This Fight Isn't Over

[buddy34]

Thank you, Senator McConnell !!!

[buddy34]

1/8/10: Brian Lamb, the C-SPAN CEO, wrote to leaders in the House and Senate Dec. 30 urging them to open "all important negotiations, including any conference committee meetings," to televised coverage on C-SPAN, imploring Congress to open up the last leg of health care "reform" negotiations to the public, as some "top" Democrats lay plans to hash out the final product among themselves...

[buddy34]

"The C-SPAN networks will commit the necessary resources to covering all of the sessions LIVE and in their entirety," Lamb wrote. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to object to the premise behind the request. Sen. Barack Obama first pledged opening up legislative negotiations to C-SPAN cameras during a Democratic presidential primary debate with Sen. Hillary Clinton in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 2008.

[assitch666]

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[JohnLloydScharf]

There is no problem in the Senate that cannot be fixed if more Democrats are removed as members. There is no larger body of domestic terrorists than inhabits the Democrat Party.

[markhurt1956]

Senator McConnell, this bill is immoral because it violates individual rights. This bill treats Americans as though they were whores. Americans are not whores. All of you in the Senate need to check your premises and reject this immoral bill.

[buddy34]

The word is getting out about these OUTRIGHT BRIBES for votes. Even the Democrats themselves are starting to complain about this obvious "Cash for Cloture" bribing going on. When Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) couldn't get past the reporters swarming Ben Nelson on her way to the cloture vote, she quipped, "I know I'm not as important as Senator Nelson. I didn't get the money for my state. I was too stupid."

[buddy34]

Just take a look at the PORK that was added to this monstrosity of a bill, just to BRIBE enough Senators to vote for it: Sen. Carl Levin (D-Michigan) made sure that certain insurance companies in his state are off the hook from a new $7 billion dollar tax...

[buddy34]

With the bill hanging in the balance, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) got a provision exempting his state from paying the usual share of costs for new Medicaid patients. The deal, dubbed the "Cornhusker Kickback," is expected to cost $100 million over 10 years...

[buddy34]

Before a close vote last month, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) got a large break for her state -- an estimated $300 million in extra spending, in a move now derisively called the "Louisiana Purchase."

[buddy34]

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) got a kickback -- including a $100 million bonus for the University of Connecticut to do with whatever they want...

[buddy34]

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) got a promise from Harry Reid to support his plan to expand eligibility for health insurance...

[buddy34]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) was "persuaded" to drop his concerns after Senator Harry Reid offered his state a $10 billion grant for "community health centers" -- money that could easily be funneled to facilities that perform abortions...

[buddy34]

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate health committee, got a provision inserted to increase Medicare payments to certain "low-volume hospitals" in Grinnell, Keokuk and Spirit Lake, treating limited numbers of Medicare patients...

[buddy34]

The Senators from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming will get the "Frontier Freebie" -- they'll see an increase in Medicare payments to hospitals and doctors, because "at least 50 percent of their counties are frontier counties,' defined as those having a population density less than six people per square mile."

[buddy34]

Three states -- Pennsylvania, New York and Florida -- all got protections for their Medicare Advantage beneficiaries at a time when the program is facing cuts nationwide...

[Jaimetud]

Thank you Mitch.

[Jspeterson]

Thank you senator