{"id":3419,"date":"2010-01-26T15:23:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T20:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=3419"},"modified":"2010-01-26T15:25:41","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T20:25:41","slug":"they-just-don%e2%80%99t-get-it%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/3419\/they-just-don%e2%80%99t-get-it%e2%80%a6\/","title":{"rendered":"They Just Don\u2019t Get It\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seemingly oblivious to <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/index.php\/commentary\/54-state-of-affairs\/484-massachusetts-special-us-senate-election-exit-poll\" target=\"_blank\">the message sent by Massachusetts voters<\/a> \u2013 on behalf of the entire nation \u2013 last week, Congressional leaders appear to be working to rally support in their caucus\u00a0behind a series of procedural tactics\u00a0in an effort to\u00a0salvage their extremely unpopular health care \u201creform\u201d bill.\u00a0 The Associated Press <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2010\/01\/25\/dem-leaders-coalesce-on-health-care-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Democratic congressional leaders are coalescing around their last, best hope for salvaging President Barack Obama\u2019s sweeping health care overhaul. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Democratic congressional aides, speaking on condition of anonymity because the issue is in flux, said the latest strategy involves using a special budget procedure to revise the Senate bill.<\/p>\n<p>The procedural route \u2014 known as reconciliation \u2014 would allow a majority of 51 senators to amend their bill to address some of the major substantive concerns raised by the House. That would circumvent the need for a 60-vote majority [in the Senate].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fortunately, at least two Senate Democrats have voiced their opposition to using reconciliation as a way to circumvent the traditional legislative process.\u00a0 Calling the tactic \u201cill-advised,\u201d Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/78073-bayh-unlikely-to-support-reconciliation-to-pass-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\">said today<\/a> he does not support the move.\u00a0 Likewise, Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MajoratWH\/status\/8246981592\" target=\"_blank\">signaled<\/a> that she opposes passing health care reform via reconciliation.\u00a0 (H\/T\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/corner.nationalreview.com\/post\/?q=YWI2ZmY5NWNhY2FkZDRiZTBmMTRkMzAwODVhMTk4OGM=\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Foster at The Corner<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear at this point whether Pelosi and Reid will garner the support necessary\u00a0to pull off the procedural move.\u00a0 Regardless, the fact that they\u2019re even trying proves once again their extreme arrogance.\u00a0 They just don\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seemingly oblivious to the message sent by Massachusetts voters \u2013 on behalf of the entire nation \u2013 last week, Congressional leaders appear to be working to rally support in their caucus\u00a0behind a series of procedural tactics\u00a0in an effort to\u00a0salvage their extremely unpopular health care \u201creform\u201d bill.\u00a0 The Associated Press reports: Democratic congressional leaders are coalescing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[737,489,12,214],"class_list":["post-3419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-blanche-lincoln","tag-evan-bayh","tag-health-care","tag-reconciliation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3419"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3425,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419\/revisions\/3425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}