6 Senators who will decide the fate of HCR

[tabbycat31]

http://several.amplify.com/2009/11/09/the-6senators-who-will-decide-the-fate-of-hcr-p2/

Not a good list--- we need to fill their voicemails
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE)

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT)

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)

Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)

[WI_DEM]

1. Lieberass has already said that if there is a P.O. he will fillibuster

Bayh to his credit said he would allow it to come to a floor for a up and down vote.

[unhappycamper]

2. That sure is a crappy lineup.

Any chance for a do over?

[rhett o rick]

3. So essentially you are saying meaningful health insurance reform is dead? nt

[WI_DEM]

4. My guess is that the Senate will pass a PO with a trigger and then somehow the house

and senate will have to reconcile there individual bills into one for final passage. It's going to be a long road.

[rhett o rick]

6. And I am guessing the final bill will not have the tax on the rich, nor the precondition

requirement for insurance companies.

[sandnsea]

8. The preexisting conditions will be there, the subsidy

is the real issue. If we end up with the Senate subsidies because there aren't enough taxes raised, this bill will fail in the implementation anyway.

[WI_DEM]

9. No, the precondition requirement is pretty popular I think that would stay no matter what.

[rhett o rick]

10. When you say "pretty popular" i am confused as to with who is it popular? The Senate doesnt give a

rat's ass about what the public wants. And the precondition requirement is surely not at all popular with their masters. So I guess I dont agree that it is likely to survive.

[TornadoTN]

5. Wow. That's a really depressing reality to face

This is not a good list to face.

The only way anything is done is if Obama takes them task and uses his office effectively. But with all of the health care money flying around, it's really going to be an epic struggle.

[sandnsea]

7. Can we flood these states with correct information

We've got to figure out how to turn these votes because these names are going to keep popping up for the next 8 years.

[rhett o rick]

11. I will be glad to help, but how do we flood these states with information? Take out ads on Faux?

And most Senators dont pay a damn bit of attention to what their constituents want anyway.