The Democrats and Health Care

To pass a bill the American people do not want, cannot afford, and have made clear they oppose many times?  Why?  Under what rationale?  For Pelosi and Reid and Obama, it doesn't seem to matter.  There are many days when Bill Clinton in office was an idyllic time.

Cram it through without a vote?  That the American people oppose it and Congress opposes it ... so they come up with a way to pass it anyway.

Amazing.  And you think Obama brought change? 

He did, he brought the corruption of Chicago to the White House.






House Democrats looking at 'Slaughter Solution' to pass Obamacare without a vote on Senate bill



By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
Washington Examiner
03/10/10 4:17 PM EST



Would House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow House Democratic leaders try to cram the Senate version of Obamacare through the House without actually having a recorded vote on the bill?

Not only is the answer yes, they would, they have figured out a way to do it, according to National Journal's Congress Daily:

"House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter is prepping to help usher the healthcare overhaul through the House and potentially avoid a direct vote on the Senate overhaul bill, the chairwoman said Tuesday.

"Slaughter is weighing preparing a rule that would consider the Senate bill passed once the House approves a corrections bill that would make changes to the Senate version.

"Slaughter has not taken the plan to Speaker Pelosi as Democrats await CBO scores on the corrections bill. 'Once the CBO gives us the score, we'll spring right on it,' she said."

Each bill that comes before the House for a vote on final passage must be given a rule that determines things like whether the minority would be able to offer amendments to it from the floor.

In the Slaughter Solution, the rule would declare that the House "deems" the Senate version of Obamacare to have been passed by the House. House members would still have to vote on whether to accept the rule, but House members would be able to say they only voted for a rule, not for the bill itself.

Would that rationale fly with the public? A blog post on House Minority Leader John Boehner's blog described the approach as a "twisted scheme."

How much fun will it be for Democrats representing congressional districts carried by John McCain in 2008 to be constantly reminded about the Cornhusker Bargain, the Louisiana Purchase, the Slaughter Solution, the death panels, $500 billion in cuts to Medicare, individual mandates, etc. etc.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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