Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was “absolutely” committed to doing so.
House members are still negotiating important issues in the bill–whether it will provide taxpayer-funding for abortions, for example. Pelosi is pushing for a Saturday House vote, and a number of big changes will be introduced, likely less than 24 hours before the vote takes place (if in fact it does). The Rules Committee hasn’t yet released its resolution, or rule, that must be passed before the bill can move from committee to the floor. The rule will set the terms of debate and determine what amendments are in order.
It seems likely that the rule will allow very few, if any, up-or-down votes on amendments on the House floor. Rather, the rule will include a series of amendments that will all be adopted at once if the rule passes.
On September 24, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told THE WEEKLY STANDARD that she was “absolutely” committed to putting the text of the final House bill online for 72 hours before the House votes:
TWS: Madam Speaker, do you support the measure to put the final House bill online for 72 hours before it’s voted on at the very end?
PELOSI: Absolutely. Without question.
But tonight, when asked if Speaker Pelosi will leave the bill online for 72 hours after we see what’s in the rule, Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly replied in an email: “No; [the] pledge was to have manager’s amendment online for 72 hours, and we will do that.”
Apparently Pelosi’s agreement to leave the “final” bill online “at the very end” of the process wasn’t such a straightforward pledge.
I am shocked that she would mislead the American people.
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I am shocked that the people in San Fransisco keep voting her in. NOT.
Just think. The WACKOS of San Fransisco have say in the leadershit of this country.
I’m sure the founding fathers are laughing at us right now.
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Steve from Ohio Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
I meant leadershiP. Freudian slip.
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San Francissy has been a lost cause for years, but no worse than other areas. Heck in Travis Co TX (Austin area) they have a lesbian sheriff !
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Juile Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Oh my,
I wouldn’t want to be pulled over by her and given a one on one talking too….
“A proverbial tongue lashing…..”
: O
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America does not have a representative government… we have political prostitutes. The majority of the elected officials will do anything for the $$$. It’s a joke when I hear these hypocrites telling other world leaders to clean up the corruption! The American sheeple keeps voting these fools in so we deserve what we get. A bribe, I mean a campaign contribution is what gets results in this country!!!
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Pelosi is a communist maggot..
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I’m just shocked, shocked…….not
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The woman should be censored then arrested. She’s the absolute worst excuse for House Speaker that I’ve seen in my lifetime…….and that’s saying a lot when you consider what’s gone before her.
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Taser her ass then tar and feather her, and then send her over Iraq in a C130 and have some freedom loving American kick her in the ass and bid her farewell as she floats to the loving people of Iraq awaiting her arrival!
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hondo Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Yes of course we would provide her a chute. We are Americans after all!
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dba Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Yes, we would provide her a shoot.
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doorN.3 Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Point is: How do we throw the bill out, kick N. Palussie out, stop the vote cold and get REAL reform?
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dba Reply:
November 7th, 2009 at 8:47 am
armed revolution is our only option left
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We’ve been calling, emailing, faxing and the overwhelming voice of the people will most likely be ignored as it was with the very first stimulus vote.
They will thumb their long noses at us.
They are serving some others and sold out to them.
We The People have been sold out!
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i love the comments !!! evey one has this veiw they want them out but all they do is talk and MAYBE WRITE a letter…………………………..and maybe leave a post on a websight and say WELL THERE NOTHING I CAN DO…….
there is nothing you can do accept it ..its the way it is…..SO SHUT YOUR TRAP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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oboy, here we go again, squat brains on the loose. if I’m not mistaken, Nancy’s looking like she needs to take a squat !!! and then we’ll see how she feels !
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a tear jerker video that will make you think about the times we live in and what we should do and who we should be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUY7dl7X_vo
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jack brumby Reply:
November 7th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Outstanding video. Thanks
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What a lying sack-o-shit. 72 hrs is not five days. That photo looks like something just got jammed up her ass.
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Nancy makes me want to hurl ever time I see her wet brown eyes. What a joke on us she is.
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Nothing new. After all D.C has become the home of our biggest liar’s, thieve’s , con-artist , devil’s etc. Unless we remove & re-elect sound representatives with term limits vise a life long job nothing will change. At present I feel satan’s minion shall we say run the hen house. Wishful thinking on my part . These so called servant’s of the people are just that , so called. They beck & run for their puppet masters. Mostly pawns for the behind the scene rulers. Sad to say only solution is the lock & load method.
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http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=153583
PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail
JCT Confirms Failure to Comply with Democrats’ Mandate Can Lead to 5 Years in Jail
Friday, November 06, 2009
Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail. The JCT letter makes clear that Americans who do not maintain “acceptable health insurance coverage” and who choose not to pay the bill’s new individual mandate tax (generally 2.5% of income), are subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years.
In response to the JCT letter, Camp said: “This is the ultimate example of the Democrats’ command-and-control style of governing – buy what we tell you or go to jail. It is outrageous and it should be stopped immediately.”
Key excerpts from the JCT letter appear below:
“H.R. 3962 provides that an individual (or a husband and wife in the case of a joint return) who does not, at any time during the taxable year, maintain acceptable health insurance coverage for himself or herself and each of his or her qualifying children is subject to an additional tax.” [page 1]
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“If the government determines that the taxpayer’s unpaid tax liability results from willful behavior, the following penalties could apply…” [page 2]
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“Criminal penalties
Prosecution is authorized under the Code for a variety of offenses. Depending on the level of the noncompliance, the following penalties could apply to an individual:
• Section 7203 – misdemeanor willful failure to pay is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year.
• Section 7201 – felony willful evasion is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment of up to five years.” [page 3]
When confronted with this same issue during its consideration of a similar individual mandate tax, the Senate Finance Committee worked on a bipartisan basis to include language in its bill that shielded Americans from civil and criminal penalties. The Pelosi bill, however, contains no similar language protecting American citizens from civil and criminal tax penalties that could include a $250,000 fine and five years in jail.
“The Senate Finance Committee had the good sense to eliminate the extreme penalty of incarceration. Speaker Pelosi’s decision to leave in the jail time provision is a threat to every family who cannot afford the $15,000 premium her plan creates. Fortunately, Republicans have an alternative that will lower health insurance costs without raising taxes or cutting Medicare,” said Camp.
According to the Congressional Budget Office the lowest cost family non-group plan under the Speaker’s bill would cost $15,000 in 2016.
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just another case of…..(for the public at large)…”YOU don’t need to know what we’re doing up here in Washington, DC…..you only have to DO what we tell you to!”……heehaw
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You mean a democrat would bend the truth and almost lie????
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Nancy is a traitor to the Republic. May she rot in hell!!
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