Posted on 03/10/2010 1:08:06 PM PST by Pilsner
Democracy by Slaughter [Daniel Foster]
The sense around here for the last week or so has been that "only the House vote matters" in deciding the fate of Obamacare. But what if the Democrats can pass the bill with no House vote at all?
Astoundingly, House Democrats appear to be preparing to do just that:
House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter is prepping to help usher the healthcare overhaul through the House and potentially avoid a direct vote on the Senate overhaul bill, the chairwoman said Tuesday.
Slaughter is weighing preparing a rule that would consider the Senate bill passed once the House approves a corrections bill that would make changes to the Senate version. (emphasis added)
Slaughter has not taken the plan to Speaker Pelosi as Democrats await CBO scores on the corrections bill. "Once the CBO gives us the score we'll spring right on it," she said. . . .
House members are concerned the Senate could fail to approve the corrections bill, making them nervous about passing the Senate bill with its much-maligned sweetheart deals for certain states. "We're well beyond that," Pelosi said Tuesday, though she did not clarify.
That the Democrats could take this extraordinary step to avoid passing the Senate bill tells you that they have zero trust in the Senate to pass reconciliation "fixes," and zero trust in the president not to sign the Senate bill should it reach his desk and a reconciliation effort collapse. But most crucially, it gives the lie — in a big, big way — to the Democratic narrative that health-care reform should and will be finished via simple "majority rule," and not bound up in the arcane rules of the United States Senate.
The National Journal story is at http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressdaily/hca_20100310_2179.php?mrefid=site_search, but it is available only to subscribers.
This is insane!
Women.
This is too farfetched.
Bret Bair mentioned something about this on FoxNews last night, I believe. I’ve heard something very recently, didn’t understand it though.
Let’s change the rules to get our objective rammed through. Typical democrat cheats.
Nope, that is unconstitutional and should be easily thrown out by the Republicans. They are just blowing smoke since they know they can’t pass the bill.
How is that even possible?
I guess they don’t care if its Constitutional or not
If they try this then the Senate would have to go first on the “fix” bill, which they would have to do through reconciliation since Scott Brown would be vote #41. This would open the floodgates to GOP parliamentary challenges on what was germain to the budget and unlimited numbers of amendments. The Republicans could likely tie things up with the four-corners offense for the remainder of the year if they go this route. It would have the added benefit that the Senate would not be able to take up any other business.
The March on DC to Save the Republic is Nigh!
Nuts, rediculous, and all that. I don’t think there is any way this could ever pass the Constitutional muster. Even today.
This is too much! Bring on the guillotines!
WHERE IS THE NEW YORK STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY ?? TO ALLOW THIS WOMAN TO BASICALLY RUN UNCHALLENGED SINCE THE CONTRACT FOR AMERICA???
HER DISTRICT IS BUFFALO THROUGH TO ROCHESTER ???? THE WOMAN IS 80 YEARS OLD AND CHAIRS THE POWERFUL RULES COMMITTEE!!! ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!
COME ON UPSTATE TEA PARTIERS — FIND A CANDIDATE AND WE’LL BACK HIM OR HER!!
well they had certainly better hope it never comes before Chief Justice Roberts, given the way the Alinskyites are going after him today
One way or another somebody has to vote on somethnig somewhere at some time.....................
If the house doesnt vote on the Senate bill the senate has to do a new bill with fixes. What can Brown do for you? ADMIT IT HOUSE YOU DONT HAVE THE VOTES.
That seems to be their attitude. The Illegal Alien himself seems to love dissing the very Supreme Court justices who will have to a[prove Obamacare if it is passed. The one thing any lawyer learns is not to piss off the judge who's hearing his case. When the Illegal called out the justices who ruled against him th in the Citizens United case he made a big blunder because Kennedy, the swing justice, wrote the decision. Looks to me like the Illegal may well have made an enemy for himself in Kennedy who will really stick it to the Illegal in coming months, especially if the Commiecrats pull off a trick like this one.
That seems to be their attitude. The Illegal Alien himself seems to love dissing the very Supreme Court justices who will have to a[prove Obamacare if it is passed. The one thing any lawyer learns is not to piss off the judge who's hearing his case. When the Illegal called out the justices who ruled against him th in the Citizens United case he made a big blunder because Kennedy, the swing justice, wrote the decision. Looks to me like the Illegal may well have made an enemy for himself in Kennedy who will really stick it to the Illegal in coming months, especially if the Commiecrats pull off a trick like this one.
Boehner coined it the “Slaughter Solution”.....lol
Well it would be funny if it was not true.
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