Slaughter Rule for Healthcare

Posted by barbarahales

Obamacare Slaughter Rule is without Precedent [This Article was printed and taken from The Foundry: Conservative Policy News] Yesterday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) endorsed [1] the rumored Slaughter Rule [2] to send the Senate passed Obamacare bill to the President without a direct up-or-down vote in the House. Don’t believe those on the left [...]

Reconciliation Technique Used to Bypass American’s Health Wishes

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Apparently if you can’t get the number of votes you need to pass a bill, you can alter the method of voting so that you don’t need as many votes to enact the proposal.  Such was the suggestion emanating from the White House this week regarding the Healthcare debate and latest proposal. Despite the uproar [...]