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Speaker Pelosi to cheat the American people out of a Health Care vote
In the POTUS’ weekly radio/Internet address to America, he called on Congress to have a vote on the Health Care bill. “Congress owes the American people an up-or-down vote on health insurance reform.” However, the Speaker is going to bend the House Rules so that House members won’t ever actually have to conduct a vote on the Senate health Care bill, but it will still be sent to the President for his signature to become law.
If this doesn’t seem possible, think again. Most of the House floor debate operates under the direction of procedures reported out of the Rules comm. Then the full House adopts the rule and thus the floor debate is now defined by the terms contained in the Rule. The Speaker is considering writing a Rule that would govern the debate when the House brings up the reconciliation bill. Remember, the reconciliation bill is going to be passed and will serve as a correcting mechanism to clean up the problems with the Senate passed Health Care bill. Once House members have voted on final passage of the reconciliation bill, that vote will be considered as having also been the vote to pass the Senate Health Care bill and send it to the President for his signature. Yet, Members of the House bill never vote on the provisions in the Senate Health Care bill. There will never be a vote on record for or against the “Cadillac tax plans” or the “abortion” lang.
Go to GradeGov and tell Members of Congress to do their job——have the guts to conduct a vote and don’t hide behind gimmicks.Stay tuned,
GradeGov
