Some cold water thrown on the cramdown, ram-through, promise-we’ll-amend-it-later plans of the Democrat ruling majority. Curses, foiled again: |
The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that President Barack Obama must sign Congress’ original health care reform bill before the Senate can act on a companion reconciliation package, senior GOP sources said Thursday. |
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) moved Thursday to put Senate Republicans on the defensive over health care, sending a letter to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in which he dared the GOP to vote against reform. |
What now? With the Slaughter solution toast, Philip Klein reports on the House Dems’ next move coming Monday: |
| Rep. Paul Ryan says that Democrats are ready to ram a “shell” health care bill through the Budget Committee, on which he serves as ranking Republican member, to use as a vehicleRead more at michellemalkin.com |
-As you might expect, Pundette provides us with great coverage here and here and here and here. From the latter: |
The Democrats came armed with sob stories (some of them, I hope, spurious), and the GOP came armed with facts. Just watch this six-minute tour de force by Rep. Paul Ryan and you’ll know who’s got a handle on the issues.
And by the way, what’s this about? It looks like Obama once purchased auto insurance with a high deductible and still holds a grudge against the company. Grow up and take some responsibility for your own bad decisions.
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Its his [Chicago] way, or the highway. Thanks, Smitty. |
-Now a pictorial dispatch from the Summit… |
| President Obama walks in to the Summit. |
| ‘Perhaps, if I throw one of my magical, mystical boogers at Paul Ryan, he’ll STFU’ |
| ‘Oh, man, I really gotta pass some gas — arugula and brie always do it to me. I know: I’ll let go a ’silent killer’ and, when everybody looks this way, I’ll make like I smell it too, and blame in on that old f–k Biden.’Read more at thecampofthesaints.wordpress.com |
| This was a surprising much talked about review from David Gergen |
Tom Coburn: The Oklahoma senator is among the most conservative voices in Congress but his remarks emerged as a — rare — rallying point during the day. Coburn’s comments on the necessity of eliminating waste and fraud from the health care system drew nods from the president and kudos from a handful of Democratic and Republican politicians gathered at Blair House. In a room dominated by politicians trying to score political points or vamp for the cameras, Coburn stood out. |
| I’ve already mentioned Paul Ryan but here is a bit more: |
Paul Ryan: Speaking of the Wisconsin Republican, it was clear that the president regards him as a serious thinker and adversary while his GOP colleagues often deferred to him on matters of health care and budget policy. Ryan helped burnish his credentials a rising star within the Republican party; he was partisan but drove his attacks using data rather than pure political rhetoric. |
Small-capitalization stocks jumped to 15-month highs, led by the health-care sector as the special election in Massachusetts raised speculation that changing congressional dynamics could favor private companies. |
Health-care companies spearheaded the rally in small-cap stocks, as managed-care providers soared Tuesday, including HealthSpring, which climbed 4.3%, and Universal American, which rose 3.7%. Hospital providers dropped, however. Community Health Systems slipped 2.7%. |
Speculation that more small-cap mergers and acquisitions could be in the works was fueled by large-cap Tyco International’s $2 billion purchase of Brink’s Home Security Holdings, a rival in home-security operations to Tyco unit ADT. Shares of Brink’s soared 32%. Read more at online.wsj.com |
Barack Obama voted “present” on crucial votes more often than just about any elected official. This was simply a way to hide his true political ideology from those who voted for him. People were blinded by “hope” and “change” and thought not of the consequences of electing Obama, a man without a solid foundation. |
Nowhere is the dishonesty of Barack Obama and the current Democrats in the White House and Congress more blatant than with the push to pass ObamaCare in some form or fashion. ObamaCare is all about the gain of real power over the people and nothing about giving the people better health care. |
| On at least 8 separate occasions, as posted on the Drudge Report, candidate Barack Obama promised that the Congressional committee debates and hearings on ObamaCare would be open and fully available for coverage on C-Span. |
| Even Nancy Pelosi tried to distance herself from Obama on this issue. |
| 1. The world and our economy is going to get uglier. The crushing debt will impact virtually every aspect of the economy. |
| 2. Real estate will get worse. As leases expire, malls and commercial property will get darker. |
| 3. Health care will pass, at least in some form. |
| 4. Lots of trade wars… and it will get ugly with China. |
| 5. Terrorism is a real threat… the politics of Gitmo and Holder have had an impact on our entire security infrastructure. Terrorists think we are weak and our own citizens will ask, “what’s the point?” If anything will truly impact the next presidential election, this and immigration will be the levers. Some jihadist will cross the border and commit a terrorist act and, all of a sudden, we’ll realize we are vulnerable. Combine this with the fact that illegals are taking jobs… and you will see another backlash. |
To some observers, the Democrats’ race to pass national health care seems irrational — even suicidal. Don’t party leaders understand how much the public opposes the bills currently on the table? Don’t they know that voters are likely to take their revenge at the polls next year? Given that, why do they keep rushing ahead?
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| Like the EPA’s recent Declaration of Despotism, asserting regulatory control over the very air we breathe, it is about, as an Obama regime goon recently put it, “command and control.” Period, full stop, end of story |
| This Leftist megalomania is only touched on in York’s piece, but it’s central to understanding what’s really going on here: |
| “In the House, the view of [California Rep. Henry] Waxman and [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi is that we’ve waited two generations to get health care passed, and the 20 or 40 members of Congress who are going to lose their seats as a result are transitional players at best,” he said.Read more at coldfury.com |
The final 220-215 roll call vote on passage of the House Dems’ government health care takeover bill is here. |
And here is the 240-194 roll call vote on the Stupak amendment to extend the ban on federal abortion subsidies to Obamacare/Pelosicare. |
Thanks to Doug Powers for filling in while I spoke at the Foundation for Life event in Sugar Land, Texas tonight. What an incredible juxtaposition it was — meeting and talking with the true agents of Hope and Change, the true guardians of innocent life, and the true advocates for women and children outside the Beltway as the Democrat majority inside the Beltway rammed the massive, job-killing, high-taxing, bureaucracy-multiplying, generational debt-piling health care monstrosity down America’s throat. |
One Republican voted for Pelosicare: GOP Rep. Anh (Joseph) Cao of Louisiana. |
Sure, trillion-dollar spending sprees are fun, but they do require soaking up a fair bit of the GDP not already surrendered to the government. Ever the problem solvers, Nancy Pelosi and the Obama administration are eyeing a fresh taxpayer vein that just might help finance skyrocketing spending well into the future. |
If government-run healthcare is approved, it is very likely that politicians will then look for a new revenue source to finance all the new spending that inevitably will follow. Unfortunately, that means a value-added tax (VAT) will be high on the list. Indeed, the VAT recently has been favorably mentioned by powerful political figures and key Obama allies such as the Co-Chairman of his transition team and the Speaker of the House. Read more at biggovernment.com |
The President of the United States, when confronted with major challenges and decisions, did what most Democrats do when challenged – He made plans to leave town. Flying to Denmark to pitch the 2012 Olympic Selection Committee on behalf of his semi-native Chicago, Obama will leave behind a myriad of problems requiring leadership. Apparently believing press reports that His words are leadership enough, the President thought he could take a ride on Air Force One and go back to Europe for a day to receive the usual leftist adoration. |
| The President this morning appears confronted by both domestic and international crises. Obama’s pick for General of the Afghanistan war (Obama’s ‘real’ war as opposed to George W. Bush’s Iraq war), General Stanley McChrystal has expressed concern that the Prez will want to pull out of Afghanistan rather than fight the enemy there. The Iranians – shaking in their shoes after Obama’s words over the weekend – Read more at www.conservativeblog.thewebinfocenter.com |
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A Wrench in Dems’ Wreckonciliation plans, but…
