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10/5/2009
The Finance Committee bill that is being considered right now is not even a complete bill. Rather, it's just a "conceptual framework" of the bill. In fact, liberals on the Finance Committee rejected an amendment requiring the full bill be presented and made available to the public for 72 hours before it could be considered.
According to a new Rasmussen poll, only 41 percent of Americans favor President Obama's and Congressional Democrats' health care plan. This is the lowest rating since they've started taking this poll. Senator Reid knows that their health care agenda is losing public appeal, so he is trying to act quickly.
He has decided to use an unprecedented legislative process to get this bill on the floor for a vote. Once the Finance Committee passes its health care bill, Senator Reid will merge it with the Health Committee bill (with help from the White House). He will then make a motion to proceed to a completely different bill regarding AIG bonuses that is on the Senate calendar. This motion to proceed requires 60 votes. And once the Senate takes up this bill, they will only need a simple majority to pass it. This process completely undermines the legislative process and it discounts our opinion!
Please call your Senators today at 202-224-3121 and urge them to oppose this shell game.
In particular, we need calls to the following Senators:
Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) Americans want more affordable and accessible health care, but a massive take-over by the government may be what we get.
To spur his political supporters to pressure congressmen, President Obama claimed that if Congress does not pass health care legislation by the end of this year the opportunity will be lost. Just like the financial sector bail-out and auto bail-out, "urgency" and "crisis" are the tactics-of-the-day to pass legislation that may radically change a major sector of American society without a full vetting.
The first bail-outs dealt with our economy. Health care, however, goes beyond our pocketbooks. The bills being debated will determine who decides which patients will get what (if any) treatments, and literally, who will live and who will die. And, by the way, will we pay more for less.
This debate could lead to giving patients and their doctors more choices and freedom to make decisions, or limit choices and transfer the power to make decision from patients to government bureaucracies. It comes down to: Who will decide what treatment you can get, when you can get it, and will your taxes be increased while your access is reduced.
Concerned Women for America is working with legislators to address this fast-moving debate.
To help understand what is at stake, Concerned Women for America provides these links to articles and resources:
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The Senate Finance Committee is expected to finish its work on the $1.67 trillion health care bill later this week. And Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada) is already planning how to strong arm this bill onto the Senate floor next week.
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