Health care reconciliation bill posted; Update: Shell bill

Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 3/15/2010

And it’s 2,309 pages long. The House Budget Committee has to start its markup today to have any shot at getting it done by the weekend, which means that this version may change over the next few days:

House Democrats hope to complete their work by this weekend, before President […]

Pelosi to seek Senate ‘assurances’ before House health vote

By Jared Allen and Jeffrey Young The Hill 3/12/2010

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday said she will need “certain assurances” from Senate Democrats before the House votes on healthcare reform as early as next week.

Pelosi did not say what those assurances would be, but acknowledged that extracting them would be necessary to […]

Mark Begich open to reconciliation for health reform–that makes 50 without any maybes

Chris Bowers OpenLeft.com 3/5/2010

Senator Mark Begich is open to using reconciliation for health reform….:

…Comprehensive health care reform has already passed the Senate with 60 votes. If the House passes the Senate bill, the President could sign that version of comprehensive reform into law. I believe reconciliation would only be used as a tool […]

Little-used ‘Staple-and-bind’ parliamentary procedure will allow Democrats to pass health bill with just nine votes in House, three in Senate

DirectorBlue HotAir.com 3/3/2010

(Washington DC – RNN) Democrat insiders say that an obscure parliamentary procedure known as “Staple-and-Bind” will be used as an alternative to pass a health care overhaul should reconciliation efforts fail. “Staple-and-bind” refers to the final act of preparing legislation, using an industrial-grade stapler and a three-ring binder, for shipment.

“We take […]

Forget Reconciliation: Why the Real Fight Is In the House

Phil Kerpen Americans for Prosperity

If the House passes the Christmas Eve version of the Senate health care reform bill, the game is up and the American people lose. If, on the other hand, the House rejects the original Senate bill, it’s all over.

By Phil Kerpen – FOXNews.com

Opponents of Obama’s so-called health care […]

Democratic Leaders Finalizing Language of Health Reconciliation Bill

Senatus 3/4/2010

House and Senate Democratic leaders “are working to finalize the language of a health care reconciliation bill by the end of this week in order to tee up the measure for passage in both chambers before the Easter break,” Roll Call reports.

Several Democratic sources said the goal is to get a […]

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