Inside the backroom deals that got ObamaCare shoved through the House
The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley Strassel writes:
Time to shame some House Dems, Senator Tom Coburn
With the passage of the Senate healthcare “reform” bill by the House, the President could literally sign this thing into law in the next couple of days, and likely will.
Latest ObamaCare House vote developments
I’m back in action at Twitter after having to step away for a few hours. The biggest news, of course, is that Stupak – and along with him several other pro-life Dems – have caved based on the WH’s agreement to write an executive order essentially upholding the Hyde Amendment. There are some grumblings from multiple GOP sources on Twitter that the EO is meaningless and can’t be used to override a bill passed by Congress. I’m sure we’ll find out more about that in the days to come as the debate over reconciliation moves to the Senate.
Today’s House schedule – Do the Dems have 216 votes?
Michelle Malkin has the lowdown on what today’s schedule is in the House for the various upcoming votes related to healthcare “reform.” As you probably have already heard, “deem and pass” is off the table.