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10:46: It just passed. It’s mourning in America. Major Garrett reported Obama won’t sign until later this week.
10:34 PM: They’re voting now. Twelve and a half minutes to go.
10: 25 PM: Pelosi (I spit that out as an epithet): Being a woman will no longer be a pre-existing medical condition. She actually said that.
10:11 PM: Boehner: Shame on every one of you!
10:00 PM: They’re late with the vote. Just an omen of ObamaCare – waiting to see your doctor when you’re ill.
9:34 PM: Motion to recommit is coming up. It’s the last chance to stop this.
9:17 PM: Via Maggie, the vote should start at about 9:30 Eastern Time.
9:03 PM: Nothing’s passed yet. Rep. Devin Nunes is on Sean Hannity’s show right now blasting this disastrous legislation and the totalitarian tactics they’ve used to pass it. He said he’s never seen anything like it.
7:49 PM ET: Allahpundit has news that the GOP is trying to force a motion to recomit, which could possibly derail this whole thing. At this point, I don’t know what to think.
7:00 PM ET: Was Stupak holding out for a kickback? He announced $726,409 for airports for his district on the 19th. Two days ago.
6:50 PM ET: Great quote from Stacy McCain: “Anybody who ever voted for a “moderate” Democrat is getting a long-overdue lesson today.” I’ll say.
6:47 PM ET: Dan Benishek is running against Stupak in Michigan. I think he’s about to become pretty popular.
6:06 PM ET: Breaking news from The Patriot Room:
Our colleague Steve Schippert just spoke to Rep. Blackburn (TN) from the House floor. Too close to call. Stupak may be hung out to dry if he buys into EO.
Hear the audio on our sister site here.
Few additional points:
According to The Hill, we need 3 out 4 from below:
Jim Cooper (Tenn.) * (Y) Has had up-and-down relationship with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
Paul Kanjorski (Pa.) * (Y) GOP target. Also voted against education reform bill that will move with healthcare reform in reconciliation
Bobby Rush (Ill.) (Y) Surprise addition to this list. Said he was undecided on March 18. The Hill reported that Rush engaged in several discussions with leadership lawmakers after announcing his position. Concerned about bill’s impact on hospitals in poor areas. Still, liberal congressman is a likely yes. Rush defeated Barack Obama in 2000 House primary
Loretta Sanchez (Calif.) (Y) It was reported on March 21 she will show up for vote, but unclear if she will vote yes. Was a late yes in November
Further, I just spoke with a House staffer. The issue of the House recon bill being fatal in the Senate because it will fall based on a Point of Order is now the focus of peeling away form “yes” votes.
Follow the link above to read an e-mail from Marsh Blackburn.
Update 6:00: Mike Pence on the executive order:
“It is disappointing to see Members of Congress exchange 30 years of pro-life law for a piece of paper from the most pro-abortion president in American history.”
“I would cite my colleague, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, who said on television today, ‘an Executive Order cannot change the law,’ and I don’t think the American people will be fooled by this and the fact the President is signing a piece of paper, Executive Order that, would be thrown out by the courts…”
And from Mitch McConnell (Via Riehl World View)
WASHINGTON DC – Senate Democrats have balked at a bi-partisan meeting with the Senate Parliamentarian to discuss a rule violation that could doom the entire House reconciliation proposal.
DON STEWART, McCONNELL SPOKESMAN: “Republicans have been trying to set up a meeting with Senate Democrats since yesterday to discuss this fatal point of order but have been met with nothing but silence. We suspect Democrats are slow walking us so as to have the House vote first. Since Senate Democrats refuse to meet with us and the Parliamentarian, we’ve informed our colleagues in the House that we believe the bill they’re now considering violates the clear language of Section 310g of the Congressional Budget Act, and the entire reconciliation bill is subject to a point of order and rejection in the Senate should it pass the House.”
Update 5:36: According to Stop the ACLU the reconciliation bill can’t be voted on until the Senate bill is signed into law. Since the Democrats are relying on the reconciliation bill to get House members to sign the Senate bill this could be a problem. But then again, they are making the rules up as they go along. (Via Maggie’s Notebook)
Update 5:06: Code Red has the vote count at 212 no and 216 yes. Unless something changes between now and the vote this monstrosity is going to pass. John Boehner says the executive order isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.
Update 4:47: Michelle Malkin has the vote schedule, looks like it will be a couple of hours before the actual vote on the Senate bill and then the reconciliation bill. Maggie’s Notebook has the story of the Dem leadership “perp walk” earlier today. They are so arrogant.
Update 4:13: Stupak’s blathering about moral principle and protecting unborn children. What a snake. Click the link just below (Stupak’s been lying all along) – the deal he struck with Obama is non-binding. He’s full of BS.
Update 4:05: Stupak’s been lying all along!!! What a snake. And all of the kickbacks and bribes will stay in the bill. Stupak’s about to talk.
Update 3:43: I don’t quite know what to make of this. Allahpundit:
Not sure what Drudge means by this, but it’s hail mary time:
FLASH: Senate Republicans found a provision in the new House health care bill that likely makes it ineligible for expedited ‘reconciliation’ procedures in the Senate. Dems refused to meet with GOP and Parliamentarian…. Developing….
Update 3:41: Via Allahpundit – Stupak scheduled a press conference for 4:00 PM. In all likelihood he’s going to announce he’s voting yes. So much for standing on principle.
Update 3:15: The Hill reported at 2:20 that Pelosi doesn’t have the votes. Code Red‘s latest count is 214 no, 213 yes with 4 undecided. 216 is the magic number. Major Garrett is on Fox News right now saying the Democrats have 216 votes or more, but they won’t give the names of the 216. He said Obama probably doesn’t need to sign the executive order to appease Stupak. It would be non-binding anyway. I don’t know if that’s accurate. The Other McCain just updated that the motion to proceed passed with flying colors. At this point, I don’t know if they want us to believe passage of this bill is inevitable, or if they really do have the votes.
We’ll find out soon enough, won’t we.
Drudge has this headline at the top of his page: OVERHEARD: Walking into Capitol this morning on phone, Speaker Pelosi tells Hoyer: ‘Steny, we have to get to 217. None of these members wants to be the deciding vote’… Developing… (No link)
Code Red has the vote count at 212 to 212. 216 is the magic number.
There’s still talk of Obama signing an executive order to get Stupak on board.
A few people, out of thousands, protesting ObamaCare made some racist remarks and otherwise behaved badly and that’s the big story of the day. For all we know they were lefty plants.
The Other McCain has a live chat starting at noon today if you care to join in.
Update: As for those racist slurs, two videos exist, watch here and here, no racial slurs can be heard on either video. I wonder if the Syracuse Post Standard will print a retraction of the AP story they ran today.
It’s 1:46 PM and the House is voting on rules. No vote on the bills yet.
Update 2: It’s 1:50 PM. Major Garrett on Fox News just reported that Stupak’s still talking to Obama and Stupak’s office told him he still a no vote, for now.
Obama continually bitch slaps our Nation and he is exalted.
A couple of our protestors MIGHT have made racist remarks and we are ALL cast as demons. Whatever.
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[...] Land Mine May Go “Boom” and So Many Lies, So Little Time The Lonely Conservative: Do they have the votes? and Crunch Time – Let Your Voice Be Heard, America! Gateway Pundit: US BISHOPS: Do Not Pass [...]
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I hope and pray this Obama Care Bill does not pass. It will be a crazy sunday in america for sure. Great work and have a great week.
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This is my take on it. The Dems are hoping to get the Catholic Bishops help when they sign the next bill for Illegal Amnesty.
This has been all but a big charade to get them and their consituents on board because the Catholic Church DOES want to resolve the illegal problem.
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Update: As for those racist slurs, two videos exist, watch here and here, no racial slurs can be heard on either video. I wonder if the Syracuse Post Standard will print a retraction of the AP story they ran today.
Heard about that during an ABC News radio update on my way to work yesterday. Assuming that actually happened, WTF? This turd has to pass now in order to atone for the racist and homophobic slurs being shouted to Bawney Fwank and members of the Congressional Black Caucus?
It got me to wondering how difficult it would’ve been for ACORN or SEIU to plant a few agent provacateurs in the Tea Party crowd…..
Or it’s entirely possible that Dem politicians are LYING
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It looks like there are enough traitors in the House to pass this crap. The next battle will be launched immediately. I see civil disobedience as well. These dictators will not take our country as long as I’m alive. That is all.
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Just linked you on the kickback. !@#$^&%$#@!* Didn’t we know it!
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Slap me in the face with a flounder! The s*** o* b****** even let Charley “Lucky Luciano” Rangel speak. crookcrookcrookcrookcrookcrookcrookcrookcrook….
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This whole thing is a joke. We’re going to hell in a handbasket. Wait, can we even afford one?
By the way, I posted on my blog this morning the video showing that the two African-American congressmen who claimed that they were called racial slurs and spat upon on their way to Capitol Hill, there were no slurs or anything being yelled out at them or anyone else. I think you would enjoy that article and the links. Anything to make the common person and tea party people look like idiots. They’re the idiots
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Our federal government is unconstitutional. What they are doing is a power grab of unprecedented proportions as they continue to take power away from the several states and grant it to themselves.
The progressives have won the verbal battle for the last several years. They have won the battle to take religion from our schools, to remove religion from our courtyards. They have made conservatives out to be racist, homophobes who hate everything but money.
They have won the battle. They have managed to dictate the terms of the debate.
To take back our country we must win the battle. We must use Alinsky against them.
Rules for Radicals…….And this is what they did against the Bush administration that was in the end so frustrating for GWB that he finally went and hid in the White HOuse and would no longer come out and defend himself or the Conservative cause.
Rule 8: Keep the pressure on. Use different tactics and actions and use all events of the period for your purpose. “The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition. It is this that will cause the opposition to react to your advantage.”
And additionally from the Rules for Radicals handbook……According to Alinsky, the organizer — especially a paid organizer from outside — must first overcome suspicion and establish credibility. Next the organizer must begin the task of agitating: rubbing resentments, fanning hostilities, and searching out controversy. This is necessary to get people to participate. An organizer has to attack apathy and disturb the prevailing patterns of complacent community life where people have simply come to accept a bad situation. Alinsky would say, “The first step in community organization is community disorganization.”
Remember at every debate, every turn, every vote the Democrats right now are reading Saul Alinsky and using this against the GOP and the conservative cause.
Time to respond in kind…….
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Great work here, keep up the good fight as we have much more fighting to do against these Tyrants in our Government! The cockroaches will be squashed but not soon enough! You have been linked – Conservative Bloggers are Fighting for every Americans Freedom – http://governmentmess.blogspot.com/2010/03/conservative-bloggers-fight-obama-care.html
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One thing that I would like to point out about the Democratic party. It is the progressives who have taken over the party. Have usurped it for their agenda. The ordinary democrats are really pretty angry at this as well.
Its important to remain focused on the Progressives. They are communists and Far left Socialists who have spent decades getting to the point we are at today. They have unleashed hell on America and the next horse to be released is Immigration reform.
Remember….they want to legalize 12-15 million more Democrats and then GIVE them FREE stuff. Hell who wouldn’t want to sneak across the border and into a world of Freebies paid for by a dwindling wealthy class.
What we all of course know that they somehow cannot grasp is that when you take from the rich and give to the poor…….eventually you run out of RICH to take from…….then you have nothing but POOR.
America today is on the fast track to the poor house and the progressives are taking the ride screaming and giggling with glee and laughter at the wool they have pulled over this countries eyes.
They are NOT moderates…….Progressives are enemies of the state. Pure and simple.
But I make distinctions. Liberals are not progressives and while I do not agree with liberals most of the time they are at least good, decent and honorable Americans. Progressives on the other hand are nothing but RADICAL Communists/Socialists out to transform America into a Godless/Classless society.
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my brain hurts! and my hearts breaks, the unleashing hell part is right, but I blame the Rep.’s for getting us into this mess! I mean where were they while this plan was unfolding? So when we’re all poor,they now have us where they want us. So vote em all out in Nov. we promised an enema and we’re gonna flush them turds!
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Well we’re on our way to Socialism, anyone got a rule book? Oh wait a minute I already know the government knows whats good and bad and will provide for me and that if I need a medical procedure than they’re going to tell me where and when.
Also lets not forget that O man is traveling the US this coming week to explain / Bull shit us even more on just what this bill is. How’s about a question and answer period, and NO lies
or brushing the questions off. Leave Gibbs home also.
Boy oh boy the talk shows are going to tear this up this week and than lets see whats next , OH immigration reform, there all going to become Americans by 2012 for the next election’s. And guess who’s going to run again?
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[...] 9:30 10:30 PM EDT This Bumped to top: STUPAK KICKBACK: $726,409 for airports. Read it at The Lonely Conservative. The Cypress Times at 5:39 CDT has this headline: Contributions now pouring in for Stupak’s [...]
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[...] Doomed left this comment, but it really deserves its own post. I agree completely! [...]
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