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Landrieu Sets Conditions for Her Vote
WSJ ^ | 11/22/09 | Peter Landers

Posted on 11/22/2009 6:49:49 PM PST by freespirited

Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana said she’ll vote to move ahead with the Senate health bill, but has three conditions before she agrees to vote yes on the final bill. Those conditions are important, because Ms. Landrieu is one of the Democratic swing votes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) needs to win final passage. Here they are:

1) More tax credits for small business to buy health insurance. The issue is a consistent theme for Ms. Landrieu, who is chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee. The bill already includes some credits at a cost of $27 billion over a decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

2) Measures to prevent sharp health premium increases between now and the time the bill goes into effect. Ms. Landrieu noted that several years would pass between passage of the bill and 2014, when many of its provisions take effect including the introduction of insurance exchanges where people could comparison-shop for plans.

3) “A better and bipartisan solution” to the question of a government-run, health-insurance plan sought by liberal Democrats. The current bill includes the public plan, with an option for states not to participate. But Ms. Landrieu indicated she preferred a proposal by Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, under which the public plan would be triggered only if other steps didn’t make coverage affordable.

Will she get what she wants? Mr. Reid can probably offer something on the first two conditions, but the third one is tougher because many Senate Democrats insist the public plan must be part of the bill from the start.

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My guess is that Landrieu does not fully appreciate that a firestorm is about to erupt.
1 posted on 11/22/2009 6:49:52 PM PST by freespirited
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To: freespirited

Hey mary,forget it.You’re just an old fat whore and nothing more.


2 posted on 11/22/2009 6:51:47 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: freespirited

What BS on her part - all this said to make it look like she’s not the wholesale prostitute that she is....she knows exactly how she’s going to vote. Forget the posturing, Mary, we know what your price was, and it wasn’t all that much to sell out your country.


3 posted on 11/22/2009 6:53:00 PM PST by madmominct
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To: freespirited

What ,she wants another $100 million?


4 posted on 11/22/2009 6:53:29 PM PST by GSP.FAN (These are the times that try men's souls.)
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To: freespirited

She sold us out for less than a dollar apiece. F... her!!!

Sorry for the cuss word but it’s the only way I can express my feelings for this woman.


5 posted on 11/22/2009 6:53:37 PM PST by bronxville
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To: freespirited
Landrieu Sets Conditions for Her Vote

A bigger bribe, no doubt. I wonder how much it will take to buy her vote this time?

6 posted on 11/22/2009 6:53:44 PM PST by NittanyLion
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To: freespirited

What? $100 MILLION in perks for her state got her to turn-tail and vote for this to go to the floor for debate in the first place!

Not only has it been established that she’s a wh@re (price tag - 100 million dollars) but she’s a GREEDY one, to boot!

Beotch.


7 posted on 11/22/2009 6:54:40 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (We have a Pisher in Chief!)
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To: freespirited

We all know she is a cheap whore so perhaps Reid needs to pay her $300 MM, on top of the original $100 MM, for another yes vote.


8 posted on 11/22/2009 6:55:01 PM PST by C19fan
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To: madmominct

She’s established what she is...all that remains is determining a price.


9 posted on 11/22/2009 6:55:07 PM PST by Be_Politically_Erect (All Along The Watchtower.)
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To: freespirited
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4) "Are you a cop? Because you have to tell me if you are!?"

10 posted on 11/22/2009 6:55:50 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: freespirited

And her vote only cost us 300 million dollars! All for a bill no one wants or likes.

And she’s poised to win next year.

Have a nice day. :D:D:D:D


11 posted on 11/22/2009 6:56:04 PM PST by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Dear Mary: We know what you are...we just don’t know what you charge.


12 posted on 11/22/2009 6:56:06 PM PST by hal ogen
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To: freespirited

Mary go back to the street corner and do what you do best


13 posted on 11/22/2009 6:56:40 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: freespirited

Oh, PULEEEEZE...give it a break, Landrieu!

We already how VERY IMPORTANT you are! ha.

Now try to” clean it up ‘ before the S... hits the fan!
do you really think we are THAt stupid.?


14 posted on 11/22/2009 6:56:46 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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To: freespirited

Whore!

Arrest her for extortion!


15 posted on 11/22/2009 6:57:57 PM PST by dalereed
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To: freespirited

One condition. A minimum of $100 million dollars for New Orleans shanty town.


16 posted on 11/22/2009 6:58:30 PM PST by Overtaxed Patriot (Lock and load)
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To: freespirited

I hope you peruse Free Republic Mary. You should know you’ve taken a huge jump up on the list of people who will regret what they’ve done to this country.


17 posted on 11/22/2009 7:00:06 PM PST by Overtaxed Patriot (Lock and load)
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To: freespirited

Everything I read makes it more and more madness. Sure, just add a provision against price increases. Will the Congress snap its fingers or wiggle its nose to make this magic work? It’s all crazy.


18 posted on 11/22/2009 7:00:26 PM PST by Williams (It's the policies, stupid)
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To: imahawk

bought and paid for by the dems. She is a big old whore.


19 posted on 11/22/2009 7:00:58 PM PST by television is just wrong (one big ass mistake America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: freespirited

This “Big Easy” shakedown is just a little more subtle than the Chicago thug-hustle. Illinois’ handout must be next on the runway.


20 posted on 11/22/2009 7:01:05 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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