Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Senate Finance Committee Nixes Senate Version of HealthCare Public Option

Some good news....

Twice today the Democrats were turned back on a Public Option for the pending HealthCare Bill. The Bill under debate was the Senate version of what future HealthCare Law should be in America.

The Senate Finance committee made up of 13 Democrats and 10 Republicans first voted down the more stringent Rockefeller public option version with the help of 5 blue dog democrat votes and full Republican support including left leaner Sen Olympia Snowe-ME. Thanks to Dems. Baucas, Nelson, Conrad, Lincoln, Carper.

The second vote on the "softer" Schumer public option version was closer but still defeated 13-10 against. Democrats that stayed the course were Baucas, Conrad, Lincoln. Nelson and Carper however wimped out and thus I withdraw my earlier thanks to them.

Harry Reid the ever braying Democratic jackass, and soon to be defeated lame duck, Senate Majority Leader, misleads and misdirects the public into believing he can pass any version of HealthCare so desired just on the basis of a 51 senate vote margin. If he can then why doesn't he do it??? Why are we still on HealthCare?? Because he knows he's bluffing, that's why.

I yet once again reiterate it takes 60 cloture votes to end a filibuster. Until he has a solid 60 Harry is just blowing smoke.

Steve
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From the Washington Times

this

The two votes were a tactical victory for Mr. Baucus, who is trying to craft a compromise plan that can ultimately pass the full Senate. He long has said that the public option doesn't have the 60 votes required to defeat a minority filibuster.


and this

Mr. Schumer and Mr. Rockefeller said they expected their proposals would have a hard time passing the finance panel. Their arguments will lay the groundwork for similar pushes when the health reform bill reaches the floor of the Senate, where the amendments have a better shot at passage
more smoke blowing

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