Washington (CNN) — President Obama outlined his final version of a health care bill Wednesday and urged Congress to bring the plan to a conclusive vote within the next few weeks.
The president said his nearly $1 trillion proposal is a compromise plan that combines the best ideas of both Democrats and Republicans. He asked Congress to “finish its work” and end what has become a yearlong vitriolic legislative showdown over his top domestic priority.
“Everything there is to say about health care has been said, and just about everybody has said it,” he said. “Now is the time to make a decision about how to finally reform health care so that it works, not just for the insurance companies, but for America’s families and America’s businesses.”
He also came out in support of a controversial legislative maneuver known as reconciliation, which would allow changes to the health care bill to be passed by the Senate with only 51 votes — a bare legislative majority.
The bill “deserves the same kind of up-or-down vote” that was used to pass President George W. Bush’s signature tax cuts and welfare reform in the 1990s, Obama said at the White House.
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This guy and his cohorts are completely out of control. Jack you have mentioned, in the past, that you figure he could be impeached if the Dems lose control of the House and Senate. I would hope you are right but has a president ever been impeached for bad legislation?
Re: #1 — This is not “bad legislation” — it is theft, pure and simple. An entire different concept.
What the Dems are doing is creating a new dictionary. We can now use:
Obamalinsky instead of the tediously long…Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals.
Pelosi instead of Ponzi scheme because nobody remembers who the latter is.
Dirty Harry instead of …well, Dirty Harry.