Re: The motion passes 60-39

[Bret Cahill]

> From The Associated Press, 11/21/09:http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlMpJGn28kqCcgU-aGc...
>
> By DAVID ESPO (AP)
>
> WASHINGTON —
>
> Sweeping health care legislation has cleared its first hurdle in the
> Senate on a party-line vote.
>
> The 60-39 vote clears the way for a historic debate after Thanksgiving
> on the legislation.
>
> The measure is designed to extend coverage to an estimated 31 million
> Americans who lack it and crack down on insurance industry practices
> that deny benefits.
>
> The vote came in a rare Saturday session in the Senate.
>
> Democrats posted 60 votes in a Senate showdown, precisely the number
> needed to overcome Republican delaying tactics.
>
> The vote was a major victory for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,
> D-Nev., and the White House in a year-end drive to enact the most
> sweeping changes to the nation's health care system in a half-century
> or more.
>
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>
> Harry

Progress happens.

Bret Cahill

[Bret Cahill]

> > I do believe in healthcare for all. But this isn't about healthcare
> > it's about state power and state control of individual's lives. Before
>
> Yeah, I can see how guarenteeing coverage despite preexisting conditions will do
> that.

You get in an auto accident and are rushed to the emergency room.
Before they'll admit you they want to see your health care policy.
You could only afford the public option so -- this is on the bottom of
page 982 -- the hospital staff must treat you differently than the
Blue Cross Blue Shield patients. When you drop your personal effects
into the bag before going into the OR an inspector working for the
Democratic Party examines the contents of your wallet to determine if
you are rightarded.

An inspector finds that you are a member of the NRA and orders the OR
surgeon to plant a chip in your brain that'll cause you to go to sleep
whenever Fox News or Rush Limbaugh come on.

Bret Cahill