Health Bill Faces Senate Heat [Chuck Schumer Says: "We'll Succeed...Failure Is Not An Option"]

Wall St. Journal ^ | November 08th, 2009

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NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Health Bill Faces Senate Heat

Challenges on Abortion and Funding Loom After Overhaul Plan Squeaks Through House

By JANET ADAMY and NAFTALI BENDAVID

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul faces an uncertain battle in the Senate after a narrow weekend victory in the House revealed the continuing divide among Democrats.

The bill passed by a 220-215 margin late Saturday after fractious debate. Thirty-nine Democrats voted against the measure. One Republican, Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana, unexpectedly voted in favor.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attended a press conference after the vote. In a Rose Garden appearance Sunday, Mr. Obama said he is "absolutely confident" a health-care bill also will pass through the Senate.

But its narrow passage in the House, where the Democrats have a large majority, underscores the difficulties ahead. Senate Democrats are struggling to agree on how to pay for the overhaul and whether to create a new public insurance plan to compete with private insurers by 2013, as the House did. Friction over how the bill treats abortion, which almost derailed the House vote, is likely to divide the Senate too.

[fujimoh]

We know that their failure is not an option ... they will succeed in their plan to imprison us one way or another ... either through taxes or prison for failure to comply.

[Parley Baer]

One Republican, Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao of Louisiana, unexpectedly voted in favor. Might as well be a dimoKKKRAT and represents a heavy dimoKKKRAT district.

[RebelTXRose]

I will personally walk door-to-door next year to work for Chuckie’s defeat! Giggle-britches too!
His office staff are so rude to constituents who call to give an opposing opinion.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Fascist communist and Marxist dictators all over the world are counting on you Chuckie!!! You lowlife punk!

[Sarah Barracuda]

When you look up failure in the dictionary, you see a giant picture of that douche bag Schmucky Schummer

[lysie]

I’m with you on that!!

[ronnie raygun]

One of many despicable subhumans who have managed to get themselves elected by extortion, coercion, threats, criminally handing out American taxpayer funds to self promote themselves into office. Sadley this creep will be re-elected by the creeps who praise him. We must concentrat on minimalizing these cretans by using the same tactics they use on us and by making every attempt to promote candidates running against them.

[antidemoncrat]

The Liberal Dems will simply nuke it through the Senate and blame the Republicans for not cooperating.

[Stayfree]

go ahead putz and vote for your demise in 2010