rssDestined to Be a Partisan Health Bill After All
Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 5:22 pm
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After all the threats, tirades and political posturing surrounding the importance of winning a bipartisan health reform bill, it appears that the legislation being drafted by leaders of the Senate Finance Committee, headed by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), is on its way to attracting no Republicans after all.
Or so says Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a member of the Finance panel who told MSNBC today that he “can’t support what Sen. Baucus is arguing for, and I’m not sure any Republicans can.”
Hatch said “there’s no question” that the bill that emerges will be a partisan proposal, adding that he “really sincerely doubt[s]” that it would win the votes of even the moderate Maine Republicans, Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins.
So much for the art of compromise from the world’s greatest deliberative body.
h/t: The Hill
2 Comments
Comment posted September 10, 2009 @ 11:53 pm
Pass it!! If the Repubs don't want to come to the table, that's O.K. They also cannot take credit for it when it becomes a hit, like Medicare and Social Security.
It also shows the American people just how much the Repubs REALLY care about their constituents.
The healthcare insurance industry now has to do things the LEGAL, MORAL and ETHICAL way. Poor babies. I just can't work up sympathy for those parasites no matter how hard I try.
So let's get on with it. Let's stop killing our fellow countrymen. PASS IT!!
Comment posted September 11, 2009 @ 2:42 pm
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“Oh man, I don't know what's going on but I got all these white bumps down there and everything burns, and I think I'm going blind and my private health insurance won't cover it… I think I've totally got The Max Baucus!”
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