I really don't think that the blue dogs will kill it. I could be wrong, but a lot of people have been flipping on this one. Like the AMA for instance. Also see Kay Hagan. I love how that article just uses whatever talking points people they are talking to like to use to describe things. Like describing the Blue Dogs simply as "fiscally conservative democrats"..hahaha. And the bill as being the $1 trillion-plus bill when the CBO scored it as just under a trillion and hasn't finished scoring the Medicare/Medicaid portions but said that they expect that final scoring will bring the figure down farther.
Its going to be a hell of a battle, no doubt. Lots of really lazy reporting though. Judah On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Robert Munn<[email protected]> wrote: > > Looks like the Blue Dog Democrats are going to kill the bill: > > http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200907151403dowjonesdjonline000758&title=centrist-dem-leaderhas-committee-votes-to-block-health-bill > > WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., a leader of fiscally > conservative House Democrats, said Wednesday a House plan to overhaul the > U.S. health-care system is losing support and will be stuck in committee > without changes. > > "Last time I checked, it takes seven Democrats to stop a bill in the Energy > and Commerce Committee," Ross told reporters after a House vote. "We had > seven against it last Friday; we have 10 today." > > Three House committees are slated to begin considering the $1 trillion-plus > bill this week, but the Energy and Commerce looms as the biggest challenge. > That's because it counts among its 36 Democratic members seven members of > the Blue Dog Coalition, a fiscally conservative bloc that is opposing the > House Democrats' effort. > > Ross said the bill, introduced Wednesday by House Democratic leaders, > doesn't include provisions adequate to curb rising health care costs, > including what the government spends on healthcare. > > "The current bill would have to be substantially amended before we could > consider supporting it," Ross said. > > The Energy and Commerce panel is scheduled to meet Thursday afternoon to > kick off its review of the legislation, but its session is expected to > stretch into late next week. > > Ross said Blue Dogs have been meeting every day to craft amendments that > will be offered during that meeting, but offered no details on what those > amendments are. He said those amendments could number in the dozens. > > Ross said he expects Blue Dogs will meet with the panel's chairman, Rep. > Henry Waxman, D-Calif., soon to discuss their specific proposed changes. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300461 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
