Considering Why Democrats Are Holding Health Care Vote on Saturday
Unless we get linked by a very high-traffic blog, Saturdays and Sundays tend be our slowest days where we see a huge drop-off in the number of visits we get. It seems most people would rather spend times with their families and friends than follow politics.
Perhaps that’s why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided to schedule the health care vote for Saturday, a day when most Americans are paying little attention to events in our nation’s capital.
Oh, and, I wonder how many Congressmen actually read the bill they’re voting on and whether it had been posted for 72 hours online before today’s debate (as Mrs. Pelosi promised).
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Reports say that Senator Coburn wants to force Harry Reid’s bill to be read on the Senate floor, in its entirety.
The Politico quotes Coburn as saying, ““My mission is to frame this health care debate in terms of the fiscal ruin of this country…” Good man.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — November 7, 2009 @ 7:36 pm - November 7, 2009
I’ll try this.
It forces the Sunday shows and next week’s news to discuss healthcare rather than 10.2% unemployment and last Tuesday’s election results.
Comment by Geena — November 7, 2009 @ 8:47 pm - November 7, 2009
Called Brad Miller’s (D-NC-13) office in NC and DC Friday, all I got was hemming and hawing when I asked multiple times whether he had read the bill. Figures.
Comment by William Teach — November 7, 2009 @ 8:51 pm - November 7, 2009
Just watched CSPAN, it looks like it passed with 218 before I turned the channel.
Comment by LCRW — November 7, 2009 @ 11:18 pm - November 7, 2009
Oh, dreck & puke; our CongressWeasels passed it 220 – 215.
There are 220 members of the House who need to be impeached/recalled; since they DID NOT READ THE BILL before voting for it. That is absolute misfeasance (if not malfeasance), and a total disregard for the duties which we voters elected them to perform on our behalf..
Comment by A_Nonny_Mouse — November 7, 2009 @ 11:21 pm - November 7, 2009
Ugh!
Comment by American Elephant — November 8, 2009 @ 12:45 am - November 8, 2009
You did get this mentioned on Memeorandum.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — November 8, 2009 @ 6:55 am - November 8, 2009
Forgot to mention President Obama has blown off Angela Merkel and the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall for his health care plan.
If you dear readers were President, where would you be this weekend?
Comment by Geena — November 8, 2009 @ 10:56 am - November 8, 2009
Geena, Marxists dont celebrate the fall of communism.
Comment by American Elephant — November 9, 2009 @ 3:52 am - November 9, 2009
[...] sure do like to hold big health care votes on Saturdays when most people are paying more attention to their families and devoting more time to recreation [...]
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