Democrats Threatening To Use Reconciliation Tactic To Pass Healthcare Reform

Written by: Evrviglnt on Thursday, August 6th, 2009

It’s official – Barack Obama and the Democrats have lost the healthcare argument.  They’re threatening to use a budget procedure called reconciliation that will allow them to pass the healthcare bill with only 51 votes rather than the 60 needed to defeat a filibuster.  From the Huffington Post:

Speaking minutes after President Barack Obama met with a group of bipartisan lawmakers from the Senate Finance Committee, spokesman Robert Gibbs stressed that the administration’s preference was to get a health care bill passed through normal measures. But, in one of the strongest indications to date that the president is willing to circumvent Republicans, Gibbs affirmatively stated that the use reconciliation (a move that allows bills to be considered on an up-or-down basis) was on the White House’s mind.

Senator Chuck Schumer loves the idea:

The remark reflects an increased willingness on the part of Democrats to openly discuss how to marginalize the role of Republicans in the health care process. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) began the process earlier in the week when he argued that the party should have “contingencies” should the Senate Finance Committee not be able to produce a bipartisan bill by September 15.

The administration’s view of reconciliation for health care has evolved since late June, when Gibbs punted on the idea.

“Again, I think that gets a great deal ahead of where we are in the process,” he said during a briefing on June 30. “I think the president has confidence in the system working.”

The White House and its goons are fond of pointing their fingers at concerned Americans and declaring them enemies.  The battle might have just moved to the next level.  Is Obama intent on sparking a revolt in this country?

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2 Responses to “Democrats Threatening To Use Reconciliation Tactic To Pass Healthcare Reform”

Posts about Huffington Post as of August 6, 2009 » The Daily Parr Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

[...] I don’t care about health care reform because I’m under 30 and supposedly invincible. Democrats Threatening To Use Reconciliation Tactic To Pass Healthcare Reform – politicalvindication.com 08/06/2009 It’s official – Barack Obama and the Democrats have lost [...]

Maggie Thornton Says:
August 7th, 2009 at 9:07 pm

After the townhalls, if the Blue Dogs still vote for this, then I say, let them have the vote, no matter how they get it. Reconciliation may be even better, because they will totally own this, and they will pay for it.

The only bright side is that it will not be effective until 2013. Perhaps they can be booted out before anything goes into effect. If not, I don’t think we’ll ever get it turned around.
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