, the Republicans should focus on jobs, because the precident and rest of his followers sure the hell wont.
TheVer on March 25, 2010 at 9:59 AM
Don’t confuse Ship with facts.
Del Dolemonte on March 25, 2010 at 10:00 AM
The Anti-Constitution Party is the true party of no … no freedom, no liberty, no money.
darwin on March 25, 2010 at 10:00 AM
OT but could we all come to a consensus on what the new curse words mean?
Stupaking is the same as F**king
As in: The “Big F**n Deal.” would be “The “Big stupaking Deal.”
Excrement can be Schummer or Obama
{Not that I have anything against excrement mind you.}
As in: You have to watch where you walk in Central park, lest you step in some ‘obama’ a dog owner forgot to clean up.
I get that, but what’s the protocol for a person that’s the back end of an alimentary canal?
Is that person a ‘Stupak’ or an ‘Obama’ or something else?
Any help Y’all could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Insert witty screen name here on March 25, 2010 at 10:00 AM
Enlighten us. Which State do you live in? Exactly who are your senators? What is your Congressional representative’s name? Just to clarify who did you vote for in the last Presidential election?
Oldnuke on March 25, 2010 at 10:01 AM
short attention span….crr6 must be referring to the expiration dates on all the promises Obama has broken….you know…the ones that will be repeatedly shown to the public over and over and over during the mid-tems to remind the everyone how full of sh!t the democrats have been for the last few years.
Baxter Greene on March 25, 2010 at 10:01 AM
Just posting what I read elsewhere
“I’m going to put a picture of Obama’s ass at the bottom of the pool and invite some libs over to swim – should get rid of a few of them that way”
TheVer on March 25, 2010 at 10:01 AM
They are truly frightened that there are more “mistakes” in the bill. After all no one on the left read the entire bill, they just read parts of it. 2,699 pages of potential bill killers left to go.
And don’t forget, 16 states are already getting ready to drop lawsuits on the Fed as soon as they can read this thing. Talk about the mother of all un-funded mandates.
Johnnyreb on March 25, 2010 at 10:02 AM
Go Get ‘Em guys!!! You’re all makin me proud, I just refuse to feed into them…
huskerdiva on March 25, 2010 at 10:02 AM
I’m not sure how others here see it, but I think “Stupak” is now synonymous with betrayal, prostitute, and spinelessness.
The F word has been replaced with AnninCA, as in “Biden is an AnninCAing moron”.
AubieJon on March 25, 2010 at 10:05 AM
I love when people from the ‘boner for sex offender’ party are whining about GOP being the party of ‘no.’
Neuron on March 25, 2010 at 10:06 AM
He won’t veto anything in 2013.
Oldnuke on March 25, 2010 at 10:07 AM
How cute. It’s like watching a couple of children debating the finer points of their “rights” when you threaten to cut off their allowances for not following the rules.
ConservativeTony on March 25, 2010 at 10:07 AM
More Dem obstructionism LIVE.
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx
Jeff2161 on March 25, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Baxter Greene on March 25, 2010 at 9:58 AM
damn, that was a righteous smackdown. Facts and taunting. Nice work. +10
ted c on March 25, 2010 at 10:09 AM
So, the government seizure of 1/6th of the American economy is a game? The overt disregard of the will of the people is a game? The passing of 2,000+ plus page bills without reading them is a game? The ballooning of federal bureaucracy and federal deficit when we’re nearly bankrupt is a game?
Tom, the only ones heading for the exits are the incumbents who failed to uphold the Constitution and fulfill their responsibilities to serve the American people.
HotJavaJack on March 25, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Just reading a little story on Yahoo. Republicans are playing nasty, no work past 2pm
Huffpuff beware
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20100324/cm_huffpost/511639
TheVer on March 25, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Radical-Left National Socialists like crr6 can only Hope that we move on – fat chance sister.
Not to mention that the National Socialist Democrats are planing on using their tyrannical momentum to transform more of the country in a Statist Obama hole.
Insert witty screen name here on March 25, 2010 at 10:10 AM
This just highlights the main point – AFter months of folks telling their representatives to read the bill- THEY HAD THE NERVE TO PASS THIS POS WITHOUT READING THE ENTIRE BILL!Hopefully there is something in it somewhere given what they’ve found so far that may provide an opportunity to send it back to cloture vote -how sweet it would be to hve to go popcorn shopping!
huskerdiva on March 25, 2010 at 10:12 AM
I notice that more and more the left is finally having the guts to admit they’re socialists and proud of it.
Finally, the perfunctory means of stealth, misdirection, lies and shame are being replaced by overt condescension and authoritarianism.
rickyricardo on March 25, 2010 at 10:12 AM
They’re finally waking up. Now all we have to do is get rid of the few that think “Reaching across the aisle” is still a good idea.
Oldnuke on March 25, 2010 at 10:12 AM
More Dem obstructionism LIVE.
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx
Jeff2161 on March 25, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Jeff2161: Thanks for the linky!:)
canopfor on March 25, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Hope they just keep offering up ammendments until they are the only ones left standing!!!!
huskerdiva on March 25, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Stay classy folks. We now have our elected unofficials claiming we are terrorists and have enlisted the fbi? Good grief. Keep it up party of NO you ROCK THE HOUSE!
justonevictory on March 25, 2010 at 10:13 AM
I agree. They’re now realizing that all that they get by reaching across the aisle is a middle finger.
Stand tall.
ted c on March 25, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Ed, the leftists who brought this bill have no shame. They don’t know the meaning of the word “embarassment.”
And as long as the sheeple don’t know what’s really in the bill, they will continue to support these very leftists. All the sheeple care about is getting their “free stuff.”
I am astounded by how many people I talk to think Obamacare is a good thing. Then again, I live in Delaware and am surrounded by morons.
UltimateBob on March 25, 2010 at 10:14 AM
Heh!!! Democrats don’t know what to do so they invoke Saul Alinsky!!! LOL!!! They usually have the GOP bending over backwards!!!
deidre on March 25, 2010 at 10:14 AM
I don’t get it. Will not traffic HuffPo. But, how does a Republican senator leaving work at 2pm help you or me out?
RepubChica on March 25, 2010 at 10:14 AM
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