fuck Obama, Pelosi and Reid really hard then deport their sorry asses
On Jan 6, 2:11 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > <http://www.politico.com> > > *Dem leaders to forgo conference* > By: Carrie Budoff Brown and Patrick O'Connor > January 5, 2010 11:54 PM EST > > President Barack Obama and congressional Democratic leaders agreed > Tuesday to forgo a formal conference committee for reconciling the > Senate and House health care bills, according to three Democratic > congressional aides. > > The decision means that the White House, Senate Majority Harry Reid and > House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will attempt to reach an agreement through > private negotiations with key lawmakers. Once a deal is struck, the bill > will go back to the House for passage, then to the Senate and on to the > president's desk --- a legislative path that has been described as "ping > pong." > > The decision to bypass the conference committee, which the aides said > came during an Oval Office meeting Tuesday, formalized what many > Democrats had long known: If they have any hope of passing the health > care bill quickly, they would need to circumvent the normal order of > business. > > But the move --- though not unusual in the increasingly gridlocked > Congress --- has drawn sharp criticism from Republicans and even some > Democrats, who say Obama is not living up to his promise of a > transparent process. > > In the meeting, Obama reiterated his desire to finish the health care > bill by his State of the Union address, set for late January or early > February, aides said --- even though the White House has raised the > possibility that the timeline could slip. > > In what can viewed as a concession to House Democrats angry about the > loss of the public option, the president said during the meeting that he > wanted the final legislation to provide more generous subsidies to help > Americans buy insurance, and stated a preference for boosting the > measures beyond what the Senate bill offers, a congressional Democratic > leadership aide said. > > After months of maintaining an arms-length distance, Obama used the > meeting Tuesday to delve into the health care negotiations, signifying > the start of what a second congressional Democratic leadership aide said > would be heightened involvement by the White House. Obama pledged to > take a direct role in resolving House-Senate differences and setting the > agenda and pace of the negotiations, according to the aide, who was > briefed on the meeting. > > Pelosi and her committee chairmen will return Wednesday for another > meeting with Obama, and House and Senate staff also are also expected to > sit down with administration officials, aides said. > > Before Obama left for his Christmas vacation in Hawaii, he pledged to > take a direct role in the conference negotiations --- a move that > Democrats on Capitol Hill consider long overdue. Liberal Democrats have > been clamoring for Obama to get more involved, hoping he would weigh in > to push their top priority, which was the public option. > > But the late push might not be a good thing for Pelosi and her liberal > House colleagues because the White House has shown a clear preference > for the Senate bill, particularly a plan to give the administration more > authority to recommend cost savings under Medicare. > > The White House has been firm in saying the president planned to > preserve his personal leverage for the conference --- and even without a > formal conference, he now seems prepared to use it. > > � 2009 Capitol News Company, LLC > > <http://www.irides.com>
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