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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:10 PM Original message |
Senate Democrats spar over public plan |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. And he chairs the cmte on heaalth, but was excluded from meetings. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Regarding Kent Conrad's insistence that there aren't 60 votes for a public option. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I don't know when the last time was that Senate Dems voted in complete unison, but I have my fingers |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Isn't the 60 vote requirement a Senate rule, not a law? If so, can't 51 votes change the rule on a |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Changing Senate rules takes 67 votes. NT |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. You don't need 60 votes to pass a bill. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. Take a vote on HR 676. Make folks go on record. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The senate can't vote on a House bill |
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