The Obama Doctor Buy Out Has Failed
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 8:26AM Michelle Malkin: Obamacare doctor bribe fails in Senate, Reid whines and Gabriel Malor: More on Failed "Doctor's Fix": Reid Whines About Republicans, Ignores Democrats Who Bailed ... poor Harry. What about this one; Ed at HA: Reid: Those tonsil vultures stole my vote.
I guess the last Obama Doctor Buy Out Clause FAILED!
It looked like the fix was in. The “Doc Fix,” that is. As the Heritage Foundation has been reporting, the White House and Dem leaders scurried today to try and pass a $247 billion payoff to doctors groups as an enticement to support Obamacare. [...]
AWWWWWWWWW! The doctor fix failed! Good for Czarboe! The vote was 53-47 against on S 1776.
The Hill: 'Doc fix' collapses, Reid tells colleagues AMA led him astray
[...] “I was told by various people that we would have 27 Republican votes, which was pretty reasonable to assume since one of the co-sponsors of this legislation was [Sen.] Jon Kyl [Ariz.], the assistant Republican leader.
“I was stunned when I was told by his cosponsor Sen. Stabenow after we introduced this legislation that [Kyl] couldn’t support it. Even though he is a cosponsor he couldn’t support the legislation,” Reid said, making reference to Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), the lead sponsor of the 10-year doctor payment fix. [...]
Poor Harry. I was TOLD that we'd win! I was told that we'd win! Moron. Gee. I wonder what the polls are saying. Good grief.
The Capitolist: Harry Reid Lashes Out at Republicans After Senate Sinks Medicare Measure
[...] Reid angrily blamed the loss on bad intelligence from the American Medical Association, which he said promised him 27 Republican votes (he got none), as well as Republican dirty tricks designed to impede Democrats' progress on meaningful reform.
He made no mention of the 13 Democrats who sided with Republicans with statements of concern over ballooning deficits and budget overruns, nor that the Medicare measure failed to get even a simple majority of senators.
"I want everyone within the sound of my voice to understand that Washington is being driven by a small number of people on that side of the aisle that are preventing us from doing things that help the American people," Reid said. "We're not trying to run over people with the 60 votes we have. We want to work with people. We want to get along." [...]
POOR HARRY! I WAS TOLD! I WAS TOLD!
A funny thing happened to the way to the first Senate floor vote on the health-care overhaul pushed by this administration. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, with 60 Democrats in the upper chamber, couldn’t get enough of them to end a filibuster. Who’s to blame for the failure to get a vote? Debbie Stabenow, who wrote the bill that attempted to sneak an extra $250 billion in costs past the CBO for ObamaCare? Centrist Democrats from red states who have to face the voters? A Majority Leader who has trouble “leading” himself the right way out of a paper bag? [...]
POOR HARRY! I WAS TOLD! I WAS TOLD!
The Hill: Miscalculation delivers loss on Medicare doctor's fix for Majority Leader Reid
[...] Reid brought the bill to the floor in an effort to secure the support of doctors groups such as the American Medical Association (AMA) for the future fight over an overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system.
Reid’s gambit, however, backfired, leaving Reid blaming the AMA for failing to secure GOP votes and the AMA retorting that the leader misinterpreted its pledge.
Reid told colleagues that the AMA said it could deliver 27 Republican votes for the legislation, according to two Senate Democratic lawmakers, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Some Democrats wondered whether it was reasonable to expect that as many as 27 Republicans would support a 10-year freeze in light of the fact that only 17 Senate Republicans voted for a one-year freeze last July. Of that group, only 11 remain in the Senate. [...]
POOR HARRY! I WAS TOLD! I WAS TOLD!
Good bye, Harry. Checked your pollsters for Nevada yet? Idiot.
Somebody tell Harry Dumbass The War Is Lost Reid to STFU!
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Libs to Reid: Public option or else
Yeah. Right.
How's this one?
DrewM at Ace: Pelosi...We Have The Votes For Health Care. House Democratic Whip: Um, No You Don't
LOL!
Pelosi knows her gig is up and so does ReidCo.
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