Posted by
EWRoss on Monday, March 01, 2010 8:00:00 AM
On February 25th, President Obama hosted a healthcare summit
at Blair House to break the stalemate between Democrats and Republicans on
healthcare reform. It wasn’t successful. Now, in a last-ditch effort, Democrats
appear ready to use the infamous “reconciliation process”
in an attempt to pass their bill over Republican opposition, believing they
will be better off passing an unpopular bill than if they pass no bill at all.
Democrats may or may not have the votes to pass “Obamacare”
using reconciliation. To do that the House must first pass the Senate bill
before the Senate can pass a reconciliation version with 51 votes; and many
House Democrats don’t like the Senate bill for a variety of reasons. Beyond
that, there are major procedural obstacles to overcome in the Senate.
Let’s assume, however, that Nancy Pelosi holds her troops together
in the House, Harry Reid overcomes
the obstacles in the Senate, and the President signs Obamacare into law. Just
how will Democrats be better off? Does this mean, as Democrat leaders and
pundits suggest, that they will lose fewer House and Senate seats in November
than they otherwise might? (Continued)
Read the full column at http://ewross.com/Passing_Obamacare.htm