rssRepublicans Request New CBO Score of Health Bill
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 11:23 am
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Unhappy with all the recent tweaks to the Senate’s health care reform legislation, three top Republicans are asking the Congressional Budget Office to re-score the entire bill. In a Monday letter to CBO, Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) argue that “CBO’s complete analysis of the perfecting amendment needs to be made available to Senators well before a vote on the amendment occurs.”
Accordingly, CBO’s analysis must be completed quickly to provide for sufficient time for review … so that the Senators and the public are fully informed about the implications of the latest version of the plan on the federal budget and the health care system.
The Democrats obliged similar requests before voting on health care reform in the Finance Committee, and again before the merged bill was brought to the Senate floor. With a self-imposed voting deadline just 10 days away, though, time is hardly on their side.
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Comment posted December 15, 2009 @ 7:45 pm
Right, so are you advocating passing a multi-Trillion dollar bill based on no cost data in the middle of a recession and with unprecedented deficits looming out as far as predictions can be made?
This entire effort has been one of Government control: a takeover of yet another “industry” as I hate to call it. I prefer another area of dynamic human endeavor. Either way, we all know, despite false assurances to the contrary that this is an attempt to get in place a scheme, at any cost, that will create a death spiral for the insurance industry and lead to full Government takeover. You all must think the rest of the nation pretty stupid, but we are not. The public opposes this by a 60:40 margin. What makes you think you can impose your notion of nirvana on the rest of us?
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Comment posted January 11, 2010 @ 4:49 pm
Dear Mike Pence, As seniors, near 80, my wife and I would like you to vote against the heallth care reform bill. More time is needed to reflect on the proper measures to take for the proper coverage for all people. This is not the time to allow a new president to make a name for himself regardless of who suffers from the results.– Additionally please vote against any legislation that makes changes in our Social Security system. We have paid into it since its inception and there have been enough changes throughoutl the years withoutl making more. We sincerely hope our voices will be heard by you. –Thank You. Hale and Sue Feaster P. O. Box 461 Greensburg, IN 47240 http://www.hale_feaster@yahoo.com
Comment posted January 11, 2010 @ 9:49 pm
Dear Mike Pence, As seniors, near 80, my wife and I would like you to vote against the heallth care reform bill. More time is needed to reflect on the proper measures to take for the proper coverage for all people. This is not the time to allow a new president to make a name for himself regardless of who suffers from the results.– Additionally please vote against any legislation that makes changes in our Social Security system. We have paid into it since its inception and there have been enough changes throughoutl the years withoutl making more. We sincerely hope our voices will be heard by you. –Thank You. Hale and Sue Feaster P. O. Box 461 Greensburg, IN 47240 http://www.hale_feaster@yahoo.com
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