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Pelosi Floor Whip 'No' on Health Vote! (Lynch - MA)
Boston Herald ^ | 3/18/2010

Posted on 03/18/2010 10:46:00 AM PDT by GVnana

Even one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s floor whips, U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, says a proposed parliamentary move to pass health-care reform would be “disingenuous” and harm the credibility of Congress.

In a sign of how tough it’s been for Pelosi to round up votes for the massive bill, Lynch - a South Boston Democrat who supported a House reform package last year - said he’ll probably vote against a key Senate version of the legislation, unless unexpected major changes are made soon.

Lynch, who serves as one of Pelosi’s key vote counters, said he also can’t support a proposed “deem and pass” procedure that would allow Democrats to vote to strip out controversial portions of the Senate bill and then “deem” that the entire package has passed without a second, direct vote

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 111th; congress; deemocrats; democrats; massachusetts; obamacare; pelosi; socialisthealthcare; stephenlynch
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To: GVnana
Conrad Predicts Senate Changes to Reconciliation Bill
21 posted on 03/18/2010 11:23:36 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Pat Caddell: Democrats are drinking kool-aid in a political Jonestown)
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To: KTM rider
an impeachable offense

The House of Representatives must first impeach the President, and then the Senate must "try" the President.

There is no way in Congress that Obama will be impeached.

22 posted on 03/18/2010 11:31:06 AM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: GVnana

Harm the credibility of Congress?

Congress has credibility?

Who knew?


23 posted on 03/18/2010 11:40:15 AM PDT by lurk
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To: OldNavyVet
I am aware of that,

tyrrany and dictatorship slips in like a fog in the night on little cats feet

24 posted on 03/18/2010 11:47:05 AM PDT by KTM rider ( ..........tell me this really isn't happening ! !)
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To: lurk

Yeah, they have “credibility” among like 14-17% of people polled.....


25 posted on 03/18/2010 12:40:19 PM PDT by cranked
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To: GVnana
Lynch is a RAT...a *Massachusetts* RAT.Don't bet the grocery money on him voting “no”.
26 posted on 03/18/2010 1:02:43 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: GVnana

Lynch= PHONY who talks big but voted FOR Slaughter bill!
Another Liberal Democrat puke!


27 posted on 03/18/2010 2:04:20 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Marty62

*snicker* just a bunch of ‘Nancy Boys.’


28 posted on 03/18/2010 2:11:58 PM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: Niuhuru

They should be embarrassed .


29 posted on 03/18/2010 2:41:38 PM PDT by Marty62 ( Marty62)
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To: nutmeg

Crooked b*stards. Do they not realize if they pass this thing they will put the country in turmoil not seen since the civil war?


30 posted on 03/18/2010 3:04:25 PM PDT by GVnana
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...said he'll probably vote against a key Senate version of the legislation, unless unexpected major changes are made soon. Lynch, who serves as one of Pelosi's key vote counters, said he also can't support a proposed "deem and pass" procedure...
Scott Brown ping.
31 posted on 03/18/2010 4:34:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://themagicnegro.com/)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Vote Vernon Harrison for Congress on Nov2 instead of Stephen Lynch!


32 posted on 10/19/2010 2:33:34 PM PDT by SouthieKid
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To: SouthieKid

Welcome to FR...?


33 posted on 10/19/2010 2:37:15 PM PDT by EBH (We have lost our heritage of "making money.")
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