{"id":923,"date":"2010-03-21T05:23:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T12:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=923"},"modified":"2010-03-21T05:23:09","modified_gmt":"2010-03-21T12:23:09","slug":"no-deem-and-pass-on-hcr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/21\/no-deem-and-pass-on-hcr\/","title":{"rendered":"No Deem and Pass on HCR"},"content":{"rendered":"

They should have decided this in the beginning.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"us-house-chamber\"<\/a> With Democrats increasingly confident they have enough support, the House of Representatives planned for an historic vote Sunday that would enact the most dramatic changes in the nation’s health care system in decades. <\/p>\n

As a sign of that confidence \u2014 and to quiet concerns among Democrats as well as Republicans \u2014 House leaders Saturday abandoned a plan to approve the Senate’s health care legislation without a direct vote<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

President Barack Obama held a last-minute rally with the House\u2019s 253 Democrats. He urged them to vote for the legislation because "good policy makes good politics." But he also said he recognized that voting for the bill in the face of often rowdy protests was a difficult step. <\/p>\n

Behind closed doors, House leaders worked to round up the last undecided votes they need to reach the 216 needed for passage.<\/p>\n

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was confident about Sunday\u2019s prospects, saying flatly, \u201cWe will pass the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mood at the Capitol was unusually calm, but not without last-minute drama.<\/p>\n

With Tea Party demonstrators rallying outside to protest the legislation, the House Rules Committee dropped a controversial plan that would have "deemed" Senate-approved health care legislation passed as part of a resolution setting rules of debate. The maneuver had been seen as a way to allow Democrats to avoid voting on the bill, but Democrats were uneasy about the prospect. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., said it looked like a "back door deal."\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <McClatchy DC<\/a>><\/p>\n

Deem and pass was never anything more than a silly maneuver to appease a few cowardly Blue Dogs.  Good riddance!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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