Bipartisan Meeting on HealthCare - Live
by SixofNine 51 Replies latest jw friends
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leavingwt
Thanks!
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B-Rock
"This is sooo boring! Let's just get this charade over with already so I can Rahm it through"
After a brief period of consultation following the White House health reform summit , congressional Democrats plan to begin making the case next week for a massive, Democrats-only health-care plan, party strategists told POLITICO.
A Democratic official said the six-hour summit was expected to “give a face to gridlock, in the form of House and Senate Republicans.”
Democrats plan to begin rhetorical, and perhaps legislative, steps toward the Democrats-only, or reconciliation , process early next week, the strategists said.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33510.html#ixzz0gZ9CZz1v -
BizzyBee
Cartoons are on, B-Rock. You have a choice.
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SixofNine
It's on CNN as well.
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darthfader
I've been watching ot for the past couple of hours... It's a very "Us verses Them" mentality. "Our proposal will save x% and provide better services.. blah blan blah..."
One thing I see here is that there it a huge amount "blowing smoke." I dont beleive any of these guys statements of "Facts ang figures".. Is there anyone who really knows the "facts" and has hard data to prove it?
Frustrating.. the more things change the more they stay the same.
Darth Fader.
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BizzyBee
I think the CBO is the final authority in terms of facts and figures.
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Elsewhere
Obama have given the Republicans a very simple choice:
- Participate in healthcare reform in a meaningful manner and help pass a meaningful bill.
- Continue with the filibuster and end up with a 100% Democratic bill passed using Budget Reconciliation.
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BizzyBee
Rep. Anthony Weiner's Live Blog here:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/25/840595/-Health-Care-Summit-Liveblog
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leavingwt
Continue with the filibuster and end up with a 100% Democratic bill passed using Budget Reconciliation.
Everything I've read indicates that the House of Representatives does not have the votes needed to pass any of the current bills being proposed. The House must pass a bill before the Senate can use the 51-vote reconciliation procedure.
Stupak also re-iterated today that not only does he oppose the bill, but claims he has organized 15-20 Democrats to block it. Bart Stupak has become the top obstacle to passing health reform, and still has the gall to call for it.
