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Health Care Bills Passes the US House (220-215)
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Posted on 11/07/2009 8:07:41 PM PST by jern

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To: Maverick68

You are 1000% correct. Mourn tonight and then get back into Kick*A$$ mode tomorrow.


301 posted on 11/07/2009 8:38:23 PM PST by ninergold3 ("Has it ever occurred to you that nothing occurs to God?" -Mark Lowry)
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To: tallyhoe

Thank you Mr. Gingrich and the entire GOP leadership for giving Scazzofava over to the RATS!


302 posted on 11/07/2009 8:38:24 PM PST by uncitizen (I'm mad as hell and i'm not gonna take it anymore!!)
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To: All

TERM LIMITS


303 posted on 11/07/2009 8:38:27 PM PST by navymom1
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To: kaila

Oops, I meant you can make more money seeing 3 minor patients than one with a major medical problem.
I am so angry I cannot even type right.


304 posted on 11/07/2009 8:38:42 PM PST by kaila
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To: conservativefromGa

they passed it by 2 lousy votes?!?


305 posted on 11/07/2009 8:38:43 PM PST by JustPiper (You think about revolution...Well...)
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To: yorkie

Would a doctor even be allowed to be strictly fee for service, refusing all insurance or government plans, and just work for straight up cash, or let his patients have a payment plan through his own office financing? Like cosmetic surgeons and fertility docs today?


306 posted on 11/07/2009 8:38:43 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: RepublicanChick
220+ Traitors and Tyrants!

These so called "representatives" are pure evil! They are a bunch of no good looters, corrupt communist dirt bags!

307 posted on 11/07/2009 8:38:44 PM PST by kara2008
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To: Quickgun

Seems to me he already promised something like that if this abomination became law, didn’t he?


308 posted on 11/07/2009 8:38:44 PM PST by LongElegantLegs (Raise the fanged and warlike mistress, stern, impassive, weaponed mistress...)
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To: sweetiepiezer

Couldn’t leave a message. Mailboxes are full.


309 posted on 11/07/2009 8:38:58 PM PST by joesjane (The strength of the pack is the wolf - Rudyard Kipling)
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To: GodGunsGuts
Time to put their heads on a stick.

I'm with you brother, it's way past time to start burning down their houses.

310 posted on 11/07/2009 8:38:59 PM PST by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: bustinchops
Please ping me the instant that you post up the roll call vote.

Thanks,

John / Billybob

311 posted on 11/07/2009 8:39:00 PM PST by Congressman Billybob (www.TheseAretheTimes.us)
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To: sweetiepiezer

Oh good grief.

Leave this poor guy alone. He’s no RINO. He’s been with us on stimulus, crap & tax, etc. Boehner let him wait until the RATS hung themselves and got to the 218 number and only THEN did he release Cao to vote yes.

Same as Pelosi did for a couple of blue dogs, allowing them to vote no.

It was after those votes were immaterial to the final outcome.

Yeah, that’ll fix us! We’ll send money to his other Republican primary opponent (he won’t have one, btw) so we can hand this seat back to them Dems, without a whimper.


312 posted on 11/07/2009 8:39:00 PM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: teg_76
they didn’t screw themselves, they screwed us. so they lose in 2010, big deal. we’re not going to have the majorities necessary to reverse it.

A revamped House could refuse to fund it.

It's not supposed to really start operating until 2013. It won't have a "constituency" until it starts operation. So, if the Donk's lose the White House, it can simply be repealed. These are all very important "ifs".

313 posted on 11/07/2009 8:39:32 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: PhiKapMom

Do you have a list of the ones in congress who voted for this crap?!


314 posted on 11/07/2009 8:39:34 PM PST by kcvl
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To: PhiKapMom
"George Voinovich, Republican Senator from Ohio"

Voinovich is retiring at the end of his term. It's an open seat. Voinovich is a liberal Republican. He's my Senator and I wouldn't at all be surprised if he voted for it. Gird your loins.

315 posted on 11/07/2009 8:39:53 PM PST by OldDeckHand (Obamacare - So bad, even Joe Lieberman isn't going to vote for it.)
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To: conservativebabe

Once upon a time, I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the President. I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for computers and portable electronics. There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind. I live in a free country. There’s nothing that the government can do to me if I’ve broken no laws. My wealth was earned honestly, and an invitation to dinner with an American President is an honor I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief of Staff, and joined the President in a yellow dining room.

We sat across from each other at a table draped in white linen. The Great Seal was embossed on the china. Uniformed staff served our dinner. The meal was served, and I was startled when my waiter suddenly reached out, plucked a dinner roll off my plate, and began nibbling it as he walked back to the kitchen. “Sorry about that,” said the President. “Andrew is very hungry.” “I don’t appreciate...” I began, but as I looked into the calm brown eyes across from me, I felt immediately guilty and petty. It was just a dinner roll. “Of course,” I concluded, and reached for my glass. Before I could, however, another waiter reached forward, took the glass away and swallowed the wine in a single gulp. “And his brother Eric is very thirsty.” said the President.

The President is testing my compassion, I thought. I will play along. I don’t want to seem unkind. My plate was whisked away before I had tasted a bite. “Eric’s children are also quite hungry.” With a lurch, I crashed to the floor. My chair had been pulled out from under me. I stood, brushing myself off angrily, and watched as it was carried from the room. “And their grandmother can’t stand for long.” I excused myself, smiling outwardly, but inside feeling like a fool. Obviously I had been invited to the White House to be sport for some game.

I reached for my coat, to find that it had been taken. I turned back to the President.”Their grandfather doesn’t like the cold.” I wanted to shout- that was my coat! But again, I looked at the placid smiling face of my host and decided I was being a poor sport. I spread my hands helplessly and chuckled. Then I felt my hip pocket and realized my wallet was gone. I excused myself and walked to a phone on an elegant side table. I learned shortly that my credit cards had been maxed out, my bank accounts emptied, my retirement and equity portfolios had vanished, and my wife had been thrown out of our home. Apparently, the waiters and their families were moving in.

The President hadn’t moved or spoken as I learned all this, but finally I lowered the phone into its cradle and turned to face him. “Andrew’s whole family has made bad financial decisions. They haven’t planned for retirement, and they need a house. They recently defaulted on a subprime mortgage. I told them they could have your home. They need it more than you do.” My hands were shaking. I felt faint. I stumbled back to the table and knelt on the floor.

The President cheerfully cut his meat, ate his steak and drank his wine. I lowered my eyes and stared at the small grey circles on the tablecloth that were water drops.”By the way,” He added, “I have just signed an Executive Order nationalizing your factories. I’m firing you as head of your business. I’ll be operating the firm now for the benefit of all mankind. There’s a whole bunch of Erics and Andrews out there and they can’t come to you for jobs groveling like beggars.” I looked up. The President dropped his spoon into the empty ramekin which had been his creme brulee. He drained the last drops of his wine. As the table was cleared, he lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair. He stared at me. I clung to the edge of the table as if were a ledge and I were a man hanging over an abyss.

I thought of the years behind me, of the life I had lived. The life I had earned with a lifetime of work, risk and struggle. Why was I punished? How had I allowed it to be taken? What game had I played and lost? I looked across the table and noticed with some surprise that there was no game board between us. What had I done wrong? As if answering the unspoken thought, the President suddenly cocked his head, locked his empty eyes to mine, and bared a million teeth, chuckling wryly as he folded his hands he said:”You should have stopped me at the dinner roll”


316 posted on 11/07/2009 8:40:01 PM PST by mojitojoe (“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Zack Attack
1 Republican YEA vote

That means the MSM will be calling it a "bi-partisan" health care plan to give the 'rats cover.

317 posted on 11/07/2009 8:40:04 PM PST by Mannaggia l'America
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To: GeronL
Whatever happened to making them read the bill on the floor?

Reading it would have taken over a year, and no one understands the language anyway.

318 posted on 11/07/2009 8:40:21 PM PST by bigheadfred (Be who you are and say what you feel: Those who mind don't matter.Those who matter don't mind.)
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To: GeronL
Not with a filibuster. The Democrats need 60 votes to shut it off and they don't have them. If the bill is rewritten to get the support of Senate moderates, it will be unpalatable to House liberals. And Dingy Harry knows he doesn't have the votes for the House bill.

"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

319 posted on 11/07/2009 8:40:21 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: GeronL

Dem Senator said if they use parliamentary tricks that Reid won’t even have 50.

Baucus is steamed over Boxer moving Cap and Trade illegally out Committee. Reid also tossed his bill out the window is is drafting his own although it is not committed to paper yet. They already have 13 Dems who voted not to shut off debate on healthcare.


320 posted on 11/07/2009 8:40:26 PM PST by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn - Senate 2010 ! Take Back the House/Senate! Stop ZERO!)
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