Passing Senate Health-Care Bill without Voting on it?
Yes, you heard right — it’s all in the Washington Post
Impossible you say? But nothing is impossible for God — excuse me I mean Nancy Pelosi.
But how is it possible? An obscure procedural rule called “deem and pass.” The House can pass a series of amendments to a bill and by doing so, the bill itself is “deemed to have passed.” It has actually been used before for budge items. But now Madame Speaker wants to use it for one of the most massive and controversial bills in Congressional history.
Wny would Pelosi want do do such a thing? Here’s what she says.
It is one of three options that Pelosi said she is considering for a late-week House vote, but she added that she prefers it because it would politically protect lawmakers who are reluctant to publicly support the measure.
“It’s more insider and process-oriented than most people want to know,” the speaker said in a roundtable discussion with bloggers Monday. “But I like it,” she said, “because people don’t have to vote on the Senate bill.”
That’s right she wants members of Congress not to have to tell their constituents they voted for this bill. Nothing could illustrate better the sheer wanton madness the Democrats have now come to. They want this bill no matter what the American people want.
You may think you can hide folks, but November is coming fast.
