Ruh-Roh… Leading House Democrat Opposes Senate's Health Care Bill
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 4:28 PM
Pass the popcorn, Nahanni…
A leading House Democrat condemned the Senate’s version of Obamacare today.
CNN reported:
Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, a Democrat, represents the 28th Congressional District of New York. Slaughter is the first woman to chair the House Rules Committee and the only microbiologist in Congress.
The Senate health care bill is not worthy of the historic vote that the House took a month ago.
Even though the House version is far from perfect, it at least represents a step toward our goal of giving 36 million Americans decent health coverage.
But under the Senate plan, millions of Americans will be forced into private insurance company plans, which will be subsidized by taxpayers. That alternative will do almost nothing to reform health care but will be a windfall for insurance companies. Is it any surprise that stock prices for some of those insurers are up recently?
I do not want to subsidize the private insurance market; the whole point of creating a government option is to bring prices down. Insisting on a government mandate to have insurance without a better alternative to the status quo is not true reform.
Oh, now this could get exciting anyway.
Related… White House may delay Obamacare vote until February?
The Politico reported:
The White House privately anticipates health care talks to slip into February — past President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address — and then plans to make a “very hard pivot” to a new jobs bill, according to senior administration officials.
Obama has been told that disputes over abortion and the tight schedule are highly likely to delay a final deal, a blow to the president, who had hoped to trumpet a health care victory in his big speech to the nation. But he has also been told that House Democratic leaders seem inclined, at least for now, to largely accept the compromise worked out in the Senate, virtually ensuring he will eventually get a deal.
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Auntie Em commented:
So how much does she want for her vote? If she’s a Democrat she doesn’t have any couth whatsoever…she has a price tag.
Just_Saying commented:
Don’t believe a word a lying democrat says — they’re just trying to get you off guard!!
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bg commented:
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just posted the following in the thread above..
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are you ready for the reason they must
pass the biggest ever joke on US??
here you go:
listening to Baucus on the Senate floor as i type..
IT’S BUSH’S FAULT!!
sad, sad, sad, heaven help our future generations if they’re anything
like the ones supporting this death to America contract.. *sigh*
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bg commented:
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Dodd now speaking (typical president-congress-speak):
it’s all about THEM, not about US..
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bg commented:
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btw, the bill passed again with today’s vote..
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marie commented:
She must want something for her district. Let’s keep an eye on the next bribe.
ar05075 commented:
I don’t believe a word they say.
Oscar commented:
Wait for it any day now…Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY): “My vote cannot be bought…until they find my price, that is.”
As for O postponing HC reform until February: Do NOT believe it! They’re buying themselves a little peace for the holidays. They WANT us to let up for a while. In the interim, holidays, Reid and Pelosi will be shaping the final bill behind closed doors.
See here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704254604574614183270356274.html
exceller commented:
“the bill passed by the senate is not worthy of a vote, unless that is, you pay me the sum of….. $ONE HUNDRED….MILLION DOLLARS”
tjexcite commented:
This is not a win, it is pass the popcorn. The reason she does not like it is because of no public option. and with one it will not pass the senate
Art Deco commented:
I do not think she’s been a working microbiologist in nearly fifty years.