First Major Vote
At 6:37pm, the House passed the first of three voting hurdles necessary to pass Obamacare. They approved the rules for debate (426-0). At that point, debate on the actual bill and package of fixes (HR3590 and HR4872) were allowed and shortly began. One hour to debate each means that the debate portion of this charade … Read more
House Schedule
The House should be starting their legislative day soon. The plan is this (all times eastern): 1pm: The House convenes. The House democratic Caucus meets. ‘Bed check’ votes to allow time for last minute whip counts. 2pm-4pm: First major vote – the ‘rule’ to establish debate guidelines. This was where the were going to try … Read more
The “R” Factor
I have to condemn the actions of a small minority of hotheads in DC this weekend. Apparently the crowds have gotten ugly, and that just isn’t acceptable. When Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA, and Civil Rights leader in the 1960s) were leaving the Cannon House Office Building Saturday, the crowd is … Read more
Inconceivable
I am reminded of a scene in The Princess Bride. Inigo Montoya has failed to kill the Dread Pirate Roberts on the cliff top, and he is not taking it well. He sits outside of a hut, drunk and nursing a bottle. He says: “I am waiting for you, Vizzini. You told me to go … Read more
Same Thing
I know that democrats are for gay rights, but I didn’t know that it extended all the way to homophones. A couple of emails came in explaining that what I heard on the News wasn’t ‘demon pass’, but rather ‘deem and pass’ (also known as the ‘Self-executing Rule’ or the ‘Slaughter Rule’). Well, they can … Read more
Has It Come to This?
I was watching the news today, and I heard that the democrats are planning to pass Obamacare with something called ‘demon pass’. That’s just typical. First the democrats can’t get a supermajority in the Senate (except when for that cloture vote). Then the want to pass it with something ironically named ‘reconciliation’, and now ‘demon … Read more
Entitlement Programs
At the Health Care Summit, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said: “I say to my friend, Lamar [Alexander, Republican Senator from Tennessee], who I have great respect and admiration for, you’re entitled to your opinions, but not your own facts. Your opinion is something that is yours, and you’re entitled to that, but not your … Read more
The Republican Health Care Plan
There are a lot of Health Care Reform plans floating around, and they’re all surplus to needs. The American Health Care system is fine. But it looks like they’re trying to pass something (anything) soon, so let’s review the plans to see which one would cause the least damage. And let’s start with the most … Read more
We Don’t Have To
Posted by ThomPaine on March 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is a breath of fresh air. I don’t think that I’ve heard her particular viewpoint about the responsibility of citizens to obey the law expressed so accurately before. Or not obey the law. Whatever. Just listen to an excerpt from a recent ‘Kill the Bill’ speech (March 13, 2010, on the … Read more
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