Looks like Pelosi is simply going to decree ObamaCare “Passed” without taking a vote, and sending it on to Obama?s desk with all kinds of additions and amendments added in the last few days that we know nothing about.
Imperial Politburo of an Imperial President.
Why keep up the charade of voting any longer? Just make laws by decree.
Hold on tight, bumpy road ahead…..
House Democrats looking at “Slaughter Solution” to pass Obamacare without a vote on Senate bill
By: Mark Tapscott
Would House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow House Democratic leaders try to cram the Senate version of Obamacare through the House without actually having a recorded vote on the bill?
Not only is the answer yes, they would, they have figured out a way to do it, according to National Journal?s Congress Daily:
?House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter is prepping to help usher the healthcare overhaul through the House and potentially avoid a direct vote on the Senate overhaul bill, the chairwoman said Tuesday.
?Slaughter is weighing preparing a rule that would consider the Senate bill passed once the House approves a corrections bill that would make changes to the Senate version.
“Slaughter has not taken the plan to Speaker Pelosi as Democrats await CBO scores on the corrections bill. “Once the CBO gives us the score, we?ll spring right on it,” she said.”
Each bill that comes before the House for a vote on final passage must be given a rule that determines things like whether the minority would be able to offer amendments to it from the floor.
In the Slaughter Solution, the rule would declare that the House “deems” the Senate version of Obamacare to have been passed by the House. House members would still have to vote on whether to accept the rule, but they would then be able to say they only voted for a rule, not for the bill itself.
Would that rationale fly with the public? Is it logical? Of course not. But remember, these folks have persuaded themselves that a majority of the American people really want Obamacare. A blog post on House Minority Leader John Boehner”s blog described the approach as a ?twisted scheme.”
How much fun will it be for Democrats representing congressional districts carried by John McCain in 2008 to be constantly reminded about the Cornhusker Kickback, the Louisiana Purchase, the Slaughter Solution, the death panels, $500 billion in cuts to Medicare, individual mandates, etc.UPDATE: Turner on Nancy?s new rules
Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute offers another insight into the Democrats? desperate search for some way to pass a proposal that is clearly opposed by a majority of their constituents.
So now Democratic leaders say they”ll package a two-for-one vote: Moving the original Senate bill simultaneously with a “reconciliation” bill?thus, if the House votes for the bill of fixes, the main Senate bill will be deemed to also have passed. Then the reconciliation bill will go back to the Senate, where it only needs 50 votes (plus Vice President Joe Biden”s) to pass.
Hmm. Nowhere in the US Constitution does it say that Congress can deem a bill to have passed. Pelosi & Co. aren”t just making up policy as they go, but also procedure”possibly unconstitutional procedure, at that. All to enact a bill remaking a sixth of the US economy over the 3-1 opposition of the American people.
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