Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Graham: House Bill "D.O.A." in the Senate
cbsnews.com ^ | Nov. 8, 2009 | Michelle Levi

Posted on 11/08/2009 10:26:06 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY

(CBS) Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the health care bill passed last night by the House of Representatives is "dead on arrival to the Senate."

Graham argued that the House bill was "written for liberals, by liberals.

"Just look at how it passed; it passed 220 to 215. It passed by two votes. You had [39] Democrats vote against the bill," Graham told "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer Sunday.

He also admitted that if it were to come down to it, he would join his independent colleague Senator Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., in filibustering a bill including the so-called public option should it come to the Senate floor.

"The House bill is a non-starter in the Senate," he added. "I just think the construct out of the House and what exists in the Senate is not going to pass, and I hope and pray it doesn't because it would be a disaster for the economy and health care," Graham concluded.

Graham believed a public option would "destroy" private health care, saying that insurance companies could not compete against the lower premiums of a government-backed plan. "It will be a death blow to private choice," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; doa; gophealthcare; hr3962
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-114 next last

1 posted on 11/08/2009 10:26:06 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY

Oh yeah right, he’s one to be believed..

He’ll be the first one Obama talks to.


2 posted on 11/08/2009 10:28:41 AM PST by Freddd (CNN is not credible.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY

Any Blue Dogs who voted for it must be thinking that they walked the plank for nothing.


3 posted on 11/08/2009 10:29:02 AM PST by Paleo Conservative
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY
graham will be the first to seek a compromise with the dems to pass Health care legislation and when the votes are counted he will be in the yea column
4 posted on 11/08/2009 10:29:12 AM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY

Remember how we felt when the Democrats would declare one of Reagan’s proposed budgets DOA? This is will be having the same effect on the Democrats today.

Except they aren’t nearly as good at controlling their emotions.


5 posted on 11/08/2009 10:29:16 AM PST by Steely Tom (Without the second, the rest are just politicians' BS.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY

Blind pig....acorn...

This still won’t make up for his Cap & Tax support.


6 posted on 11/08/2009 10:29:22 AM PST by SeeRushToldU_So ( Go Braves! Braves are gone.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Freddd

I just think the construct out of the House and what exists in the Senate is not going to pass,’

So they will ‘change’ some wording, and then it will pass.


7 posted on 11/08/2009 10:29:22 AM PST by Freddd (CNN is not credible.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY
"Graham: House Bill "D.O.A." in the Senate"

Prove it you toothless twit.

8 posted on 11/08/2009 10:29:24 AM PST by Enterprise (When they come for your guns and ammo, give them the ammo first.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY

How can anyone trust this guy?

He talks like this right up to the last minute and then votes with the dimrats because he got them to “compromise”.


9 posted on 11/08/2009 10:29:39 AM PST by old curmudgeon
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY
Look at the public option as passing out food stamps...I'm paying for those and my food, too.

The difference is: Food is a necessity, Health Insurance is not.

10 posted on 11/08/2009 10:29:43 AM PST by Sacajaweau
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY

D.O.A.?

I want to see the death certificate.


11 posted on 11/08/2009 10:30:12 AM PST by alloysteel (....the Kennedys can be regarded as dysfunctional. Even in death.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY
Where have we heard this before . It's simple , we don't have the votes . The WH controls the stimulus money . It is a Parliament of Whores . Follow the money .
12 posted on 11/08/2009 10:30:33 AM PST by fantom (,)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Paleo Conservative

I suspect that Pelosi counted the votes and let a lot of the Blue Dogs vote no. They need to be thrown out anyway, because if push came to shove, they would have caved.


13 posted on 11/08/2009 10:30:49 AM PST by Enterprise (When they come for your guns and ammo, give them the ammo first.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY
Graham argued that the House bill was "written for liberals, by liberals.

Graham would know...

14 posted on 11/08/2009 10:31:33 AM PST by Allegra (It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY

Oh Lindsey you retarded mole.


15 posted on 11/08/2009 10:35:17 AM PST by VanDeKoik (Iran doesnt have a 2nd admendment. Ya see how that turned out?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY

Sounds like a guy angling for a deal...


16 posted on 11/08/2009 10:35:40 AM PST by jessduntno (TOTUS fails and POtuS becomes a phuttering stuck.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: fantom

Those of you who think that this will die in Senate don’t understand what was sacrificed night. The Dems have insured that America will be socialist. It was a huge leftist victory.

There is no promise or law they won’t break to finish the deal.

If they have to use the “nuclear option”, they will. There is nothing they won’t sacrifice to finish this.


17 posted on 11/08/2009 10:36:04 AM PST by roses of sharon (Call the NFL and welcome their new Commissioner, Al Sharpton.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY

It’s like saying the government will investigate the shootings.

Not this time pal. The American people will.


18 posted on 11/08/2009 10:36:30 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Enterprise

We have many rich targets for next year, not just the Blue Dogs. There are many RATS who will be in the fight of their political lives with 10% + unemployment.

Did anyone bother to pay attention to the recorded vote on the GOP motion to recommit? The GOP strategy was excellent. They forced a recorded vote to restore Medicare cuts by demanding tort reform. The RATS voted it down, thereby choosing trial lawyers over seniors. Anybody imagine how good those TV ads will be?


19 posted on 11/08/2009 10:38:33 AM PST by mwl8787
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY
Graham better be right...

cuz the word on the net is: "shove it down our throats in '09 and we'll ram it up you @ss in '10"

anyone who is up for election next year who voted for this travesty is going to lose big time

and even the 39 Rats who voted against it are suspect because that vote could have been a calculated move to further their congressional careers

over for the Rats... guarantee it...

folks on the net who Obambi can't spy on are peeved big time

20 posted on 11/08/2009 10:38:42 AM PST by xtinct (The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you..Be Strong Patriots!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-114 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson