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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 11/22/2009 : 06:07:04
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Our Senate finally overcame their lethargy and voted cloture on the health care bill. The Republicans are not happy, which is a good way for them to be. When Republicans are pissed, it's good for the country.
Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle
(AP) – 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON — A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.
The bill would extend coverage to roughly 31 million who lack it, crack down on insurance company practices that deny or dilute benefits and curtail the growth of spending on medical care nationally.
In the final minutes of a daylong session, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., accused Republicans of trying to stifle a historic debate the nation needed.
The Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said the vote was anything but procedural — casting it as a referendum on the bill itself, which he said would raise taxes, cut Medicare and create a "massive and unsustainable debt."
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Now the real fun & games fight begins. I think that we can expect one side of the aisle to throw every impediment imaginable into the discussion and the other to fold as Democrats too often do. Spirit of bipartisanship and all that crap, don'cha know. I rather expect to be disappointed.
But maybe not -- I had thought that there would be a filibuster, probably led by the turncoat Lieberman but it didn't happen.
We shall see.
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and Crypto-Communist! 
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
 Posted - 11/23/2009 : 08:21:53 [Permalink]
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| Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said ... <snip>... create a "massive and unsustainable debt." |
Emphasis above mine.
What F*ing planet is the guy living on anyway? 
The NeoCon Republican war on Islaam in Iraq is what caused the massive and unsustainable debt. |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
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"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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Best news this year!
