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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 09:41 AM Original message |
A quick reminder to all repeating what a giant success HCR was. We had the votes for a public option |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. recommend |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's where Wall Street came in. |
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Oceansaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. K&R...n/t |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. That's why we have insurance finance reform. |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I wouldn't even call it 'insurance finance reform' ... |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I call it 'insurance finance reform' . Obama called it that. |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. "we had the votes" |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. We had 50 votes for a public option. The article I posted gives you a list. |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. 50 doesn't break the filibuster |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. There is no filibuster when using reconciliation |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Oh snap. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I guess you don't know better. eom |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yep. It was clear that they were maneuvering the public option into a ditch long before that, but |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
11. Yep.. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. The problem with reconciliation is that the program would expire in 10 years |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Is that really true? I thought they did that to not add to the deficit |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yes, Thats true. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I don't think it's true, you have a source? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. It's true, like Gitmo it wasn't Obama who wasn't pushing it it was conservative dems in the senate.. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Can you give me a link that spells out this 10 year rule? |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Of course they can't. Look at how they tried to lie to you about the filibuster upthread. |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. The entire debate about the 'bush tax cuts' |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Look at post 24. Seems to imply that you just made this rule up. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. The 10-year limit was included to get enough votes for reconciliation. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. And they got extended, so what's the point about |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. "The votes are listed in the article I posted, they were there." |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Max said he supported a public option. But even if he didn't he is just one vote |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. (psssssttt... Sometimes Democrats change their minds...) |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. You talk to a conservative lately? They're ill informated at best |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Apparently they aren't the only ones |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. . |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. COBRA: Consolidated Omnibus Budget RECONCILIATION Act |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Thank you, I had a feeling it was bullshit. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Bush's tax cuts were set to expire for other reasons. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
45. And after 10 years of a PO, you think Americans would stand for a reversion? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. Shhh. It was a Signature Accomplishment and The Most Progressive Legislation Evar. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. +1 n/t |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Yeah, we should rid ourselves of it and not vote and stuff....that'll show em /sarcasm |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yeah, blindly supporting them no matter what they do is far more rational |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Um, no. The leader of the Democratic Party failed to inspire the voters in 2010. |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
33. Gibbs accused us of needing drug tests over this! |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Yeah. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
39. Look at the serious errors in fact in the posts throughout this thread. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Yup, kind of ironic. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
40. There was also the option to simply expand Medicare. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Yup, what was the lenght of that total bill? A couple of pages? |
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