News Flash: THE HOUSE COULD HAVE VOTED ON THE BILL THAT IS BEFORE THEM LAST JANUARY 1, 2010.

Here's the latest in what is going on in D.C. Today is March 18. Why is that significant? It marks the 6th "deadline" Mr. Obama has set and broken. What is not being written is the fact that these deadlines, broken over and over again, prove the reactive methodology of this man's leadership. When it comes to the setting of deadlines, Obama is as arbitrary a national leader as we have ever seen. What is most disappointing with the passing of this particular deadline is the fact that it did not mark the end of the Democrat effort. They have managed (or should we say "mismanaged) to drag out this reform process for more than a year -- the process goes on with no end in sight.

Obama claims to want an "up or down" vote. Isn't that the problem? Over and over again, if an "up or down" vote were taken at the appointed time (there have been 6 such dates), the bill would have failed !! The headline somewhere, sometime, should have read, "Health Care bills fails !!!! "

We are being told the bill was finally "posted" about 10 am (pst) which means that 72 hours from now, there could be a vote. But that "posting" is actually a 150 page document showing all the changes to the 2400 page Senate bill already approved by the Senate (Dec. 24,2009). Keep reading.

Understand that these "changes" will not be made to the Senate bill before it becomes law -- if, in fact that happens. Because of required legislative procedure and the loss of the "Kennedy" Senate seat to Republican Scott Brown, the Senate no longer has the votes to amend the bill passed in December. These "changes" will be made via a "reconciliation" bill that will be voted on in the Senate sometime after Obama signs the current 2400 page bill into law. What was posted, this morning, is a separate legislative bill !!

When Obama told FoxNews, yesterday, that the Nebraska deal is not in this bill, he actually told an outright lie. Again, the Senate bill passed in December cannot be changed at all, not by one sentence or one word without it coming back to the Senate for another vote. That is not going to happen. That means, the Nebraska deal is not only in the bill, it cannot be taken out !!!

Over the course of the next few days, you will hear talk of changes to the Senate health care bill. Take it to the bank -- that kind of talk is not true. Midknight Review knows this for a certainty. We are telling our readers that the Senate health care bill cannot be changed until AFTER it is signed into law. Period.

So what are these "changes?"

What was post today, the 150 page document recording changes to the Senate bill, are things the Senate is promising to change in "reconciliation" after the current bill is passed into law. Disgruntled Democrats, refusing to vote "yes" on the current bill, are being asked to "trust" that the Senate will, indeed, follow through on the changes listed in the 150 page document recorded today. They - the Disgruntled - know that this 150 page document is not law. They understand that nothing in the amendment bill has been voted on. They understand that nothing in the 150 page bill has been agreed to by the Senate !!!! They understand that strong feelings exist in the Senate that may spell failure to any effort to pass this 150 page amendment.

It will take sometime before we actually appreciate just how important the Scott Brown election really is. It has made the legislative process rather simple - there is only one bill to be considered by the House. It was marked up by the CBO last December. It was voted and approved on Dec. 24, 2009. Regardless of the talk, this is true -- there is no other bill being considered by the House.

We had been told that the House could not vote on the bill until it had been posted for a period of 72 hours. So we waited until this morning for that to happen. Turns out, the bill the House is voting on was posted nearly three months ago. What was posted this morning is not the bill that will be signed. In other words, the 72 hour waiting period has been used as an excuse for not voting on this bill. The fact is the House could have voted on this bill weeks ago.

Some say, but the Congressional Budget Office did not finish its job until this morning. Wrong again !! The 2400 page Senate bill approved on Christmas Eve has met all the necessary requirements needed for a House vote. The Senate could not have voted on the bill in December if all the requirements for its passage had not been met. The Senate does not have to vote on the bill again if the House of Representatives votes to accept the Senate bill AS WRITTEN.

So what is the hold up? Pelosi and company do not have the votes to approve the Senate bill AS WRITTEN. She is asking House representatives to swallow hard and sign a bill they do not like, promising to make the changes as listed in the 150 page document posted today. Understand, the posted document, today, is not for us but for the 15 to 20 Disgruntled Representatives who do not like the Senate bill AS WRITTEN. "We will change what you do not like" is Pelosi's promise. "But, right now, we have to pass the Senate bill into law. The President's reputation is on the line. We have no choice." THAT is what is going on in D.C.

THE HOUSE COULD HAVE VOTED ON THE SENATE BILL ANYTIME SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR !!!!!

No matter what you hear from whomever, know that the above is the case.

CALL NOW AND DEMAND AN UP OR DOWN VOTE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
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