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Monday, January 18, 2010

White House Looks At Passing Health Care Without New Senate Vote If GOP Wins In Massachusetts

A panicky White House and Democratic allies scrambled Sunday for a plan to salvage their hard-fought health care package in case a Republican wins Tuesday's Senate race in Massachusetts, which would enable the GOP to block further Senate action.

The likeliest scenario would require persuading House Democrats to accept a bill the Senate passed last month, despite their objections to several parts.

Aides consulted Sunday amid fears that Republican Scott Brown will defeat Democrat Martha Coakley in the special election to fill the late Edward M. Kennedy's seat. A Brown win would give the GOP 41 Senate votes, enough to filibuster and block final passage of the House-Senate compromise on health care now being crafted.

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4 comments:

Reconciled1 said...

but of course they will.... why should the people's vote matter

Anonymous said...

And the lefties accused Bush of being a dictator.....Bawahahahahah!

Anonymous said...

The peoples vote in NOVEMBER will MATTER!

Anonymous said...

I hope they shove it down your throats like Bush did the Patriot Act. No sympathy here!