He is a PATRIOT!

It’s dead ?
Are you sure Dan ?
Shouldn’t we poke it with a stick or something ?
For some reason all I can think of is Glenn Close and a bath tub.

“I don’t know of any way where you can have a reconciliation bill pass before the bill that it is meant to reconcile passes.”

I still think it’s unwise to keep declaring Obamacare dead, clearly you have not seen The Terminator, on which Obamacare is based. I’ll celebrate when it’s been crushed in an industrial press.

But an outstanding post to be sure.

I thought they were going to insert the health bill language into the budget bill in reconciliation. I’m a novice on House/Senate rules, and it’s just something I heard so I have no idea whether they can do that or not.

When explained, this seems so easy.
Why has it not been used more often ? Is it simply because things are not normally so delicately balanced in the House ?

Senator DeMint should be on the short list for 2012
McConnell is such a wimp that he never would have had either the insight or the nerve to object if DeMint hadn’t forced him into it… he’d still be texting his good buddy Lamar (I want both of them gone).

If this objection is the single item that kills this behemoth power grab, every reader at Red State, Big Gov and all the others should call Senator DeMint’s office and thank him for saving us. (202) 224-6121

He has been phenomenal in this HC debate. I hope he runs for the leadership position after the mid-terms. He fully deserves it. McConnell should step aside.

But then I think of the GOP meeting with Obama today, and I get a really, really queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. I just want the whole freaking thing to be shot in the head and buried, forever and ever. And it just doesn’t seem to happen.

Stealing from Rush’s observations of CPAC, I would like to offer up my thanks to Sen. Demint and all the other Republicans who have held fast against this monstrosity. While we get irritated at a lot of the GOP congresscritters for various reasons, there are some good people on the Hill that should be applauded. A year ago today, we felt like we were looking at the end of the US as we know it, and because the people yelled loudly and the GOP stood strong, the damage has been kept in check and real hope seems visible.

All that said, I *really* hope they don’t get taken in by this sham “summit” today.

One wonders if all it takes to pass the senate bill is a promise to defund certain pieces (i.e., the Stupak-objectionable stuff) during reconciliation.

They will go down with this ship. They won’t put their hands up and surrender. There will be no white flag upon their door. They’re in love, and always will be.

your post when Sen. DeMint made his objection- you titled it “The Best Christmas Gift Ever”. Thanks, once again Dan, for helping us navigate this messy process.

I wish DeMint were going to be at the Healthcare Sham-Wow Summitt today, for added clarity and spine. It’s hard to place a lot of trust in “Nerf Sword McConnell”. I think this bill has been dead since DeMint made his objection. Sen. Brown just sealed the deal.

Today’s summit is merely an attempt to shift blame for the failure of this bill to the Republicans. Honestly, how much blame is going to stick when the Republicans are standing up for the expressed desire of the majority of Americans? It is a trap- but one I feel will backfire on the Dems.

“The Lord is famous for the way He punishes the wicked in their own snares.” Psalms 9:16

Couldn’t the Senate just try to pass the House version?

5′s with the Barbour comment!

“The Lord is famous for the way He punishes the wicked in their own snares.” Psalms 9:16

Amen!

Mr. President: you can go today to your newly formed Deficit-Reduction Commission with a $1 Trillion deficit-reduction plan! And who said nothing good would come out of this Summit?

It caused so many pleasing images to flash through my mind….. (Oops… back to reality…)

And it was so artistically elegant and subtle that the majority of the LSM didn’t even see it. If this works and this monstrosity is actually dead, there will be a lot of long, blank looks and “… oh… yeah… I get it…” moments in a lot of their lives.

just like they got rid of Jimmy Hoffa, Sr.

Stick it in a GM car and run it through the crusher.

That’s the Chicago Way.

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Could someone please clarify a couple things?

First off: my understanding is that the House has to originate revenue bills. But right now, the House is contemplating passing the Senate healthcare bill (“ReidCare”). How does that work; is ReidCare not a revenue bill? And if so, what makes it that?

Second, on the technical aspects of the reconciliation. If I understand this post right, Senator Conrad is saying that you can’t pass a law A that changes another law B, until law B actually exists *as a law*. Which makes quite a bit of sense. Is Senator Conrad’s statement actually subject to dispute?

Third, could the Senate pass the House bill (“PelosiCare”) as-is if they had enough votes (60) to override a filibuster?

Fourth, I still don’t understand exactly what DeMint did. What mechanism did he use to prevent appointment of house-senate conferees? What made it possible to use that mechanism here, but not elsewhere?

I had to read this story three times to follow the scenario, but once again DeMint is The Man. I wish he were majority leader instead of McConnell. Did anyone notice that he was the ONLY Senator at the 9.12 meeting in DC?