Obama:Impeachment?
source: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/19/impeach-the-president/
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http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/19/impeach-the-president/
wow, i'm kinda surprised to hear this already being thrown out there by the washington times. long article, worth the readThe Democrats are assaulting the very pillars of our democracy. As the debate on Obamacare reaches the long, painful end, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is confronting a political nightmare. She may not have the 216 votes necessary to pass the Senate's health care bill in the House.
Hence, Mrs. Pelosi and her congressional Democratic allies are seriously considering using a procedural ruse to circumvent the traditional constitutional process. Led by Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, New York Democrat and chairman of the House Rules Committee, the new plan - called the "Slaughter Solution" - is not to pass the Senate version on an up-or-down vote. Rather, it is to have the House "deem" that the legislation was passed and then have members vote directly on a series of "sidecar" amendments to fix the things it does not like.
This would enable House Democrats to avoid going on the record voting for provisions in the Senate bill - the "Cornhusker Kickback," the "Louisiana Purchase," the tax on high-cost so-called "Cadillac" insurance plans - that are reviled by the public or labor-union bosses. If the reconciliation fixes pass, the House can send the Senate bill to President Obama for his signature without ever having had a formal up-or-down vote on the underlying legislation.
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majorbscaller
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HAHAHA, so let me get this straight... A republican president can lie the country into war killing thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, that's not an impeachable offense. But for Obama to insure 33 million Americans, he should be kicked out of office? What a joke. It would almost be a frightening double standard if it wasn't so delusional.
- 3 years ago
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majorbscaller:
people screamed bloody murder for bush's impeachment.
and for obama it's not the actual bill thats the issue, its the "nonconstitutional" way they're trying to pass it that has people in an uproar
- 3 years ago
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majorbscaller
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THEY ARE VOTING ON THE BILL ON SUNDAY. This rumor that they're just going to pass it without voting sounds exactly like the fear campaign that started with "they're going to create death panels that will kill your grandmothers".
- 3 years ago
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