NewsMax
The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.
Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote,Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and “take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people.”
The problem is that the Senate won’t run with it. The government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate.
If a government plan is part of the deal,“as a matter of conscience,I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote,”said Sen. Joe Lieberman,the Connecticut independent whose vote Democrats need to overcome GOP filibusters.
“The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate,”Sen. Lindsey Graham,R-S.C.,said dismissively.
Democrats did not line up to challenge him. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,D-Nev.,has yet to schedule floor debate and hinted last week that senators may not be able to finish health care this year.
SENATE-PLEASE KILL THE OOOBAM CARE BILL. IT IS ROTTEN AND WE THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT.KILL THE BILL. KILL THE BILL. PLEASE HELP "WE THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED YOU INTO OFFICE SINCE NO ONE IS LISTENING TO US.KILL THE ROTTEN BILL-ASAP!!
SENATE;WE DON'T WANT THIS OOOBAM HEALTH CARE BILL. KILL THE BILL
KILL THE BILL!!
Lets get rid of obamacare,obama,Pelosi and reed.and start over listening to Republicans and Democratics (excluding Pelosi and Reed).
What is it about the word "NO",that our Democratic Congress does not understand? How stupid do our Politicians think we are? When one is up to their waist in cow "dung",they do not go out looking for another herd of cows!
Thanks to our hard headed Liberals,and Barney Frank,Fanny Mae &Freddy Mac Loan Companies allowed the banks to lend money up to 39% of the banks assets,which formerly were kept at 10% which "PUSHED OUR ECONOMY INTO BANKRUPTCY." WE ARE BROKE! WE CANNOT AFFORD OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE PROGRAM! Printing over a Trillion dollars of worthless Bills won't cover the cost. Neither will robing our elderly folks of their Social Security money! To quote Ronald Reagan: "THE PROBLEM WITH LIBERALS IS THAT THEY KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT STUFF THAT JUST ISN'T SO!"Lets develop a Health Care Program that is "definitely"NOT RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT!
They should all just vote "Present".