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Hoyer: The Fix Is In For Health Care
IBD's Capital Hill ^ | 3/2/2010 | Sean Higgins

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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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: 111th; agenda; bhohealthcare; healthcare; house; hoyer; maryland; nuclearoption; reconciliation
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This is a complex subject. But check out the Twister commercial and classic Marx Bros. scene. Best descriptions of what Democrats are doing that I've seen.
1 posted on 03/02/2010 5:21:21 PM PST by Slyscribe
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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.


2 posted on 03/02/2010 5:25:07 PM PST by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
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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.


3 posted on 03/02/2010 5:27:25 PM PST by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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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.


4 posted on 03/02/2010 5:27:25 PM PST by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: icwhatudo
Take a page from the "Instant Crowd" handbook?
Time On Target.
5 posted on 03/02/2010 5:29:00 PM PST by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
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To: icwhatudo
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.

Amen bro! These bastards need to fear us since they won't listen to us!
6 posted on 03/02/2010 5:30:30 PM PST by demkicker (Helping Democrats Become Extinct)
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It’s way past time to sharpen the pitchforks...


7 posted on 03/02/2010 5:33:54 PM PST by mcmuffin (Somewhere in Kenya a village is searching for what America has found, an idiot.)
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To: demkicker

I’m in. Sarah needs to announce it on leno tonite


8 posted on 03/02/2010 5:34:17 PM PST by johncocktoasten (Practicing asymetrical thread warfare against anti-Palin Trolls)
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To: icwhatudo

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.


9 posted on 03/02/2010 5:34:21 PM PST by Faith-Hope
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This is what Democrats deserve.

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.

10 posted on 03/02/2010 5:34:33 PM PST by SkyPilot
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The mandates will be struck down as unconstitutional and the Rats know it.


11 posted on 03/02/2010 5:35:32 PM PST by tobyhill
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To: mcmuffin

The duma$$ republicans will just sit on their thumbs while this happens.


12 posted on 03/02/2010 5:35:46 PM PST by wewereright
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To: Slyscribe
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.

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.

13 posted on 03/02/2010 5:41:09 PM PST by InterceptPoint
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The Marx Bro....clip is classic..in more ways than one.


14 posted on 03/02/2010 5:43:17 PM PST by Osage Orange (A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. - Sigmund Freud)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
using a parliamentary maneuver that will test the boundaries of constitutional lawmaking

15 posted on 03/02/2010 5:50:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Freedom is Priceless.)
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This is not possible. You cannot reconcile what DOES NOT EXIST.
16 posted on 03/02/2010 5:53:35 PM PST by Lazamataz (Seriously. The only way Obama can possibly pull this out is to declare Martial Law before November.)
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To: InterceptPoint

The House must vote on the Senate bill first. This is our best opportunity to kill this monstrosity.

Hoyer is nuts.


17 posted on 03/02/2010 5:56:01 PM PST by mwl8787
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To: Osage Orange

How does an unemployed patriot in FL get to DC?


18 posted on 03/02/2010 6:00:14 PM PST by bicyclerepair (FR - my online family. From Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
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Bicycle?


19 posted on 03/02/2010 6:05:20 PM PST by Osage Orange (A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. - Sigmund Freud)
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To: icwhatudo

YES!!!! THIS BILL MUST NOT PASS!!!!


20 posted on 03/02/2010 6:06:10 PM PST by bronxville
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