The Democrats are assaulting the very pillars of our democracy. As the debate on Obamacare reaches the long, painful end, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is confronting a political nightmare. She may not have the 216 votes necessary to pass the Senate’s health care bill in the House.
Hence, Mrs. Pelosi and her congressional Democratic allies are seriously considering using a procedural ruse to circumvent the traditional constitutional process. Led by Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, New York Democrat and chairman of the House Rules Committee, the new plan – called the “Slaughter Solution” – is not to pass the Senate version on an up-or-down vote. Rather, it is to have the House “deem” that the legislation was passed and then have members vote directly on a series of “sidecar” amendments to fix the things it does not like.
This would enable House Democrats to avoid going on the record voting for provisions in the Senate bill – the “Cornhusker Kickback,” the “Louisiana Purchase,” the tax on high-cost so-called “Cadillac” insurance plans – that are reviled by the public or labor-union bosses. If the reconciliation fixes pass, the House can send the Senate bill to President Obama for his signature without ever having had a formal up-or-down vote on the underlying legislation.
Many Democrats could claim they opposed the Senate bill while allowing it to pass. This would be an unprecedented violation of our democratic norms and procedures, established since the inception of the republic. Article 1, Section 7 of the Constitution stipulates that for any bill to become a law, it must pass both the House of Representatives and the Senate. That is, not be “deemed” to have passed, but actually be voted on with the support of the required majority. The bill must contain the exact same language in both chambers – and in the version signed by the president – to be a legitimate law. This is why the House and Senate have a conference committee to iron out differences of competing versions. This is Civics 101.
Read More: By Jeffrey T. Kuhner, Washington Times
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Here is a little know secret that is kept hidden by the progressives.
Marxism, Communism and Socialism all share the same aims as the Bavarian
Illuminati founded in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt. Here are the aims Abolition
of government, private property, indertiance, religion, the family unit,
and the establishment of a One World Government. Clinton Roosevelt, a
distance cousin of Teddie Roosevelt and FDR wrote a booklet in 1841 the
Science of Government Founded in Natural Law. Roosevelt freely stole his
ideas from Weishaupt. In 1848 Horace Greely, the founder and publisher of
the NY Tribune and New Yorker Magazine and Clinton Roosevelt funded the
Communist League in London UK. The Communist League paid Karl Marx and
Joseph Engels to write the Communist Manifesto. Marx freely stole from
Roosevelt's booklet.
In 1830 Greely, Roosevelt, and Governor Dewitt Clinton founded the
LoccoFocco party, which became the Equal rights party and then in 1906 the
Socialist party. Both Teddie and FDR followed Clinton Believes as outlined
in his booklet. They were all 33rd Freemasons surprise.
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Obviously without a majority in the senate the only thing that might be done to secure an impeachment, a successful one, is to have this mans eligibility properly reviewed so there can be no curtain of doubt that congress hides behind in their phony interpretation of natural born citizenship and he was in fact intentionally seated without the proper credentials. DC will be as clean as a newborns bottom if that comes to pass. It is the one and only way to save this nation.
Are we POW's or just MIA's. Are we allowing this administration to do to us whatever they want. We act like prisoners of war instead of citizens with rights. Or are we just missing inaction? Whatever the case it is time to act. In case you have not noticed the rights that our founding fathers died for are slipping away rather qucikly.
It is time to start talking impeachment!
NO one censoring our comments???? WELL< WELL>
George Soros tells obama what to do. These monsters need to be stopped. Soros hates America,and its dollar. He got his wealth by bringing down the pound.He turned on his jewish people during the war,to help hitler gather the jewish people to the camps of death.
Only in America can people scream impeach the president with nothing to back it up and still be free to do so. He will never be impeached because he hasn't done anything wrong. You tea baggers disgust me.
YOU MUST BE ANOTHER ILLEGAL OBAMMIE!!!!! IF YOU COULD READ—THERE IS PLENTY HE HAS DONE WRONG AND WHY CAN OTHERS SEE IT AND YOU CAN'T????? IS IT BECAUSE YOU ARE LIKE HIM???
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YES.
AND, SOON.
THEN THE CZARS, PELOSI, REID RAHM, AXELROD, POUFFLE, BUTTHEAD GIBBS, AND ALL THE REST.
Impeach Obama, prosecute him, EXECUTE him!