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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 01:04 PM
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White House: Simple up-or-down vote on health care
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The White House called for a "simple up-or-down" vote on health care legislation Sunday as Speaker Nancy Pelosi appealed to House Democrats to get behind President Barack Obama's chief domestic priority even it if threatens their political careers.

In voicing support for a simple majority vote, White House health reform director Nancy-Ann DeParle signaled Obama's intention to push the Democratic-crafted bill under Senate rules that would overcome GOP stalling tactics.

Republicans unanimously oppose the Democratic proposals. Without GOP support, Obama's only chance of emerging with a policy and political victory is to bypass the bipartisanship he promoted during his televised seven-hour health care summit Thursday.

"We're not talking about changing any rules here," DeParle said. "All the president's talking about is: Do we need to address this problem and does it make sense to have a simple, up-or-down vote on whether or not we want to fix these problems?"

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Kalun D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 01:14 PM
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1. Too Bad
Neither the House nor the Senate bill is worth a crap.
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SPedigrees Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 01:27 PM
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2. Give up the bipartisan fantasy and let's get on with it. nt
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 02:24 PM
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3. Good! It will be a Start worth
building on.
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