From what I understand they took the part where people could enroll in medicare at 55 out of the bill. Obama also told Nelson that if he did not go along with it they would close the Air Force base in Nebraska which employes 10,000 people.
By the way, I thought that all healthcare negotiations were going to be aired on C-SPAN?
Leiberman killed the 55 bill. (think we may be expecting shorter life spans under obamacare??)
Anyway for early Saturday moring readers, here is the latest on obambicare:
Link and
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The skinny; Nelson emerged at 10 pm from a meeting with Reid, Schumer and white house staffers and announced to the press; "we have no deal."
His issue is government funded abortions.(plus some monetary medicade bonuses for Nebraska)
(is it a short step from gov funded abortions to gov mandated abortions as it was in China?)
If Reid allows an amendment that takes out the gov funded abortions then he still doesn't have the 60 vote because some leftists will jump ship.
No one really knows for sure what will happen at 7:30 AM tommorrow in the senate.
Reid says he will unveil his manager's amendment on Saturday, the language used to keep all 60 Democrats in favor of the bill and opposing the Republican-backed filibuster. He will also unveil the financial numbers lawmakers have been waiting for after an unrelated Saturday morning vote.
The manager's amendment will likely include another attempt to craft language to satisfy Nelson, unless Reid can get pro-abortion Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe to support the bill.
Snowe had been thought to oppose the bill, but Reid and his colleagues are reportedly going after her to back it because of the breakdown in getting Nelson to sign on to the measure.
President Barack Obama recently met with her and she told CBS News, he'd "prefer to get this moving" but added that she urged him to put off the bill until next year to work on her concerns.
(from NARAL spokesperson
"Snowe is the only Republican to cross party lines to vote for health-care reform legislation in committee. And shes the only Republican to vote twice against a ban on abortion coverage."
Thursday, Snowe said the Democrats timetable for a pre-Christmas vote was
totally "unrealistic."
Before Reid can set in motion the steps toward a vote on the bill, the Congressional Budget Office would first need to return a cost estimate on any potential deal.
An added complication is the blizzard expected to hit Washington overnight, which could make it difficult for senators to make it to the Capitol.
What we know for sure at the moment, is that we've seen the Pelosi bill and we've seen the Reid bill, but none of us ... have seen the newest bill, which is a mystery to virtually everyone, including the Democratic leaders of the Senate." (Mitch McConnel)
At a morning press conference, the Republicans used visual aids to press their point. The health care bill from the House and Reids original legislation in the Senate were piled on a table next to a skeleton of packing tape meant to represent the managers amendment that has yet to emerge.
Dagnap that climate change, if even one dem can't make it to town, no 60 votes.
McCain said he would actually like to know what is in this legislation since he or any of the republicans havn't even been able to read it.
Talk about a pig in a poke!
The more I study politics the more I embrace the idea, political power is power only if you take it seriously, I've always had a problem taking it seriously and now I can't take it seriously even if I wanted to.
And your link directly relates to the topic of health care how?
How's your health doing after somone kills your dumbass??
Obama administration has notified Congress of the State Department's intention to contribute $400,000 to foundations run by Muammar Qaddafi's two children $200,000 each for daughter Aisha and son Saif. Saif, you may recall, is the son who escorted the Lockerbie terrorist Abdel Baset al-Megrahi home to a hero's welcome in Libya
That ought to get someone some good health care!!!!!!!!!
Which makes me wonder if state department employees should get extra health insurance coverage since I'm thinking of going postal at foggy bottom.
Actually my real inclination is to take my shot gun to next years congressional election polls and if there aren't any acorns to shoot, then just pulling both triggers on the polling booth.
Heck what are they going to charge me with, disturbing the peace??
Invest in snow shoes is my best advice.
Or Snowe shoes if you're a liberal.
