Posted on 03/17/2010 12:59:27 PM PDT by giotto
I managed to get through to Congressman John Barrow's Washington office to urge him to vote against both the Reconciliation Bill and the Slaughter Rule. The person I talked to said that the Slaughter Rule was dead. I asked when that happened, and he said "As of 15 minutes ago." That was about half an hour ago when I spoke with him. I searched Free Republic for news of this and found nothing. Also nothing on Google News.
So was he mistaken? Has anyone else heard anything on this?
Still posted on Fox News that the SL Committee will meet Friday.
Oh yes. Of course. These are the ever-important youngsters you see on the metro or in restaurants, wearing their access badges and suits hours after work and talking at MAX VOLUME about how important and all knowing they are.
Of course they know. </sarcasm>
Getting legislation to law was probably not the objective of doing this in the first place. Instead, the real objective was to generate a signed Senate bill that could be presented to the Senate Parliamentarian as a basis for introducing a House passed Bill under the Reconciliation Rule.
If the do the rule adoption procedure and are then able to either get the Senate to adopt the House bill unchanged, or alternatively, get the Senate to adopte the Reconciliation bill with amendments and following that, get the House to agree to the Senate amendments, it is not a problem. Obama will then sign the bill, approved by recorded floor vote, into law.
They have a problem if they do the Senate bill Rule adoption and are then not able to get the Senate to pass the House bill--or thereafter get the Senate to pass the House bill as amended and then are not able to get the House to adopt the amended bill.
The threat of legal action between adoption of the Slaughter rule and House action on the Reconciliation may be a factor--it is difficult to expect that you would get a court result fast enough to be in a window that would do any good. But if the bill managers are concerned about the prospect of intervening litigation, that might move them to reconsider.
More likely is that the Senate Parliamentarian looked at the proposed action and rejected the idea that it would create signed legislation which could be reconciled to.
Who is DrO?
My darling husband.
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Probably something they told you to get you to hang up. TRUST NONE OF THEM!
Oh, OK. I get it now. Duh!
bttt
LOL. That’s all right!!!!
The price isn't right yet.
Levin knows... napalitano blows.
LLS
a number of Dems were giving public statements saying even if they support Obamacare they could not support use of this rule. It was starting to make life difficult.
Dining Room Orderly :-)
I haven’t even bothered calling my critter up here in NE Miss. Childers is a complete Pelosi butt boy. Besides, he knows he’s toast in November. He loses nothing by selling us out. I’m concerned that others who know they are gone will do the same.
This disastercare is such a hot potato no lib wants it in their lap. Even Pelosi and Reid. If they really wanted this thing to pass it Would Have Passed already.
Because the dem leadership and Obama hasn't reached their price yet. .....YET...
I sent him a vicious email today using an altered address..lol. I’ve tried to call his regional offices several times. I think they have the phones off the hook. Are you sure he’s a “yes” vote?
Napolitano on Fox just said the Slaughter Rule will be used to pass bill and that the courts will NOT intervene, claiming that only Congress can end/change ObamaCare.
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