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DEMS STILL DON’T HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS OCARE, SO CALL THESE BLUE DOGS TODAY

According to NRO, Pelosi & Co. are still 10 votes short:

Rep. David Dreier (R., Calif.), ranking Republican on the House Rules Committee, said the word around the House is that Democrats are still about 10 votes away from securing the 216 they will need.

And it gets even better. The Dems are apparently losing ground: 

Dreier added that that number might be moving in the wrong direction for Democrats.

That means that all of that hot air we got from Gibbs, Axelrod, and the rest of the Obots on the Sunday talk shows was about creating momentum that they still don’t have.

Time to get on the phone to Dems who may feel a little queasy about falling on their swords for the likes of Obama and Pelosi. Smart Girl Politics provides this list of vulnerable Blue Dogs:

Dennis Cardoza (CA-18)***
DC Address: The Honorable Dennis Cardoza
United States House of Representatives
1224 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0518
DC Phone: 202-225-6131
DC Fax: 202-225-0819

Mike Thompson (CA-01)***
DC Address: The Honorable Mike Thompson
United States House of Representatives
231 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0501
DC Phone: 202-225-3311
DC Fax: 202-225-4335

Jim Costa (CA-20)***
DC Address: The Honorable Jim Costa
United States House of Representatives
1314 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0520
DC Phone: 202-225-3341
DC Fax: 202-225-9308

Adam Schiff (CA-29)***
DC Address: The Honorable Adam Schiff
United States House of Representatives
2447 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0529
DC Phone: 202-225-4176
DC Fax: 202-225-5828

Jane Harman (CA-36)***
DC Address: The Honorable Jane Harman
United States House of Representatives
2400 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0536
DC Phone: 202-225-8220
DC Fax: 202-226-7290

Joe Baca (CA-43)***
DC Address: The Honorable Joe Baca
United States House of Representatives
2245 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0543
DC Phone: 202-225-6161
DC Fax: 202-225-8671

Harry Mitchell (AZ-05)
DC Address: The Honorable Harry Mitchell
United States House of Representatives
1410 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0305
DC Phone: 202-225-2190
DC Fax: 202-225-3263

Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-08)***
DC Address: The Honorable Gabrielle Giffords
United States House of Representatives
1728 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0308
DC Phone: 202-225-2542
DC Fax: 202-225-0378

Henry Cueller (TX-28)***
DC Address: The Honorable Henry Cuellar
United States House of Representatives
336 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4328
DC Phone: 202-225-1640
DC Fax: 202-225-1641

Dan Boren (OK-02)
DC Address: The Honorable Dan Boren
United States House of Representatives
216 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3602
DC Phone: 202-225-2701
DC Fax: 202-225-3038

James D. Matheson (UT-02)
DC Address: The Honorable James D. Matheson
United States House of Representatives
2434 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4402
DC Phone: 202-225-3011
DC Fax: 202-225-5638

John Salazar (CO-03)
DC Address: The Honorable John Salazar
United States House of Representatives
326 Cannon House Office Building M
Washington, D.C. 20515-0603
DC Phone: 202-225-4761
DC Fax: 202-226-9669

Dennis Moore (KS-03)***
DC Address: The Honorable Dennis Moore
United States House of Representatives
1727 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1603
DC Phone: 202-225-2865
DC Fax: 202-225-2807

Walter C. Minnick (ID-01)
DC Address: The Honorable Walter C. (Walt) Minnick
United States House of Representatives
1517 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1201
DC Phone: 202-225-6611
DC Fax: 202-225-3029

Earl Pomeroy (ND)
DC Address: The Honorable Earl Pomeroy
United States House of Representatives
1501 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3401
DC Phone: 202-225-2611
DC Fax: 202-226-0893

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD)
DC Address: The Honorable Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
United States House of Representatives
331 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4101
DC Phone: 202-225-2801
DC Fax: 202-225-5823

Collin Peterson (MN-07)***
DC Address: The Honorable Collin Peterson
United States House of Representatives
2211 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2307
DC Phone: 202-225-2165
DC Fax: 202-225-1593

Leonard Boswell (IA-03)***
DC Address: The Honorable Leonard L. Boswell
United States House of Representatives
1427 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1503
DC Phone: 202-225-3806
DC Fax: 202-225-5608

Marion Berry (AR-01)
DC Address: The Honorable Marion Berry
United States House of Representatives
2305 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0401
DC Phone: 202-225-4076
DC Fax: 202-225-5602

Mike Ross (AR-04)
DC Address: The Honorable Mike Ross
United States House of Representatives
2436 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0404
DC Phone: 202-225-3772
DC Fax: 202-225-1314

Charlie Melancon (LA-03)
DC Address: The Honorable Charlie Melancon
United States House of Representatives
404 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1803
DC Phone: 202-225-4031
DC Fax: 202-226-3944

Travis Childers (MS-01)
DC Address: The Honorable Travis W. Childers
United States House of Representatives
1708 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2401
DC Phone: 202-225-4306
DC Fax: 202-225-3549

Gene Taylor (MS-04)
DC Address: The Honorable Gene Taylor
United States House of Representatives
2269 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2404
DC Phone: 202-225-5772
DC Fax: 202-225-7074

Bobby Bright (AL-02)
DC Address: The Honorable Bobby Bright
United States House of Representatives
1205 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0102
DC Phone: 202-225-2901
DC Fax: 202-225-8913

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02)***
DC Address: The Honorable Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
United States House of Representatives
2429 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1002
DC Phone: 202-225-3631
DC Fax: 202-225-2203

Jim Marshall (GA-08)
DC Address: The Honorable Jim Marshall
United States House of Representatives
504 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1008
DC Phone: 202-225-6531
DC Fax: 202-225-3013

John Barrow (GA-12)
DC Address: The Honorable John Barrow
United States House of Representatives
213 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1012
DC Phone: 202-225-2823
DC Fax: 202-225-3377

David Scott (GA-13)***
DC Address: The Honorable David Scott
United States House of Representatives
225 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1013
DC Phone: 202-225-2939
DC Fax: 202-225-4628

Allen Boyd (FL-02)***
DC Address: The Honorable Allen Boyd
United States House of Representatives
1227 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0902
DC Phone: 202-225-5235
DC Fax: 202-225-5615

Mike McIntyre (NC-07)
DC Address: The Honorable Mike McIntyre
United States House of Representatives
2437 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3307
DC Phone: 202-225-2731
DC Fax: 202-225-5773

Heath Shuler (NC-11)***
DC Address: The Honorable Heath Shuler
United States House of Representatives
422 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3311
DC Phone: 202-225-6401
DC Fax: 202-226-6422

Lincoln Davis (TN-04)
DC Address: The Honorable Lincoln Davis
United States House of Representatives
410 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4204
DC Phone: 202-225-6831
DC Fax: 202-226-5172

Jim Cooper (TN-05)***
DC Address: The Honorable Jim Cooper
United States House of Representatives
1536 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4205
DC Phone: 202-225-4311
DC Fax: 202-226-1035

John S. Tanner (TN-08)
DC Address: The Honorable John S. Tanner
United States House of Representatives
1226 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4208
DC Phone: 202-225-4714
DC Fax: 202-225-1765

Ben Chandler (KY-06)***
DC Address: The Honorable Ben Chandler
United States House of Representatives
1504 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1706
DC Phone: 202-225-4706
DC Fax: 202-225-2122

Joe Donnelly (IN-02)
DC Address: The Honorable Joe Donnelly
United States House of Representatives
1530 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1402
DC Phone: 202-225-3915
DC Fax: 202-225-6798

Brad Ellsworth (IN-08)
DC Address: The Honorable Brad Ellsworth
United States House of Representatives
513 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1408
DC Phone: 202-225-4636
DC Fax: 202-225-3284

Baron Hill (IN-09)***
DC Address: The Honorable Baron Hill
United States House of Representatives
223 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1409
DC Phone: 202-225-5315
DC Fax: 202-226-6866

Charles Wilson (OH-06)
DC Address: The Honorable Charles Wilson
United States House of Representatives
226 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3506
DC Phone: 202-225-5705
DC Fax: 202-225-5907

Zack T. Space (OH-18)***
DC Address: The Honorable Zack T. Space
United States House of Representatives
315 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3518
DC Phone: 202-225-6265
DC Fax: 202-225-3394

Glenn Nye, III (VA-02)
DC Address: The Honorable Glenn Nye, III
United States House of Representatives
116 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4602
DC Phone: 202-225-4215
DC Fax: 202-225-4218

Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-03)
DC Address: The Honorable Kathy Dahlkemper
DC Phone: 202-225-5406

Jason Altmire (PA-04)
DC Address: The Honorable Jason Altmire
United States House of Representatives
332 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3804
DC Phone: 202-225-2565
DC Fax: 202-226-2274

Patrick Murphy (PA-08)***
DC Address: The Honorable Patrick Murphy
United States House of Representatives
1609 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3808
DC Phone: 202-225-4276
DC Fax: 202-225-9511

Chris Carney (PA-10)
DC Address: The Honorable Christopher Carney
United States House of Representatives
416 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3810
DC Phone: 202-225-3731
DC Fax: 202-225-9594

Tim Holden (PA-17)
DC Address: The Honorable Tim Holden
United States House of Representatives
2417 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3817
DC Phone: 202-225-5546
DC Fax: 202-226-0996

Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. (MD-01)***
DC Address: The Honorable Frank M. Kratovil, Jr.
United States House of Representatives
314 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2001
DC Phone: 202-225-5311
DC Fax: 202-225-0254

Michael Arcuri (NY-24)
DC Address: The Honorable Michael Arcuri
United States House of Representatives
127 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3224
DC Phone: 202-225-3665
DC Fax: 202-225-1891

Call these people and tell them that they will join the ranks of the unemployed in November if they vote for the Senate “reform” bill, reconciliation, or the “Slaughter rule.”

Posted 16 March 2010 † Catron § Corruption BS § Obamacare BS § Political BS § Reform BS ‡ Comments (0)

ALEXANDER: OCARE IS THE MOST BRAZEN ACT OF POLITICAL ARROGANCE SINCE WATERGATE

Bob Schieffer was trying to get the Tennessee Senator to talk inside baseball, but Alexander ignored him and went straight to the heart of the matter:

This is the most brazen act of political arrogance that I can remember since the Watergate years … in terms of thumbing your nose at the American people and saying we know you don’t want it, but we’re going to give it to you anyway.

Posted 16 March 2010 † Catron § Corruption BS § Obamacare BS § Political BS § Reform BS ‡ Comments (0)

GRAHAM TO AXELROD: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GETTING TIRED OF THIS CRAP

Having endured yet another lie from David Axelrod about Obamacare being comparable to the Massachusetts health reforms of 2006, Graham ignored Jake Tapper’s dishonest comparison between Dem and GOP use of reconciliation and responded directly to Axelrod’s whopper:

The American people are getting tired of this crap. No way in the world is what they did in Massachusetts like what we’re about to do in Washington … They didn’t cut Medicare when they passed the bill in Massachusetts. They didn’t raise $500 billion on the American people when they passed the bill in Massachusetts.

Posted 15 March 2010 † Catron § Corruption BS § Obamacare BS § Political BS § Reform BS ‡ Comments (3)

VIDEO: ASSISTANT TO THE SPEAKER ADMITS HOUSE DEMS WILL USE UNCONSTITUTIONAL SLAUGHTER RULE TO PASS OBAMACARE

Democrat Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Assistant to the Speaker of the House, admitted on Fox News Sunday that the Democrats will actually use the Slaughter Rule to pass Obamacare without requiring a House vote:

Let’s make it clear, we’re gonna have an up or down vote, whether it’s up or down for the Senate bill or up or down on a procedure that would include passage of the Senate bill:

If they do this, it goes beyond defying the public will. It is a clear violation of the Constitution (Article I, Section VII, Clause II), which says the following:

Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate shall, before it become a Law… be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively…

What Obama, Pelosi and Holland are planning to do would bypass an actual House vote, rendering it impossible to record the “names of the persons voting.” Why? Because they will not have voted on the bill.

These people are Fascists. And, if they attempt this, it will be in the Supreme Court the next day.

Posted 14 March 2010 † Catron § Corruption BS § Obamacare BS § Political BS § Reform BS ‡ Comments (1)

DUMBEST REFORM POST OF THE WEEK (XI)

This week’s winner is Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown for this post, in which she insinuates that Republicans deliberately misconstrued what they heard from the Senate parliamentarian on Thursday:

Senate Republicans caused a major stir Thursday when they told reporters that the parliamentarian had informed them that the Senate bill needed to be signed into law before lawmakers took up a sidecar bill to fix it.

Brown solemly informs her readers, however, that the GOP was trying to pull a fast one:

But according to reporting by POLITICO’s David Rogers, the accounts aren’t accurate and misconstrue what the Senate parliamentarians have said.

What, according to Brown (and Rogers), did the parliamentarian actually say (my emphasis)?

That reconciliation must amend law but this could be done without the Senate bill being enacted first.

This is a textbook example of a self-refuting statement. If reconciliation “must amend law,” it cannot (by definition) be used on a bill that  hasn’t been “enacted.” This means the Republican statement was perfectly accurate.

In order to use reconciliation, the Senate bill must be passed by the House and signed into law by the President. Brown is either in denial about this obvious reality or she’s just plain dumb.

Posted 14 March 2010 † Catron § Dumb BS § Obamacare BS § Political BS § Reform BS ‡ Comments (1)

VIDEO: PELOSI SAYS FORGET PUBLIC OPTION

One of the reasons the Dems are determined to ram Obamacare down an unwilling electorate’s throat is their belief that it will re-energize their base. But as Kimberly Strassel points out, the bill the Dems are trying to pass is VERY unpopular with the Democrat base, particularly the nutroots:

That base doesn’t want a health-care victory; it wants a public option.

And the public option is precisely what they’re not going to get. Here’s Nancy Pelosi saying just that yesterday:

We’re talking about something that’s not going to be in the legislation.

So, the President, Madam Speaker and Harry Reid are going to pass a “reform” bill that the general public hates and which will not generate turn-out among their core constituencies. I thought these people were supoosed to be smart.

Posted 13 March 2010 † Catron § Obamacare BS § Political BS § Public Plan BS § Reform BS ‡ Comments (0)

MICHAEL MOORE PREDICTS “ASS WHOOPIN OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS” FOR DEMS

Like a lot of cocktail-party progressives, the porcine provocateur is increasingly frustrated that the Dems can’t get Obamacare done, even with control of Congress and the White House. In this interview with Joy(less) Behar, he makes the following prediction:

They are in for an ass whoopin of biblical proportions … If they don’t turn this around right now, if they don’t change, if they don’t do the job they were sent there to do, it’s all over for them.

Posted 12 March 2010 † Catron § Cuban BS § Moore BS § Obamacare BS § Political BS § Reform BS ‡ Comments (2)

STUPAK: DEM LEADERSHIP ADMITTED THEY WANT TO FUND ABORTION

In this interview Stupak says the Democrat leadership came right out and told him, “We want to pay for abortions … we think we should.” Stupak reminded them that “the House has spoken” on that issue. He adds that he has no intention of compromising his principles:

In this town, I guess some people roll over every five minutes on their principles and beliefs. I don’t.

Here’s the audio:

Stupak still maintains that he has at least a dozen “no” votes riding on this single issue. If that’s true, the House will never vote for the Senate bill. That means no amount of procedural skulduggery can bring Obamacare back from the dead.

And,  if anyone thinks it’s inappropriate for Obamacare to get impaled on this issue, Ed Morrissey points to a new Gallup poll showing that the general public is moving in an anti-abortion direction—-especially younger people.

Posted 12 March 2010 † Catron § Obamacare BS § Political BS § Reform BS ‡ Comments (0)

WILL THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE KILL OCARE?

A lot of attention has been devoted to the reluctance of anti-abortion House Democrats to vote for the Senate reform bill, but there’s another ticking time bomb in that legislation which has been virtually ignored—a provision prohibiting illegal immigrants from buying coverage from the proposed health exchanges.

Hispanic [House] Democrats say they haven’t moved from their stance that they will not vote for a healthcare bill containing the Senate’s prohibitions.

And they have a warning for anyone who thinks they have changed their minds:

On Wednesday, members of the [Congressional Hispanic Caucus] privately acknowledged they’ve told their leaders that anyone who is assuming they’ve backed away from their position is in for a rude awakening.

Meanwhile, Lindsey Graham has warned the President that any attempt to jam Obamacare down the electorate’s throat using reconciliation will kill immigration reform:

I expressed, in no uncertain terms, my belief that immigration reform could come to a halt for the year if health care reconciliation goes forward … Using reconciliation to push health care through will make it much harder for Congress to come together on a topic as important as immigration.

And, if Obama appears unable to deliver on “immigration reform,” the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will be even less likely to support him on an Obamacare bill for which they already have a marked aversion. So, once again, Obama and Pelosi are facing the grim reality that rank-and-file Democrats (rather than those dastardly Republicans) may kill the bill.

Every member of the the CHC voted for the House version of Obamacare. If some of these folks refuse to vote for the Senate bill, and some members of the Stupak coalition also vote “no,” it’s pretty hard to see where Pelosi is going to get her 216 votes.

Posted 12 March 2010 † Catron § Obamacare BS § Political BS § Reform BS ‡ Comments (1)

MASSA: HOUSE PASSES GOP RESOLUTION TO INVESTIGATE WHAT PELOSI KNEW & WHEN

Whether we like this pervert character or not, it simply isn’t OK for the White House and the Democrat leadership to run him out of Congress just so they can pass Obamacare.

And, if you doubt that’s what happened, I recommend a quick perusal of this article showing that Nancy Pelosi’s office has known about “the Massa problem” for a long time:

An aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged for the first time that her office learned of concerns about Massa far earlier than previously known.

Well, the Dems investigation will uncover any skulduggery, right? Wrong:

The bipartisan committee decided to close its investigation into the case …

Needless to say, the Republicans smelled a rat. A senior GOP aide put it as follows:

This is completely unacceptable … What are Democrats on the ethics committee afraid of? What is the Democratic leadership hiding?

To find out what ”leadership” knew and when, the GOP offered a privileged resolution calling for an investigation of how Massa’s case was handled—and it passed:

The GOP’s privileged resolution on an investigation of what members of Congress knew about Rep. Eric Massa’s (D-N.Y.) problems has passed the House, on a 360-2 vote. Both “no” votes came from Republicans.

My bet? Pelosi & Co. are covering up the fact that they tried to blackmail Massa into supporting Obamacare. His sudden ouster probably happened because he wouldn’t “stay bought.”

Posted 11 March 2010 † Catron § Corruption BS § Obamacare BS § Political BS § Reform BS ‡ Comments (2)