...Congress has just passed the health care bill with no republican vote. As soon as the President signs it into law; it will become the law of the land! For some the health care bill that passed is not even near what they have been fighting for, but better than the status quo.
For others, it's a government takeover of the health care..., therefore, bad for the country. Finally, most people think this bill will bring an important relief to more than 30 million people who are in dire conditions since they can afford health care because of pre-existing conditions or other reasons. Thus, this bill is a landmark accomplishment for the country and the Obama administration like social security and Medicare.SN.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
USA Congress Politics=Me Yes! You No!
Politics are and will stay that way: politics! Nobody needs a PHD to know how to use the established rules in his favor whenever it is necessary and to paint his opponent as devil while trying to take advantage of these same rules. You laugh!
We learn that the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may ask the house to pass the United States health care reform bill by using the self-executing rule, H.R 3595. The House Minority Leader John Boehner calls it "the ultimate in Washington power grabs". His colleague the House Republican Conference chairman Mike Pense, R-Ind., named the option "a betrayal of the commitment of every member of this congress to the American people".
Now let's see how many times this rule had been used in the past either by republicans or democrats:
The self-executing rule started in the 1970s....the 95th-98th Congress (1977-1984 the rule was used eight times, 20 times under Speaker O'Neil in the 199th congress and 18 times under Speaker Wright in the 100th Congress (1995-1998). And under Speaker Hastert just before Nancy Pelosi there were 40 self-executing rules in the 106th Congress, 42 in the 107th Congress and 30 in the 108th Congress (1999-2007). Why politicians in Washington have to hide their own records while advertising their opponents' records? SN.
We learn that the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may ask the house to pass the United States health care reform bill by using the self-executing rule, H.R 3595. The House Minority Leader John Boehner calls it "the ultimate in Washington power grabs". His colleague the House Republican Conference chairman Mike Pense, R-Ind., named the option "a betrayal of the commitment of every member of this congress to the American people".
Now let's see how many times this rule had been used in the past either by republicans or democrats:
The self-executing rule started in the 1970s....the 95th-98th Congress (1977-1984 the rule was used eight times, 20 times under Speaker O'Neil in the 199th congress and 18 times under Speaker Wright in the 100th Congress (1995-1998). And under Speaker Hastert just before Nancy Pelosi there were 40 self-executing rules in the 106th Congress, 42 in the 107th Congress and 30 in the 108th Congress (1999-2007). Why politicians in Washington have to hide their own records while advertising their opponents' records? SN.
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