Posted on 03/02/2010 5:21:20 PM PST by Slyscribe
Democrats are considering pushing the health care bill through the Senate using a parliamentary maneuver that will test the boundaries of constitutional lawmaking.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters Tuesday that the leadership was mulling first passing a fix to the Senate health care bill, then passing the Senate bill it is supposedly fixing. The fix, in Capitol Hill-speak, is being called the reconciliation bill.
We could pass the reconciliation first, have the reconciliation passed by the Senate and then pass the Senate bill, Hoyer said.
This would reverse the usual order of passing a bill, then passing the additional fix bill. Hoyer said that while putting the legislative cart before the horse would be more complicated, it could be done.
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We need a national work stoppage...shut the country down!!! Going to Washington is a waste of time...Just refuse to go to work no tax money ....or maybe stay at home for the weeken and spend no money someting
Isn’t it illegal to pass an amendment first to something that isn’t even law yet?
They are Nuking the Senate with this bill !!
Use Drudge Headline as GUIDE.
NUCLEAR OPTION!!!
Stop using the Dem party / Media latest poll tested terminology
These people are remarkable.
< sarc>"The most ethical congress in history..." < /sarc>
5.56mm
If this causes a mass exodus from the healthcare segment of our nation, will the Sen. pass a bill requiring people to remain in healthcare.
What day?
Don’t know the day, but I’m in! Can be there with 1 hour notice.
Good Point. These clever people are going to out clever themselves. If they do this, then when the Republicans regain control, everything will be on a simple majority....
80 IQ Hoyer is at it again!
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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