Comments on: “When the President chose a partisan path in his speech, he pushed the real debate behind closed doors. This is now a debate among House and Senate Democrats”

By: onparkstreet

onparkstreet — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:34:48 +0000

Ugh, I was afraid of just this scenario: back-room deals out of the limelight leading to goodness knows what? Not even the people writing the bills know, exactly.

By: armadillo

armadillo — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:31:38 +0000

“Former Iowa Congressman Jim Nussle ….”

By: armadillo

armadillo — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:19:02 +0000

Rep. Jim Nussle (R-IA) and Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) on CNBC this morning warned that the Harry Reid is going to pass an “outline” of a healthcare bill and fill in the details with later legislation. This process avoids CBO scoring (no details, no numbers) and will be rammed through using the reconciliation process requiring only 50 votes plus V.P. Biden.