President Obama this week will begin a climactic push to rally restive Congressional Democrats to pass major health care legislation by hammering the argument that the costs of failure will be higher insurance premiums and lost coverage for individuals and businesses.
While Mr. Obama prepared for a speech on Wednesday to outline “the way forward” and to flesh out the substance of his proposed compromise based on the bills passed by the House and Senate, the two parties on Monday stepped up their battle to define the Democrats’ legislative strategy. It was framed as “a divisive trick” in Republicans’ telling and, in Democrats’ view, as a procedure regularly used and honed by Republicans.
Their fight for public perception could itself determine how some politically vulnerable Democrats vote.
Democrats are planning to attach any compromise revisions to a budget reconciliation measure, which would circumvent a Republican filibuster and allow the plan to be adopted by a simple majority in the Senate
And while the New York Times article reports on the actual procedures used, conservatives are far more concerned with playing the "victim" role, as their obstructionist tactics are now backfiring on them.
Time and again, conservatives were offered options, asked for their input, and each time Obama and liberal Democrats kowtowed to their insolence and idiocy. And now, it appears that Obama is fed up with the stonewalling tactics and Congress is gaining more support for reconciliation and even a Public Option.
Proper procedure and legal procedure ( used more than 100 times by Republicans during Bush's occupation of the White House ) is being implemented, but don't expect conservatives to accept that.
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