Posted on 03/04/2010 9:45:38 AM PST by Dewey Revoltnow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she was confident of satisfying Democratic concerns about a Senate-approved healthcare bill and passing the measure.
Pelosi made the comment at her weekly news conference -- just hours after one lawmaker said a dozen House Democrats opposed to abortion were willing to kill the legislation unless it satisfies their demand for language barring federal funding of the procedure.
Their threat to kill healthcare reform came a day after President Barack Obama launched a final push to pass the overhaul, a top domestic priority, and urged Democrats in Congress to vote on the bill this month, even without Republican support.
Pelosi voiced confidence that Democrats will prevail over what she said was Republican obstructionism and win passage of landmark legislation that Obama will sign into law.
"What has happened in the last year, in the past year, in the United States Senate is a total obstruction by the Republican senators," Pelosi said.
Pelosi rejected Republican complaints that Democrats were trying to force the passage of a sweeping overhaul of the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system through the Senate.
She said an expedited procedure that permits passage on a simple majority vote -- rather than 60 in the 100-member Senate -- would be used to make "corrections" in the legislation.
Said Pelosi, "The president yesterday called for an up-or-down vote and we are preparing to follow his lead on that."
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I don’t know if we do revolt now, but Nancy is certainly revolting. She is a witch and a spider and a hag.
100% of Americans needed to be ‘forced’ in to this healthcare program. Including Congress and federal employees.
Pelosi can’t undo the abortion issue.
Surely you jest?
The House must pass the Senate version of the bill without changes period. Any deals made will have to be made after the fact and are unlikely to happen. The Dems are going to do this, despite all the fake protestations, and there is nothing we can do to stop it. Elections have consequences.
Yes, that’s the problem.
They will keep their current healthcare and relegate us to another.
“”What has happened in the last year, in the past year, in the United States Senate is a total obstruction by the Republican senators,” Pelosi said.”
Is this woman so stupid she doesn’t know what a super majority is?
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