Posted on 11/04/2009 12:52:02 PM PST by Mozilla
Delay is rarely good for politicians trying to pass legislation. The possibility that Congress might not complete action on a major health care bill this year is another frustration for President Barack Obama and his allies.
A delay would raise new uncertainties and push other domestic priorities further back. Even some House Democrats with safe seats don't like the idea of voting on a contentious bill until it's clear that the Senate will follow suit.
Adding to Democratic unease were losses in gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday, with independent voters flocking to the Republicans. The results could force House Democrats in competitive districts to think twice about Obama's agenda, including health care.
Obama has swallowed one disappointing postponement already this year, when the House and Senate failed to move separate bills before the August recess. Opponents used that lull to rip into the proposed health care changes in raucous public forums.
New questions were raised Tuesday when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told reporters in the Capitol that he couldn't promise a health care package will pass this year.
Reid is trying to meld portions of two massive bills, one from the Finance Committee, the other from the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. He is submitting parts of the plan to CBO analysts to see if the Senate can hold the cost to $900 billion over 10 years, as Obama has insisted.
Assuming both chambers pass some version of health care overhaul, a House-Senate conference committee would try to resolve the differences. Then both chambers would vote on the final product and, if they approve it, send it to Obama's desk.
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Awwwww......ain’t that just to dam bad.
They remind me of a guy that really REALLY wants a new car, and also knows he will be laid off any day, but figures he can hide the car from the repo man. So he is desperately trying to get the loan approved while he can still prove he’s got a job.
I think the pink slip is coming before the loan approval.
Your death plan will not be foisted onto the American people.
the reason:
Many of them are in a no win situation on the bill. If they vote for it they will be punished next election cycle by the voters. If they vote against, the party will withdraw support and they will face well funded primary challenges.
CC — You are right. That is exactly it! They want to blather on about HC, but they do not want to vote on it, because then the poop will hit the fan.
I was so encouraged with Harry Reid said it would not be done by this year — for some reason I was thinking it would happen soon. Now I am starting to think it will NOT happen at all.
Zero’s allies = anyone who hates this country both internally and externally
Like German tanks in Russia at 40 below zero, we’ve bogged down the Baraqqi surge.
Now comes the toughest fighting.
I believe we are up to it.
I think an introduction is in order: Communist White House, meet the American people. Now run along, and take your little red book with you.
I had a friend that was in the Repo business. Scary stuff. I rode with him one time in my younger days. Once was enough.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
All the 5th generation wards of the state will just have to go to work and get their OWN coverage!
You mean Obamacare wasn’t passed in July?
It doesn’t take affect until 2013 anyway. What’s the rush?
Good.
The more he’s frustrated the more he’ll work out and play b-ball, which means less time to take away our freedoms.
...and NOTHING could be more important than keeping Hussein happy, right?!
LOL. As far as I am concerned, we don’t need a health care “delay”, but a health care “denial” to Hussein for his dumbass plans.
This is a rope a dope.
The Democrats are falling apart. The Blue Dogs lose either way because a vote for the bill ends in them being voted out, but not agreeing with the democrat leadership will cause them to have primary challengers where the leftists will probably back the other candidate. So what it means is the left is heading more left then ever before and becoming too partisan.
A delay will occur because the Dems are waring with each other over policy. The thing is the far left media is not playing up the fight as much as it should be. Instead focusing on republicans. They don’t want to paint the picture the Democrats are divided.
As far as I can tell, each side in the debate wants something different in a bill. And the people don’t want a bill at all and the left knows it is unpopular.
Well if I understand it right the Senate is unable to come up with a compromise. But the House is trying to vote on their version of a bill anyways. But even then some in the House don’t like it. But it might pass the House. However, then if it does it will stall in the Senate. Pelosi wants to ram the bill thru. However the bill will be altered in the Senate to appease the Blue Dogs, at least that is it seems like. But that will only anger the far left.
So at some point the House and Senate would have to bicker over their differences. But only if the Senate ever votes for it and it passes. Harry Reid is saying their is too much bickering going on to pass it in Senate.
Look, it is the same junk that happened with the Stimulus. But with that they rammed it down our throats. Whereas, here it stalled and there are several version floating around. Tracking it all is a headache.
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