this is good news. but why “Bryd” all over the place? I don’t see the significance.

I am going to seriously consider naming my next son after you. God bless you, Dan Perrin!

and the Repubs take the majority in the House, do you think the Dems will try to pass it in a lame duck session?

55!!

A very comprehensive diary, I appreciate it.

Passing the word.

Good.

I just had an interesting conversation with a staffer at the D.C. office of Dem Congresswoman Kathy Castor. I asked a simple question: “Will the congresswoman be voting for or against the health care bill?” The reply was, and I belive this is verbatim: “I am unaware that there is a health care bill at this time.” To which I replied, “You are unaware of the upcoming vote? I’m not sure I understand how that is possible.”

Second try, from me: “This would be the Senate bill that the president wants the House to vote on. Will she vote for or against?” Reply: “I am unaware of her position in that case. How would you want her to vote?”

Translation seems to be that the poor congresswoman is getting a lot of heat, and has instructed her staff to be evasive and disingenuous.

Imagine that. A United States member of Congress who won’t speak clearly or take responsibility. [insert rolling eyes here]

I spoke with Mr. Ortiz’ Washington office yesterday and they said he was undecided on the Senate bill. Ortiz voted yes the last time after the Stupak amendment gave him political cover on the abortion issue. Representing a heavily Hispanic and Catholic district, and facing two serious Republican challengers (runoff primary in April), he needs political cover on the abortion issue again.

Thanks Dan for the update. I believe that the undecideds want to go home for Easter and feel the pulsation and throbbing of their local tea party people in order to come back and venture a ¨NO¨vote.
This will be cover for their self-preservation ploy in November.

Senate before House, House before Senate, both at the same time, which bill gets signed first!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!!! It’s driving me nuts:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/health/policy/10health.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Exit question: Are the parliamentarians partisan?

Understand what. This parlientarian ruling is?

The republicans can say they will oppose any abortion fix via reconciliation or any other bill, now if they actually get to that point where they have to vote they will probably cave but that’s fine, no reason to show your cards now. If you tell them you’ve got pocket aces they have to call the bluff.

Speaking of abortion, could the republicans have killed this bill a long time ago by not voting for the Stupak amendment? That certainly would have been risky but I can’t help but wonder if this thing could have been dead a long time ago and never made it out of the house.

Obviously, I know that if the Senate bill is signed, that will be it, but wasn’t there some deadline for the reconciliation procedure to take place? Or am I thinking about something else? Thanks!

Looks like Pelosi will just keep it up as long as she is in power – that is, until November. Folks should realize this because there won’t be an “official” (or acknowledged) “time of death” of the bill. This is so even if she never comes close to rounding up the votes. This will continue making some of us nervous but sure will help at the ballot box.

Republicans need to step up efforts to drive up the negatives on ObamaCare. The polls (RCP average) are showing movement toward more approval of ObamaCare. I don’t know what has caused the change in perception. Are Obama’s out-of-town speeches having an effect? Is Obama’s “all-in” stance creating more of an imperative?

Will the advertising efforts by business groups turn this around?

Dan,

Is this possible or just fluff?

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/03/10/dump-demcare-2000-protest-in-st-louis-keep-the-no-mentum-going/

House version, Senate version, Senate + reconciliation “fixes”, it doesn’t matter. We don’t want any size, shape or form of Obamacare. We will punish all members of both House and Senate who vote/voted for Obamacare, regardless of the success or failure of reconciliation.

Members of the House who switch from yes to no votes can do a mea culpa on the initial yes and argue that they are responsive to the will of their constituents, but two yes votes are a career-killer.

That is according to this article.

She claims she is only waiting on a CBO score, which makes little sense considering they already scored the Senate bill.

And the whole CBO scoring excuse is a total red herring. The already *have* the score on the bill that they’ll be voting on – because the Senate bill already *has* been scored.

She’s talking about the ‘reconciliation’ bill which is the biggest irrelevant, steaming pile in the history of the Congress ’cause it’ll *never* see the light of the Senate floor. Just part of the headfake and ‘inevitability’ meme.

When the vote actually gets scheduled for the floor of the House, *then* I’ll believe she has the votes.

but I really want an answer so I’ll ask it here as well.

If the progressives in congress manage to subvert or obviate the Constitution, what legitimate authority remains to them?

i like sarah palin a lot, but don’t want her to be my president (i’d be very surprised if she even tries—— she’s much too smart for that )

several of my friends and relatives are avowed Palinophobes, but i have a standard reply when i hear them making a nasty comment about her.

“i’ll see your Palin and raise you one Pelosi”

this lady wants us to pass a 1.3 trillion bill to “see what’s in it”

can’t tell if she is DAZED or STONED !!!!!