tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post6425640574228567001..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: The CBO Gives Dems a Staymike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-85176450013061269652009-10-08T19:04:37.385-07:002009-10-08T19:04:37.385-07:00I hope this bill does some good.I hope this bill does some good.Lisahttp://www.vacationrentalsad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-70294656415641727322009-10-08T08:54:47.355-07:002009-10-08T08:54:47.355-07:00Except for two major issues:
1. This bill won...Except for two major issues:<br /><br />1. This bill won't pass committee. The Senate Finance Committee has 13 Democrats and 10 Republicans. That means if 2 Democrats vote no, it dies. We already know none of the 3 Republicans Baucus worked with will vote for it (of course they made that obvious from the beginning). And it just so happens there are two Democrats who have said they'll vote against it: Wyden and Rockefeller. Both have been taken aback by Baucus' arrogance in his handling of the bill.<br /><br />To add insult to injury, Baucus refuses to speak to either Wyden or Rockefeller. He says its the President's responsibility to get them to vote for his bill.<br /><br />Then there's the fact that fewer than 100 House Democrats are willing to vote for a plan that taxes health insurance benefits.<br /><br />And last but not least, there were as many as 10 Democrats on the Finance Committee willing to vote for some form of public option. Do they seem like the kind of Senators who would support Baucus' bill, or the kind who just want to get past Baucus in order to write the real bill?<br /><br />So I don't see the relevance in the CBO scoring a bill literally nobody but Baucus and Conrad want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com