McConnell: ‘Not clear’ If GOP Can Block Majority-vote Tactic On Healthcare

Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell told Chris Wallace today on FOX News Sunday that he was not certain if the GOP would be able to block the democrat’s latest attempt to take over the health care industry.
McConnell: ‘Not clear’ if GOP can block majority-vote tactic on healthcare
The Hill

It’s “not clear” whether enough Democrats will defect on a majority-vote procedure on health legislation to stop it, the Senate’s top Republican said Sunday.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said that opposition to using a maneuver to bypass filibuster rules would be bipartisan, but hedged as to whether it would be strong enough to block such a tactic.

“There’ll be a lot of Democrats who will vote against it,” McConnell said during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” about the controversial budget reconciliation process. “Whether there will be 11 Democrats who will vote against it is not clear.”

At issue is the the process Senate Democratic leaders have indicated they will use to finish healthcare reform legislation. That process, called budget reconciliation, would allow senators to pass final changes to the original health bill they’d passed in December using only a simple majority of votes, instead of the 60 normally needed to end a filibuster.

The Senate’s top Republican promised Sunday morning that he and his members will attend President Obama’s health care summit on Thursday “ready to participate” but said the Democrats are being “arrogant” by refusing to scrap their legislation and start over.

“You know, they are saying, “Ignore the wishes of the American people. We know more about this than you do. And we’re going to jam it down your throats no matter what,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Fox News Sunday.

“The only thing bipartisan about it would be the opposition to this, because a number of Democrats have said don’t do this, this is not the way to go,” McConnell said.

McConnell and Reid, along with other House and Senate leaders from both parties, will also head to the White House on Thursday for a bipartisan, televised summit on healthcare.

But the Republican leader castigated the White House and congressional Democrats for appearing to go ahead with crafting their own bill ahead of the summit, giving the appearance that any real, bipartisan input may be foreclosed at the meeting.

“If they’re going to lay out the plan they want to pass four days in advance, then what are we doing there on Thursday?” McConnell asked.

Wild Thing’s comment……..
They have GOT to stop this thing……somehow!!!
Our Constitution requires that the legislative branch write our laws, not the President.
Republicans need to use this opportunity to talk to the American people and point out the dreadful provisions, not to mention the cost, of Obamacare the Dems want to shove down the throats of the American people, despite the strong opposition.