Pelosi says Obama has the votes to pass health reform
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama has the votes in the House of Representatives to force his flagship reform of US healthcare through without Republican support, House speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday.
Pelosi, in an interview with ABC television's "This Week" program, said Democrats would succeed in passing a bill despite concerted Republican efforts to derail Obama's top domestic priority ahead of crucial mid-term elections.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100228/wl_afp/uspoliticshealth...
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The Growing Movement to Nullify National Health Care
In response to what some opponents see as a Congress that doesn’t represent their interests, State Legislators are looking to the nearly forgotten American political tradition of nullification as a way to reject any potential national health care program that may be coming from Washington.
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/12/09/the-growing-m...
The rule is called "reconciliation"
And it was written with the intent of reconciling budget issues in Congress, not to pass sweeping reform of any kind.
If they cannot get their 60 votes they will attach health care reform to the budget reconciliation process and only need 50 votes to pass.
How ironic, that using Congressional "reconciliation" to pass health care reform will do anything but "reconcile" the American People with regards to health care.
Instead it becomes yet another wedge issue to divide the People.
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RON PAUL 2012
I thought they needed 60 votes for the procedural ok to use
reconciliation. No?
They don't get it.
The more they push this on us, the greater the Freedom movement will grow and in the end we'll win.
States will secede or nullify this healthcare bill and many more bills.
I think they do get it. This
I think they do get it. This is their last chance for complete take over.