I can't help but wonder why Democrats have resulted to name calling or labeling protesters over the Healthcare bill.
Are they mad because Obama's deadline wasn't met?
Upset that there is misinformation going around?
Irritated that Americans are second guessing Congresses motives?
Why the name calling? The healthcare bill is in the hands of a Democrat led Congress that needs none or very little Republican support to pass
bills.
The Democrats have 256 members in the house and only need 218 members to pass a bill in the house.
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The Senate side is less sure but has great possibility. According to this article 60 should be achievable.
The switch puts Senate Democrats one vote shy of a filibuster-proof majority of 60 seats. They can reach the 60-seat mark if Al Franken holds his
current lead in the disputed Minnesota Senate race.
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Franken won and I am sure they could convince Lieberman to go along with the Democrats.
So why all the fuss about misinformation and Republican's this and that?
Why don't the Democrats take responsibility for failing to pass a bill they have stated time and time again is important for America?
What about those committees? Don't Democrats control those committees?
Four congressional committees, one in the Senate and three in the House of Representatives, have approved sweeping healthcare overhaul legislation
without a single Republican supporting the bills. But fiscally conservative Democrats had to be brought on board with ideas that may lose liberal
votes.
Taking a different approach, Senate Finance Committee leaders have been trying to hammer out a bipartisan package, but Democratic leaders want them to
wind up by September 15.
"I think the timeline is more than fair," Schumer said. "If we cannot produce a bipartisan solution by then, you have to wonder if the Republicans
would ever be willing to agree to anything"
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Is it really Republican support they want or are the Democrats having difficulty selling healthcare to their own party?
Underscoring the deep divisions among Democrats was concern among members of the Congressional Black Caucus that Obama and the leadership were
making too many concessions to the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrats.
Leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus said they requested a meeting with Obama.
www.chicagodefender.com...
Do protesters deserved to be labeled because of Congresses inability to get the job done?
IMO, protesters did not derail this legislation. The division among Democrats did.