The Congressional Scam that Failed


	The Congressional Scam that Failed

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10-24-2009 1:09 AM

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10-24-2009 2:39 PM

Jacob173

All 40 Republicans voted no in unity? Do they not know that the MSM will tar and feather them with being Partisan.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d5a42b1c-d4b7-49b3-adc5-6df498ff307c/4A9CA874-FE9A-4E1B-9CED-A9C4DF7D413E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/the_congressional_scam_that_fa.html" href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/the_congressional_scam_that_fa.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.americanthinker.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/the_congressional_scam_that_fa.html"><DIV><FONT size="3" face="times new roman,times">So the <YOONO-HIGHLIGHT class="yoono-link-hover yoono-link-active-link" keywords="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</YOONO-HIGHLIGHT> failed by seven votes to invoke cloture on Wednesday and push forward a bill that even had <EM>Washington Post</EM> editorialists gagging on its duplicity. Thirteen Democrats joined all 40 Republicans to reject 47-53 a free-standing Medicare bill, S. 1776, that would have pushed up the national deficit by a quarter of a trillion dollars over the next 10 years.</FONT></DIV><BR /><DIV><FONT size="3" face="times new roman,times">The reason it's a scam is that by separating it from the proposed $856 billion Baucus health care bill, <YOONO-HIGHLIGHT class="yoono-link-hover yoono-link-active-link" keywords="Obama">Obama</YOONO-HIGHLIGHT> could claim that he was keeping his promise not to sign any <YOONO-HIGHLIGHT class="yoono-link-hover yoono-link-active-link" keywords="health care reform">health care reform</YOONO-HIGHLIGHT> that "adds one dime to the federal deficit."  Sure, just carve it out, pretend it has nothing to do with health care, and dump it on the taxpayers. That's what passes for "transparency."</FONT></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/the_congressional_scam_that_fa.html"><FONT size="3" face="times new roman,times">Perhaps the revolt on S. 1776 may be the shot heard round the world, and the beginning of the rollback so dearly needed to preserve our health care and our liberties. </FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4A9CA874-FE9A-4E1B-9CED-A9C4DF7D413E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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