Monthly Archive: March 2010
Roll Call of the U.S. Senate Vote on the Repeal of ObamaCare
Senator Vitter (R-LA) offered an amendment last night to repeal ObamaCare. This vote was on a motion to table, meaning to set aside. So, a Yea vote is to set the amendment aside —...
Japan and China are Not Amused
Word on the street is that the our debt holders — who in the main are Japan and China — are none to pleased about spending $2.5 trillion on ObamaCare. In related news, the...
Dems Can’t Have it Both Ways
There are many who are now urging and predicting the Dems will pivot away from health care, for damage control reasons. And no one can or has told the One to shut up about...
Stupak is Responsible for ObamaCare Passing, and HSAs under ObamaCare
The simple truth is that Rep. Stupak is responsible for ObamaCare passing in the House of Representatives. Without his votes, it would have failed, and did not pass by many votes even with his...
Sen. Hatch to House Dems: If you Pass it, You Will Have to Vote on it Again
One of the most amusing things about watching the Dems who are going to vote YES is that they are simply misinformed about what the Senate is going to do, and what the House...
FOX News and their “vote count”
FOX News ought to be ashamed of itself. Pushing their only two away, only one away, the Dems have the votes, they are at plus one in the Yes vote tally. They were wrong...
The Speaker Does Not have the Votes
Speaker Pelosi does not have the YES votes she needs, but the Dems insist on voting on ObamaCare on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, uh, Sunday. Hoyer said this morning they still don’t have the votes....
“Mr. President, I send an unprinted Amendment to the desk,”
“Mr. President, I send an unprinted Amendment to the desk, and ask for its immediate consideration,” are the exact words that any U.S. Senator can say when offering this amendment on the floor of...
It’s Unofficial: “Revenue Neutral”
The natural reaction by most Americans to the unofficial and preliminary claim that the $2.5 Trillion ObamaCare bill is revenue-neutral is, well, B.S. (There is a card game with the same name.) The second...
The Fog of War has Enveloped the Speaker
Having been up on the House side for the last two days, I can report that the fog of war has enveloped the Speaker and will attempt to explain why the Speaker is losing....
Slaughter Rule gives No Votes Cover from the Left & the Right
Does the Slaughter “pass the bill without voting on it” plan give the No votes political cover from both the left and the right? Cover from the left: the undecideds who vote No could...
Morning Joe: The House is Voting to Amend a Law that Has Not Passed
Sorry I can’t embed the video for some reason, but here is the link.
Procedure is Politics and the Seven Reasons Why the House Dems will be Blindsided by the Senate GOP
I spent the day on Capital Hill yesterday talking to House Dems and will be there all day today too. Here are seven reasons the Senate GOP, with Senator Byrd, are going to blindside...
U.S. Chamber: Myth and Fact of the Senate Health Care Bill
For the .pdf of this document, click here: U.S. Chamber Myth and Fact on Senate Bill Myth and Fact: White House Misinformation on Health Care Bill The White House has posted a document on...
What the Dems on the Fence are saying about ObamaCare
Rep. John Adler (D-N.J.): If the House and Senate can’t work out cost containment, I don’t see how I could support a bill that doesn’t help our business community,” Rep. John Adler (D., N.J.)...
“Passing the Bill without Voting on it” will Rank up with the Nebraska Kickback and Louisiana Purchase
Even the Dem supporters and defenders know they are down big in the whip count (this one is from FireDogLake) and even Clive Cook writing in the Financial Times acknowledges that the Dems have...
Is Passing Health Care Forgivable?
The vast majority of likely voters strongly oppose ObamaCare — and the best word to sum up the emotions and frustrations of those voters who have had to endure the insanity of the health...
Axelrod, Gibbs and Pelosi, Why Not Vote Tomorrow?
Axelrod, message maven for Obama, says they will have the votes in the House. Really. It says so right here, on ABC NEWS. And Chuck Todd of NBC News tweets: Clyburn on #MTP (Meet...
ObamaCare Will Fail in the House, if they Vote
They announced they are planning to have a vote next week, but the Speaker is still looking for “certain assurances” from the U.S. Senate. They do not have the votes to pass it. Here...
“Passing Bills without Voting On Them”
In the latest Mad-Magazine-like-Spy-vs.-Spy move, the House Dems have hatched a plan which reminds me of their ill-fated plan to delay seating Senator-elect Scott Brown until they had another ObamaCare vote on the Senate...