Posted on 01/21/2010 12:42:19 PM PST by pabianice
A well-informed source tells The Mouth Nancy Pelosi is set to announce the House will go the reconciliation route on health care reform.
Of course, that means using a budgetary procedure that requires a simple majority to pass.
It’s still unclear to us precisely what that means would be passed, but possibilities would be creating a national health care exchange and expanding Medicare or Medicaid coverage.
Democrats are caucusing now, so stay tuned.
Update: A second source confirms that Pelosi is presenting a reconciliation plan to the caucus, and making sure they go with something that can actually pass.
Separately, she is meeting with Harry Reid today.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2010/01/its-reconciliation.html#ixzz0dHWS30CN
Setting a precedent that they will regret.
We’d be in our eighth year of ANWR drilling if this had been in force before.
Setting a precedent that they will regret.
We’d be in our eighth year of ANWR drilling if this had been in force before.
Hey Dems,
Keep your laws off my BODY!
Man, I can’t wait till November. I’d give up my summer to get rid of that woman.
I have to remember, good things come to those who wait... .
Comparing her to pigs is not very nice to pigs.
Any Senator may raise a procedural objection to a provision believed to be extraneous, which will then be ruled on by the presiding Senator. A vote of 60 Senators is required to overturn the ruling.
Egad. What they feel comfortable saying in front of camera really leads me to wonder what they say behind the camera. Truly sad this is state of “leadership” in this country. Foul mouthed brats.
She doesn’t have the votes in the House to pass it.
I think it is the supplement to the existing Senate bill, that Nancy is putting together, that will be called the reconcilation bill.
For this particular bill, the House and the Senate would adopt rules that have been pre-defined in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. These rules limit - with great specificity - precisely what kind of budget bills may be passed under these limited debate and amendment rules - rules that also do away with the filibuster in the Senate.
The Budget Reconciliation process is used with some frequency, but it's never used for bills courting such controversy as this health care bill does. If they want to pass health care using Budget Reconciliation, MANY deep and profound changes would need to be made to the House and Senate bills.
Before bills can be passed using Budget Reconciliation, a person(s) called the Congressional Parliamentarian will review the bill and will strike any provision that doesn't meet the guidelines set-forth in the CBA of 1974. House and Senate Parliamentarians are NOT elected members, they are officers of both chambers and are non-partisan. They won't allow any funny business because they aren't beholden to either Dems or Republicans, much like the Sergent-at-Arms.
I guess reconciliation means 2 diffecrt things. Anyway, I think Pelousy’s threat is empty, or maybe this article pre-dates her recent capitulation.
You’re right. Everything they do at this point, is pure entertainment.
the progressives are twisting in the wind.... is fun to watch..
They have already told her this pig won’t fly.
The pig flies all the time and we pay for it.
No, the changes that are made to the Senate bill are happening in the Conference Committee. The Conference Committee generates something called the Conference Report. The Conference Report then immediately goes to the House and Senate floors for an up or down vote, respectively. Due to Congressional rules, neither the House nor the Senate may be allowed to offer amendments to the Conference Report - BUT - the Senate rules that allow for the filibuster apply to Conference Reports as well. So, the Report itself CAN be filibustered, unless of course the Senate does away with the filibuster using a parliamentary maneuver known as "the nuclear option".
If the Conference Report is approved by both Houses, then it becomes the reconciled bill that travels to the President for his signature to then become law, or to be vetoed. The use of the root word "reconcile" causes some confusion in similar phrases and words, but with varying definitions and meanings.
If they should go the Budget route, the “Health care bill” would be extremely pared down.
I have seen a report on TV, that they may rewrite the health bill to include: Guaranteed issue and no penalties for people who don’t purchase health Insurance.
That would destroy the entire Insurance Industry. Just imagine you could stop by an agent and get Insurance for your procedure on the way to the hospital. After you get out you just stop paying your premiums.
Wit such an insane provision you would also see most Employees drop their Group coverage, why would they pay premiums when they can get coverage when needed?
Just think, with the Insurance companies out of the way, the Government could rescue us with a Health insurance Bailout. Then they could impose any provisions due to that void.
Sometimes I wonder if this isn’t their plan now. Nothing surprises me anymore.
This would be hailed as the great humanitarian Government rescue from those eeeeeeeeeeevil Insurance companies.
It does kind of mean two different things in this instance. In one respect, it just a verb that describes what goes on in the Conference Committee to every bill in committee. In another instance, it refers to a specific legal process known as Budget Reconciliation that is defined in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
The may be corrupt lefties, but they are probably reluctant to slit their own throats for the sake of Obama.
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