Health care repeal bill clears key hurdle in House

[sabra]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) - Legislation repealing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul cleared a key procedural hurdle in the House of Representatives Friday, likely setting up a final House vote to undo the measure next Wednesday.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/07/health-care-repeal-bill-clears-key-hurdle-in-house/

[jaxx]

1. The dirty rotten asses.

What a stupid thing for the pubs to do, and yes, they are stupid.

[ladjf]

2. They are far worse than stupid. They are vicious and dangerous. nt

[Kali]

3. I'm almost half feeling like "good. Needs to be redone anyway!"

so will the assholes taking away whatever small benefits it gave regular people (what were they again?) make the dumbasses angry enough to demand REAL reform (universal public coverage, criminalizing the money grubbing insurance and other "middlemen")?

[ProSense]

7. That half would be disappointed because

it has no chance in the Senate, and it has absolutely no chance of overcoming a veto.

House Repubs would need 50 Democratic votes to override a veto. More than half (17) of the 30 blue dogs who voted against health care reform lost in November. I doubt they'd get even the remaining 13.

[Kali]

23. I know

just expressing my general disappointment in the whole system

[karynnj]

8. You seriously see the REPUBLICANS in the house passing single payer government run insurance?

What - if anything - makes you think that could happen?

[Kali]

22. oh hell no

just if it was rescinded, the next go round (at some undefined point in the future) might be more helpful to the public than what there is now

really it was not a cheering of repukes, or even a real wish, just an expression of the disappointment that the whole thing turned into such a farce

[sadbear]

4. Waste of time

Won't get through the Senate, will never be signed by President Obama.

[AlbertCat]

5. Waste of time

is the name of the game for the next 2 years.

The GOP doesn't DO anything. Just undo things.

[mvd]

13. Exactly. It's telling that their first act is to try to repeal something

Where are those jobs, Mr. Boehner? Keith O. is great with that segment.

Wasn't a big fan of the law, and this increasingly seems a DLC-influenced Presidency, but the law has to remain so it can be expanded on someday. Repukes would replace it with an insurance company dream.

[mvd]

14. self-delete

duplicate

[savalez]

6. No big deal.

These are the same jackasses who voted against it, or would have voted against it if they where in the House at the time. No surprise there. It is not gonna pass the Senate. As far as I know it won't even come up for a vote.

[Mark Maker]

9. They know they don't have the votes in the Senate, and

they know they can't over ride a veto, so why don't they just fold up, borrow Nancy's table, and take repeal of HCR off of it?

[zehnkatzen]

10. Pay strict attention, America. The Republicans hate you and want you to fail.

They want you to die working yourself to death, in poverty, if possible.

What more must be said here?

[msongs]

11. the bipartisan policy is finally paying off lolol nt

[husky92]

12. Messaging 101

As a PR professional, the Obama administration whiffed badly on the healthcare bill. They allowed the right and all their messengers to drive the point into a majority of Americans' heads that the the bill was evil and would cost the country billions. Look at how the right-funded groups to disrupt those town hall meetings where congressmen and women were to talk to constituents. It was a travesty. Plus, the likes of Fox News and other right-wing messengers pounded it into their dimwit viewers/listeners heads that it was socialism, etc. I guarantee if you quizzed 1,000 of those folks who listen to the likes of Beck, Hannity, etc., they could not tell you the first thing about the plan or how it helps them. Hell, it might make a huge difference in their lives, but those knuckleheads wouldn't know it or could care less because Rush or someone said it was bad. That's good enough for them. Obama's communications team should have been out in front of people but they lost this battle from the start. It's not a perfect plan, but it is a start. The Republicans keep saying they have a plan that will be better, but they had their chances in the late 90s and early in the past decade and what did they do -- NOTHING! I'm sure that there are thousands of right wingers who would benefit from this but are too stupid to realize it. I feel bad for the millions who would stand to lose benefits if this should ever get repealed. So much for all the compassion these guys show in introducing something like this. But they can sure make an effort to show compassion to big business and their allies. All they say to those struggling to pay healthcare costs is -- KMA. You can figure what that means.

[No Elephants]

15. Posturing for the Pub base (while WH continues to attack the Dem base).

[RBInMaine]

25. HOW is the White House "attacking the Dem base"? What silly, foolish, hyperbolic nonsense.

[shraby]

16. It won't pass in the Senate, but if the Dems are smart, they

will make a big big deal of the 200+ billion it will add to the deficit that the CBO rated the move.

[savalez]

18. They started already. And it is a big deal.

But Boner actually said that the CBO is "entitled to its opinion". As if math is not an exact science.

[valerief]

17. So how many congresscritters are going to give up the taxpayer subsidy for health insurance

for them and their staff?

[florida08]

19. now that I want to hear about

sorry lazy corporate corrupt neoliberal sociopaths

[valerief]

20. I'm sure the media will be ALL over it.

In Europe.

[Historic NY]

21. Elections have consequences, people will learn that the hard way.

[RBInMaine]

24. I do have to say to the purists who bitched about the bill, whadda ya think now? Happy?