LIVE HEALTH CARE THREAD ~ SATURDAY & SUNDAY

20 March 2010

[SE Mom]

10 AM Rules Committee meeting (C-span2 LIVE all day)

11 AM Stupak press conference

12 PM Demonstration at the Capitol

3 PM Obama meets with the Democratic caucus

Sunday
2 p.m.: The House will debate for one hour the rules of debate for the reconciliation bill and the Senate bill.

3 p.m.: The House will vote to end debate and vote on the rules of the debate.

3:15 p.m.: The House will debate the reconciliation package for two hours.

5:15 p.m.: The House will vote on the reconciliation package.

5:30 p.m.: The House will debate for 15 minutes on a Republican substitute and then vote on the substitute.

6 p.m.: The House will vote on the final reconciliation package.

6:15 p.m.: If the reconciliation bill passes, the House will immediately vote on the Senate bill, without debate.

[Bahbah]

Can someone please explain to me why we want so badly to kill babies?

No, I can't. But the fact is they can do so if they want. It's just that now they can't wreak havoc on our consciences by forcing us to pay for it.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Can someone please explain to me why we want so badly to kill babies? We want to keep murderers alive but kill babies and I really do not understand.

It's not explainable...

[kristinn]

I’ve got to run, but if there is no live TV coverage of the rally, check Foxnews.com for a live stream like they did on Tuesday.

[VRWCTexan]

@jamiedupree: No surprise, but chalk up one more No vote from a Blue Dog, Rep John Barrow (D-GA) - http://bit.ly/a1UxT4

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PeteSessions Ranking member of Ways & Means @RepDaveCamp did a great job of highlighting the massive taxes in the #healthcare bill.

[Dinah Lord]

Hot Air has a list of the House amendments to the bill up here

What do you want to bet that none of them get passed?

[PapaBear3625]

Today, women in the United States are fighting for their lives. You must fight too! A woman’s right to have safe and legal abortion is about to be traded away.

And they are so transparently stupid. Stupak's amendment does not restrict abortion, provided that women are willing to pay for it themselves. It just stops government funding of it.

[Highway55]

I wish all well today, especially my fellow FReepers.

I know in my heart that our founding fathers are looking down on us today with pride and a smile on their faces.

As we begin this new day in America I quote Ronald Reagan with respect.

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. “

[SE Mom]

Just In Case Anyone Was Wondering [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

@John Cornyn tweets: “A deal on taxpayer funding for abortions in House cannot pass in Senate.”

[Sea2ShiningSea]

Anyone have a three ton tranquilizer?

[TornadoAlley3]

My guess is Nancy is 5 votes short right now.

[truthandlife]

Stupak will not fold on abortion.

[DietCoke]

I just spoke to someone in Ellsworth’s office for almost 15 min. Very nice man, and patient with me. (ha) Ellsworth decided to vote YES “for the children.” He said he honestly believed that nothing would change for me if this passes. Riiiiight.

[Sea2ShiningSea]

LOL! I thought the same thing when I read that! It was an OK typo by me!

[SE Mom]

THANKS kristinn! Cavuto has been showing lots of shots of the rally- crowds etc.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Thanks for the thread . . . saving a seat up front for later!

[ecomcon]

[PghBaldy]

Sestak: However, Sestak's Navy career ended in a less-than-ideal fashion. In July 2005 - within a week of Adm. Michael Mullen's swearing-in as chief of naval operations - Sestak was dismissed as deputy chief of naval operations due to a "poor command climate," according to the Navy Times. (Mullen was later named chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, meaning that the two men now periodically face off in Congressional hearing rooms.)...According to Legistorm, a website that tracks Congressional staff salaries, Sestak has run through 61 staffers since he was sworn in. By comparison, three other Pennsylvania Democrats elected to the House in the same year - Reps. Chris Carney, Patrick Murphy and Jason Altmire - got by with just 25, 26 and 28 staffers, respectively, over that same period. In a widely read 2007 article in The Hill, a newspaper that covers Congress, several former staffers said that aides to Sestak "are expected to work seven days a week, including holidays, often 14 hours each day, going for months without a day off. These are very long hours even by Capitol Hill standards."http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/06/09/sestak_damn_the_torpedoes_full_speed_ahead_96907.html e now has Curt Weldon's seat... VERY disturbing on many levels.

[Shire]

And they are so transparently stupid. Stupak’s amendment does not restrict abortion, provided that women are willing to pay for it themselves. It just stops government funding of it.

As the grandmother of a child that came to us unexpectedly, I can’t imagine my life without him! I am grateful every single day that his mother did not choose to abort him. What a blessing that little boy has been.

[PghBaldy]

Rules Cmte is mtg on healthcare now http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx