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November 6, 2009

Good News On Health Care Reform: They Don’t Have The Votes Yet

by Doug Mataconis

This is a good sign:

WASHINGTON – A House leader says Democrats haven’t yet lined up enough votes to pass their health care overhaul bill.

Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland says the vote that House Democrats had scheduled for Saturday could slip to Sunday or early next week.

Hoyer acknowledged to reporters Friday that Democratic leaders don’t yet have the 218 votes needed to pass President Barack Obama’s historic health overhaul initiative.

Let’s make sure they never get those votes.

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5 Comments »

  1. But how far away are they? 1? 2? 5? 20? How close are we to this? I’m sure they could find a half dozen people with a few skeletons in the closet. Pelosi learned that from dear daddy.

    Comment by silvermine — November 6, 2009 @ 1:30 pm

  2. [...] silvermine: But how far away are they? 1? 2? 5? 20? How close are we to this? I’m sure they could find a half… [...]

    Pingback by The Liberty Papers »Blog Archive » ACTION ALERT: Put The Stake in Obamacare — November 6, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

  3. “This bill is the greatest threat to freedom that I have seen in the nineteen years I have been here in Washington”

    John Boehner
    November 5, 2009

    Oh, dear! Where was this knucklehead on September 11, 2001? Or when the Patriot Act was passed for that matter. Where was this fool in 2000 when the Supreme Court put a stop to the vote counting in the state of Florida and installed the Bush Mob in the White House? The greatest threat to freedom in nineteen years? Have another sip, Mr. Faux Tan Man.

    http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com

    Tom Degan
    Goshen, NY

    Comment by Tom Degan — November 7, 2009 @ 4:31 am

  4. “This bill is the greatest threat to freedom that I have seen in the nineteen years I have been here in Washington”

    John Boehner
    November 5, 2009

    Oh, dear! Where was this knucklehead on September 11, 2001? Or when the Patriot Act was passed for that matter. Where was this fool in 2000 when the Supreme Court put a stop to the vote counting in the state of Florida and installed the Bush Mob in the White House? The greatest threat to freedom in nineteen years? Have another sip, Mr. Faux Tan Man.

    http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com

    Tom Degan
    Goshen, NY

    Comment by Tom Degan — November 7, 2009 @ 5:49 am

  5. [...] crunch time folks: Well the good news is that the Democrats are saying they don’t have the votes. Probably one of the reasons why they don’t have the votes is because people are finding all [...]

    Pingback by Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Action Alert: Drive A Stake Through The Heart Of ObamaCare — November 7, 2009 @ 6:38 am

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