KosKidz think they've got the GOP strategy all figured out

Patriot Room ^ | March 5, 2010 | Bill Dupray

[Bill Dupray]

Presuming the House passes the Senate bill, the House will then pass a reconciliation fix to the bill, after which the Senate will then try to pass that fix, too.

At this point Senate GOPers will repeatedly invoke the Byrd rule to ask the parliamentarian to strip individual provisions (ones fixing this or that in the original bill) out of the fix, on the grounds that they are policy fixes. If individual provisions are stripped, it would change the Senate’s version of the overall fix.

That would force the House to vote on it again and again, stalling the process further.

[Dilbert San Diego]

If the House passes the Senate bill, then that bill becomes the law of the land.

The baseline for healthcare reform will then be the Senate bill.

If the reconciliation process doesn’t result in the changes they are seeking, the Senate bill will still be the law of the land at that point.

The Senate bill will then be the new status quo.

If the House passes the Senate bill, the Dems. and Obama will have won, without going to reconciliation.

[Sybeck1]

Hopefully no mercy on their souls.

[InterceptPoint]

It's an interesting scenario but while all this back and forth is supposedly going on Obama would have already signed the Senate Bill into law. ObamaCare, Senate Version, will be the Law of the Land. It seems obvious to me that Republican obstructionism at that point is, to say the least, pointless. The deal is done.

But it seems to me that the crucial element in this game is the Senate's ironclad commitment to, at the very least, include Stupak's anti-abortion language in a reconciliation bill. That's what's need to get the Stupak Group's YES vote. How can the Senate provide such a guarantee? Beats me. I don't think they can. The Reconciliation Bill can't be passed by the Senate until after the House votes on the Senate version of Obamacare. After that Reid can tell the House that he's sorry, so sorry but his hands are tied.

[catnipman]

KosKidz are absolutely correct about what would happen. That’s why Lindsey Graham said the House vote is all about who is the stupidest Democrat.

If the House passes the Senate Obamacare Bill, no House Dims will be re-elected except those in hard-core ghetto socialist districts, like Maxine Waters, et. al.

[Arthur McGowan]

I hope John McCain can show them how to stop the bickering, work together, reach across the aisle, and pass healthcare for all Americans.

[Mister Muggles]

Yes, then McCain can proceed to the next issue of importance, acknowledging acceptance and the rightful place for all hard-working “immigrants” from South of the border who have brought their hopes and dreams for a better life to America.