GrassleyWatch: Tracking Grassley’s Efforts To Obstruct Health Care Reform

GrassleyWatch: Tracking Grassley’s Efforts To Obstruct
Health Care Reform

• Government Will Pull Plug On Grandma: “There is some fear because in the House bill, there is counseling for end-of-life, And from that standpoint, you have every right to fear….We should not have a government program that determines if you’re going to pull the plug on grandma.” (8/12/2009)
  
  
• Uses Kennedy’s Brain Tumor To Spread Fear Of Rationing: “I’ve been told that the brain tumor that Sen. Kennedy has — because he’s 77 years old — would not be treated the way it’s treated in the United States. In other words, he would not get the care he gets here because of his age.” (8/5/2009)
  
  
• Reform Will Place Bureaucrats In Charge: “PTL BluDogs Keep barkin Pelosie bill is Govt takeovr of healthCare Breaks Obama promise”keep what u hv” Puts Wash Burocrats in chrg MUSTSTOP.” (@ChurckGrassley, 7/24/2009)

• Reform Must Pass With 80 Votes: “It ought to be from 80 people in the center of the Senate, I would think.”
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• Will Only Vote For Reform With Four Other Republicans: “I’m negotiating for Republicans and if I can’t negotiate something that gets more than four Republicans, I’m not a very good representative of my party.” (8/17/2009)

• Proud To Obstruct Health Reform: “I take pride with being an obstructionist,” he said, if that means scuttling a public option that could lead to a single-payer system. (7/6/2009)
  
  
• Nonsensically Attacking Obama: “Pres Obama while u sightseeing in Paris u said ‘time to delvr on health care’ When you are “hammer” u think everything is NAIL I’m no NAIL.” (@ChuckGrassley, 6/7/2009)
  
  
• Tells Constituents To Work For Government: Asked during a town hall — “Okay, so how come I can’t have the same thing you have?” Grassley said, “You can. Just go work for the federal government.” (7/3/2009)