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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At some point all the tea party, town hall, etc protesters will have to agree to go to Washington when the date for this BS is to happen. 100,000 people all attempting to enter the capitol building at the same time can not possibly be stopped. Shut it down. Just shut it down.
I for one am sick of the horse chit media blitz that they, ‘may’ ‘could, might’ do....NO, The CONSTITUTION says you can’t do it.! And WE THE PEOPLE BACK IT UP.
I for one am sick of the horse chit media blitz that they, ‘may’ ‘could, might’ do....NO, The CONSTITUTION says you can’t do it.! And WE THE PEOPLE BACK IT UP.
It’s way past time to sharpen the pitchforks...
I’m in. Sarah needs to announce it on leno tonite
You probably need to be ready to go at 11:45 PM on a Sunday evening. They don’t keep regular hours when pulling this kind of stuff.
Democrats (like all evil and wicked people) don't want God in the equation because they know that if He is considered, then they are accountable to Him.
They think they are unaccountable.
They are not.
They are accountable to God, our Constitution, and to the People.
I really hope that if they are thrown out, there are trials against them for their crimes.
The mandates will be struck down as unconstitutional and the Rats know it.
The duma$$ republicans will just sit on their thumbs while this happens.
No it couldn't. Not if the rules of the Senate are to be followed. Of course, for Dems, rules don't mean much.
Reconciliation Bills are only allowed to "correct" bills already passed by the Senate and the House and signed into law by the President. Without a Time Machine there is no way the Dems can abide by the rules and pass the reconciliation bill first. Can't be done.
So I give it only a 50/50 chance that the Dems will go this route. It would have to be a desperation move on their part. The law and the rules of the Senate wouldn't stop them but the blow back from the public just might. Get out the popcorn.
The Marx Bro....clip is classic..in more ways than one.
using a parliamentary maneuver that will test the boundaries of constitutional lawmaking
The House must vote on the Senate bill first. This is our best opportunity to kill this monstrosity.
Hoyer is nuts.
How does an unemployed patriot in FL get to DC?
Bicycle?
YES!!!! THIS BILL MUST NOT PASS!!!!
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