[Nachum]

The most ethical...

Oh never mind

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[mnehring]

Don’t forget the most transparent...

...oops..

[skeeter]

"Skipping a real, open conference shuts out the American people and breaks one of President Obama's signature campaign promises," he said.

Its becoming more clear by the day what "Yes We Can" meant.

Suckers!

[Perdogg]

They still need 60 votes to advance it in the Senate.

[TexasCajun]

John MeCain and Mini-MeCain will nevertheless be all the more willing to cross the isle and work with those same Democrats in the name of bipartisanship and mutual respect.

[tioga]

at midnight on a Saturday night.....superbowl weekend perhaps?

[cranked]

When the garbage stinks like fresh fecal matter, no amount of bypassing the flushing of the toilet will change the smell. In other words, if it feels, looks, and smells like fecal matter, it is fecal matter, period. Please send a memo to these moronic idiots please.

[roses of sharon]

This is a done deal, when will we face this fact?

[G Larry]

Send THIS to your Senators NOW!

Current Bill does NOTHING to “fix” Healthcare!

The current “Healthcare” bill was constructed in secrecy, because it is nothing to be proud of, and cannot withstand the light of day. It will NOT reduce the cost of healthcare to the 85% of Americans happy with their current healthcare! The quality and availability of healthcare enjoyed by 85% of Americans will NOT be available to them under the latest bill. This bill does nothing to reduce the $250 BILLION annual cost of defensive medicine and insurance premiums driven by current tort laws. Why continue the lie about keeping our current doctors and insurance, hoping we won’t notice that employers will be threatened, bribed, and cajoled into dumping us onto the government plan. We know that only “approved” policies will be allowed to stay in force, and any change in our circumstance is grounds for MANDATORY transition to the government plan. How many ADDITIONAL people does the bill pretend to provide “healthcare” for? How do you propose to pay for this additional coverage? How do you imagine enticing Doctors to continue to provide more care to more people for less money? If you pull $500 Billion out of Medicare, are we supposed to believe the quality of care for the elderly won’t suffer? What Constitutional authority allows the government to mandate that you buy health insurance under penalty of Fine or IMPRISONMENT? Are we really supposed to believe that rationed healthcare is not a cornerstone of this plan? Aren’t you really attempting to concoct a legacy by overstating the case for government run healthcare, and using that enterprise to impose a socialist agenda?

[mcmuffin]

No need to worry. Mitch McConnell will take care of that! /sarc

[BP2]

It's impossible for the Rats to do this out in the open.

If they did, ObamaCare would fall flat on its face!

[apillar]

This is being referred to as the "ping pong" method because the house will amend the bill, send it to the senate, the senate will amend the bill, then send it back to the house, and so on until they negotiate a bill they think will pass.

I'm not sure how this help's the dems though, can't the Republicans still attempt to filibuster every time the bill is sent back to the senate?

[Zeddicus]

Oh bloody hell. Why bother anymore? King Obama may as well just stop the charade and impose “healthcare reform” by supreme edict. Our Constitutional Republic has been overthrown and we’re nothing but serfs to a new Crown.

[TLI]

But Democrats on Capitol Hill are free to fashion a more informal procedure because they aren't relying on Republican votes to pass the final bill.

For congressional Democrats and the White House, bypassing a conference committee would block Republicans

Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills), said he believed that Democrats would avoid a formal conference.

House Republicans on Monday argued that informal negotiations went against Democrats' pledges of government transparency.

"Something as critical as the Democrats' healthcare bill . . . shouldn't be slapped together in a shady backroom deal," said Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio).

"Skipping a real, open conference shuts out the American people and breaks one of President Obama's signature campaign promises," he said.



Hey, it looks pretty transparent to me. The communists that call themselves democrats are running a One-Party government and they don't seem to care who knows.

I wonder what the communists will be saying when they smack the ground at the bottom of the cliff? Racism? Uneducated voters? Not "sophisticated" enough to understand their plan?

[vox_freedom]

...an attempt to block Republicans from delaying the bill.

With all due respect to the LA Slimes, it isn't an attempt to block delay, it is an outright blockage of debate, circumventing the usual process of deliberation, and an outright attempt to HIDE FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE the substance of what is being considered in this outrageous legislation.

[JPG]

Barry, Harry, Nancy........YOU LIE!!!!!

[Arrowhead1952]

Watch the clip, especially around the one minute mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmNdV0PSRy4

[HighlyOpinionated]

According to Rasmussen, there's nearly a tie in the polls between the Republican and Democrat running for Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate Seat. If the Republican wins, it'll upset the applecart for Reid. There will only be 59 Democrats in the Senate. And if the Republican wins, it will be a precursor of things to come in November!

Support Scott Brown Now. The election is January 19! This election could be the "Senate election heard round the world." Okay, so "round the White House" and that would make it all the sweeter.

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Scott Brown and Martha Coakley on the night of their first debate at WBZ (WBZ-AM)

[Star Traveler]

More shenanigans from the Congress... :-)