Just before President Obama arrived at Capitol Hill Saturday to rally the Democratic troops for the historic vote on health care reform legislation scheduled for Sunday, Speaker Pelosi and House Rules Chairwoman Slaughter announced that the "deem and pass" procedure would NOT be used on Sunday to act on the legislation. As a result, the House will now actually have a separate vote on the Christmas Eve Senate bill with the Cornhusker Kickback, Louisiana Purchase, Florida Aid and all the other backroom deals that even Obama called "stray cats and dogs" a while ago.
After voting (or before, who knows how this will change again in the next 24 hours) on the Senate bill, the House will vote separately on the "Reconciliation" bill that amends the Senate bill. However, the Senate bill, if passed by the House, will be delivered to the White House for the President's signature tomorrow and the Cornhusker Kickback and other backroom deals BECOME LAW!
Only after the House passes the amendments will the Senate get the "Reconciliation" bill to act on the Democrats' changes in order to eliminate some of the backroom deals. Unfortunately, some of the deals are still in the "Reconciliation" bill, including funds for a hospital in Connecticut, special treatment for sufferers of a specific work-related disease in one town in Montana and a few more that will probably be revealed in the days to come.....
Check out the latest information at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/20/house-opts-deeming-health-care-passed/.
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
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