Universal Healthcare - is this now it?

[henktermaat]

Is what they are voting on soon here the final deal that dooms us all, or just a step foreward for it, like just the house/senate version? I am unclear..

 

[melensdad]

Is what they are voting on soon here the final deal that dooms us all, or just a step foreward for it, like just the house/senate version? I am unclear..

First the House will vote. They vote on THEIR bill.

Second the Senate will vote. It could be on the same bill or a completely different bill.

Then there is a "conference committee" assigned comprised of both House and Senate members. The meet in a back room, basically with the power to completely rewrite the bill in any fashion they so choose, they then send the reconciled bill back for a final vote. If it passes (it usually does) then it got to the White House to be signed.

The whole process can take a few days or several months.

 

[henktermaat]

Thanks for clearing that up

 

[rich8483]

how soon are they voting + has anyone here read it. lol

 

[StarKing]

how soon are they voting + has anyone here read it. lol

Tomorrow (Saturday, I guess that's today now) + I doubt it (I just managed to get a pdf of it today, I guess that's yesterday now)

I doubt that anyone who didn't help write it has read it, and probably not all of them - it's 1,988 pages.
Anyone who votes for this bill tomorrow, or anytime without convincing me they've read it, can count on never getting my vote again.

 

[Shadowbeach]

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[thomjb]

Did the same with Ellsworth's office....Washington number voicemail box was full.....

 

[StarKing]

Unfortunately for my ability to influence congress, my congressman is already firmly on our side. A good thing, but it rather reduces my ability to have much influence at the congressional level.
The Senate, however, is another story.

 

[jedi]

Good luck on getting our Senators StarKing to vote "NO". Both are going to vote YES for whatever version gets done in the SENATE. It's in BAYH's benefit finacially for this to pass. The Hammond Times has a nice long artice several weeks back on the amount of "interest" Bayh has in the Health Care Industry.

 

[Shadowbeach]

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