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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 05:40 PM
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House Dems mull skipping panel, bringing healthcare to floor
Dems mull skipping panel, bringing healthcare to floor
By Jared Allen
Posted: 07/23/09 06:24 PM


House Democrats, still searching for a way to pass their healthcare bill before August, are considering bypassing the Energy and Commerce committee altogether, where the bill has stalled, and proceeding right to the floor.

“The preferable course would be to go through the committee,” Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (D-Conn.) said Thursday night. “But all options will be on the table.”

Larson’s comments came as he and the rest of the Democratic leadership team emerged from a meeting where they hosted Ways and Means Committee and some Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats.

Earlier in the afternoon, leaders met for hours with the group of seven Energy and Commerce Blue Dogs who have vowed to block the bill from passing their committee. Those Blue Dogs still have disagreements over regional Medicare reimbursement disparities and insufficient health care savings.

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williesgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 05:53 PM
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1. Good, bypass their committees and tell them to stuff it. Then go out and
encourage real Dems to primary each of these traitors. rec'd
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MarjorieG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 06:19 PM
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2. When reconciling we can tinker. We don't have to stop whole works for personal issue now.
Same with Baucus, who will never convince Grassley of the surtax, never himself wants Obama's ideas, but he's treating ;ike his own legacy. Wrong emphasis here. I don't doubt motives, despite the money, which is spread most heavily everywhere.
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