Democrats And Health Care Bill: Bait & Switch & Switch & Then, Probably, Switch Again

by Melissa Clouthier | March 15, 2010 12:03 am

Public option: In

School loans: In

And yet, it’s called a “shell” bill that will be stripped. Philip Klein explains it all[1]. Here’s a bit:

Shortly before midnight on Sunday, Democrats released a 2,309 page health care bill that will start the process of reconciliation — but don’t let that fool you, it’s not the actual reconciliation bill with all the changes you’ve been reading about. Instead, as Rep. Paul Ryan, the ranking Republican member on the Budget Committee, explained to me last week, this is just the “shell” bill — the vehicle that Democrats need to get moving on health care. Once the bill gets approved (likely Monday), Democrats will send this phantom bill over to the Rules Committee, where it will be stripped, and then they’ll insert in all of the actual changes that they’ve negotiated.

Rep. Paul Ryan says[2]:

Despite claims of transparency and calls for a “simple up-or-down vote,” there is nothing simple about this process. This convoluted legislative charade demonstrates how far the Democratic majority has wandered from real health-care reform and cost control, employing any means to achieve political victory.

Then the 2300 page non-bill bill aka “shell” will be sent for mark-ups. Link here[3].

Now, is the time to fight. Call your representative. Write. Pray. Do not sleep. This bill must die. Or there won’t be much left to fight for.

Michelle Malkin has who to call, where to go and what to do.[4]

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Endnotes:
  1. Philip Klein explains it all: http://spectator.org/blog/2010/03/15/the-health-care-shell-game-beg
  2. Rep. Paul Ryan says: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/14/AR2010031401388.html
  3. here: http://budget.house.gov/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1751
  4. Michelle Malkin has who to call, where to go and what to do.: http://michellemalkin.com/2010/03/13/constitution-butchers-stop-pelosis-slaughter-house/#comments
  5. Big Government Burrito: A taste of the 2,309-pg Demcare/Student Loan Reconciliation Bill; Update: A tortilla shell fake-out: http://michellemalkin.com/2010/03/14/big-government-burrito-a-taste-of-the-2309-pg-demcarestudent-loan-reconciliation-bill/

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