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What the house was able to do in a few hours this past Saturday will take quite a bit longer in the Senate. Why? The House had far less opposition among Representatives than the Senate will have among its members.
According to a Financial Times article , “That division, between liberals who want a much stronger public role in the new healthcare system, and centrist Democrats who bitterly oppose it, looks much tougher to bridge in the Senate, where a simple majority will not be enough to enact the bill. Under Senate rules, 60 votes (out of 100) are required to stave off an opposition filibuster.” And Senator Joe Lieberman, I-Conn, has promised that he would support a Republican filibuster if there is a forced government option. He said that for him, such a move would be, “a matter of conscience.” Lieberman’s vote would be needed by Democrats to “overcome GOP filibusters,” according to a www.foxnews.com article.
The article also stated that other reasons that Lieberman says he will oppose the forced public option are because he believes it could end up becoming a massively expensive entitlement program. “I believe the debt can break America and send us into a recession that’s worse than the one we’re fighting our way out of today,” Lieberman stated.
Other Senators take issue with “the idea of government competing with private insurers.
Like the House bill, the Senate bill would require all Americans to carry health insurance. If they can’t get it through their employer (and the Senate bill does not require employers to provide coverage), then they would be required to use a government plan or purchase it on their own.
If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid manages to avert a Republican filibuster and get a majority vote, then Senate and House Democrats will have the wonderful task of going into a conference committee to merge the bills into one, which will likely take several more weeks. Then they vote on the one bill, and if that should pass, Obama will sign it into law. At that point, we will be another step closer to a one world system.
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