767 Pages of Single Payer

The Senate is making a strong case for a unicameral legislature.

A simple adjustment needs to be made to this rule:

The senator wanting it read into the record must be the person to read it into the record.

My guess is that a jackass like Coburn wouldn’t be interested. He’s far too important for that.

I have been listening to this as well Kate. I have also read it as well. It is the single payer, public option. It is an amendment that completely destroy our health care system as we know it.
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With over 61% of Americans not in favor of the overall bill to reform Health Care, I see that as a clear majority who are not in favor of Obama Care, Pelosi Care or Reid Care.
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Pick a name, it is all bad for America!

Stop th epresses! Call out the NAtional Guard. Imagine the temerity of a Senator to have actually have the 767 page amendment read let alone understood before voting on it. String up the Bas**rds

“My mission is to frame this health care debate in terms of the fiscal ruin of this country, regardless of what the truth may be.”
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There, fixed that for you Tom.

Great idea! Absent that, the Senator who is SO INTERESTED in hearing every word of a bill that he needs it read aloud should at least be forced to sit & listen to the reading.

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part of a very tiny pantheon in the history of the Senate,

I had to look twice. I thought it said ‘pathogen’.

Did you think it was a pathogen of the Senate when the Demos on the Judicial committee used rules of the Senate to stall every Bush nomination to the Federal Bench?

Or are you selectively belligerent again?

It might be of interest that in an era when the nation was evenly split on Civil Rights, the filibuster lasted 171 days.
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In an age where 72% of Americans want a public option, I wonder how long a Republican filibuster will last.
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I say put the train on the tracks and run it down the rails…

I thought it was a great move.

Free: Do you really believe Coburn is sitting there listening to the reading? Do you really believe the amendment had any chance of passing? Do you really believe this reading is nothing but obstructionism on the Republicans part?

I’m guessing at 40 pages an hour, it’s going to be at least 20 hours, probably more like 24.
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It’s ok though. The current system will undergo collapse long before whatever passes anyway, if it has a 2013 implementation date…

Free: Dems delayed every judicial appoint to the bench by Bush? Please list all those nominations and how they were ALL delayed. EVERYONE?

Kate, how fast is the reader going? I wish they’d use an auctioneer. It would follow the letter of the law and they’d be done in an hour. Or they could use Pontius Pilate or his friend Biggus Dickus from Monty Python’s “Life of Brian”. (caveat – of course we’re not supposed to make fun of speech impairments, but the film is still freakin’ funny …and I used to have a terrible stuttering problem as a kid, so I’m granted an exemption)

Q: ” ..obstructionist political party A looks for a way to slow down legislative process on the bill. .. using the house rules against the ruling party B should come as no surprise. ”

A: Something that would happen in a banana republic.

Frankly, I APPLAUD Senator Coburn in his efforts!
This whole healthcare Bill needs to be scrapped and the whole process began anew! We need elect more like him and of his common sense reasoning!

These “looney Democratic Marxist Leftist” need to be replaced in Congress and those with “fiscal responsibility” replace them and represent the true voter constituent, who are 60%+ fully against this Socialist program! We have a group of “looney nut-cases” who are out of touch with their voting constituents – who are not “illegal and criminals in this country and who are sick and tired of supporting such people by government programs and healthcare and who have violated our laws in being here and having their “Anchor Babies” at the middle income class taxpayer’s expense – who is sick and tired of doing so – and who want to see some fiscal responsibility returned to Congress and the Administration!

So Coburn needs a single payer amendment read to decide if he will vote on it, as if there were a chance in hell he world? Give me a break.

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Here we go with the incoherent, ignorant name calling.
You do realize that Coburn was part of the Republican majority who allowed unfunded wars, unfunded perscription benefit, continued and increased pork barrel spending, allowed the crash of our economy.
I could use some name calling about the Repulcians:
Facists
Oligarchs
Emperists
Obstructionist
Theocrats
Know Nothings
Supremists
Xenophobes
Palinites
I never use these stereotypes, but have to admit, it makes me feel better.
Anyone else have an adjective for the Republilcans?

We can only hope that enough of us turn out to vote the bums out of office in 2010, ark.
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Keep up the good work! Keep sounding the alarm!

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Careful what you wish for, Ark. Fiscal conservatives would have never started wars of choice, never lowered taxes once a war started and never financed a war with foreign money. They might even raise taxes to pay for it- at least while the war rages. They would look at our military budget and might conclude that defense spending can be significantly cut. They would argue that the government has no business legislating morality- ya know: gay marriage, abortion… They would suggest that lower taxes are the reward of prudent government- not that less taxes cures the economy. In short, the current Republicans are not a party of “fiscal responsibility”. They’re more of a Social Conservative, Pro- corporate, Religious Fundamentalism hybrid…

Also, you put looney Democratic Marxist Leftist in quotes. Who are you quoting?

Kate refers to GOP obstructionism. I searched the phrase “Democratic obstructionism” in Time.com’s archives. Zero mentions.

Look up “up or down vote” in the TIME archives to see how many times it was uttered by a Republican versus a Democrat.
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Reid’s spinelessness has afflicted his vocal cords.

spob: There is no Santa. I looked it up.

Hmm if it doesn’t have a chance of passing why are the brainthrusts of the left wasting the time of the Senate by preparing such a bill?

I would guess Coburn would never vote for a single payer. I also believe that most of the ones who might vote for one had no idea what was in it either. For a leadership and administration that promised so much transparency, this entire bill was written behind closed doors under the cloak of darkness.

The left keeps ranting that (pick your number) want health care reform or a public option. Problem is when they discover what that might include they quickly change their mind. So the response is try and ram it through then scream they are obstructing us. This is malpractice not legislation

Grow up!

apr2563:

They never came out of the judicial committee as Leaky Leahy blocked them. And you can look up the list if bored.

…if you can’t find “Democratic obstructionism” then it must not exist. If you disagree, prove it with examples …oh wait, you can’t find any.

Free: The only thing that bores me as your typical name calling response. Tell me, did Leahy block ALL of the nominees. What bores me is your hyperbole and LIES.

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Wow, there are people upset that Congress is actually reading the legislation… That’s just sad.

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This is not “Health Care Reform”, Health Care, or any other form of Health Care. It is MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE — a new TAX that is paid to…Insurance Companies. I suggest you review the lobbying documentation at http://www.opensecrets.org and really consider WHO LOBBIED FOR and Who is really going to benefit from this MANDATORY HEALTH TAX. Once again, the politicians create double speak to dupe Citizens of the true consequences of this bill. Health Care and Mandatory Health Insurance are NOT the same thing. This bill only creates a public and private bureaucracy that wedges itself between Doctors and their patients. CitizenNYC, HTTP://www.newbroomparty.org

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