Question: What can a political party do to a sitting senator with 5 more years office left?

[uponit7771]

Seems like passing HC reform with price controls being passed via reconciliation might be the way we get what we want here.

I'm still holding out, it aint easy though...

Your take?

[EVDebs]

1. Can state insurance commissioners cap the insurance co's price increases ?

Mandate minus price controls may increase healthcare costs
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/sep/24/nation/na-healthcare-affordability24

"In the drive to bring health coverage to almost every American, lawmakers have largely rejected restrictions on how much insurers can charge, sparking fears that consumers will continue to face the skyrocketing premium increases of recent years.

The legislators' reluctance to control premium costs comes despite the fact that they intend to require virtually all Americans to get health insurance, an unprecedented mandate -- long sought by insurance companies -- that would mark the first time the federal government has compelled consumers to buy a single industry's product, effectively creating a captive market.

"We are about to force at least 30 million people into an insurance market where the sharks are circling," said California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, a Democrat who served as the state's insurance commissioner for eight years. "Without effective protections, they will be eaten alive."

[NC_Nurse]

2. Strip his chairmanship and throw him out of the caucus.

He's a Repub anyway. Let him jump ship.

[Pushed To The Left]

10. That's what I was thinking. Give him one more chance to not filibuster healthcare reform, then give

him the boot and strip him of the chairmanship. In a generous act of bipartisanship, President Obama and the Democratic Party could give the Republicans the gift of Lieberman.

[quakerboy]

14. Can we do that?

Its my understanding that changing the chairmanships takes a senate vote to do a reorganization. And that that vote would be subject to fillibuster.

If that is true, I'm pretty sure if we can't get him to vote for health care, we cant get him to vote to allow a vote to strip his chairmanships.

[eleny]

3. For starters they can stop cowering in the corner and shitting their pants

[Popular Front]

4. I don't know what the President can do. But the trolls can shut up and let him lead.

:patriot:

[uponit7771]

6. +1, those assigning fault at Obamas feet NEVER EVER offer anything more practical than threats...

..etc for someone who doesn't have to answer to the public in any way.

It's getting silly

[calico1]

5. Take him out back and give him a good ass

kicking!

I WISH they would do that. And slap the smirk off his ugly mug.

[uponit7771]

7. It felt good to read that...Lieberman is soooooo whiny

[PBS Poll-435]

8. What Senator are you talking about?

Joementum is up for reelection in 2012.

[uponit7771]

9. any of em....Jus sayin, doesn't look like we can do much about them other than go around them

[LiberalFighter]

13. Every two years there is a new Congress. That is when changes are made.

[tularetom]

11. I know this guy named Vinnie

[LiberalFighter]

12. Lieberman will be in the 4th year of his 6 year term in January 2010

I don't believe the Senate Democrats can do much until the 112th Congress which begins January 3, 2011.

This is the time that there will be new Senators elected (1/3 are elected every 2 years) and the need to make committee assignments.