They push under the bus, then want our votes and donations. Not from the Unterbussen.

His amendment, Stupak noted, is in fact more restrictive than the language he had previously agreed to include in the bill. The pro-choice crowd, demanding the right to vote their consciences, Stupak said, overplayed their hand and look to be handing him a bigger victory. Stupak’s amendment is extremely restrictive — any individual or any business that gets any subsidy or tax credit — which will be most people in the country — will not be able to purchase a health care plan that covers abortion, even with their own money. They can, however, buy supplemental coverage from a separate plan. Stupak’s amendment would represent the most significant rollback of reproductive rights in decades.

Is it even Constitutional?

“It may not be. I don’t know,” Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) told HuffPost. “But we’re certainly not looking to resolve this in the courts.” They may not be, but someone, somewhere, might be.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/07/house-health-care-vote-br_n_349468.html&cp

The house is going OFF the reservation…lots of yelling and out of order going on.

I’m puzzled as to why and by whose authority?

This is a good get – may turn her into a Progressive yet. ;]

I just called my congresswoman, Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30). The staffer noted my comments and I asked where she stood on this amendment. He said her support for reproductive freedom is pretty well known. I said I know that, but on this specific amendment, especially with the desire to move the bill forward, it’s still important not to let the conservatives run the bill and deprive women of their legal reproductive rights and this amendment goes out of its way to be more restrictive than current law and if passed would change women’s rights dramatically. So where is the congresswoman on this specific amendment? He said she is sure to vote against it; no worries.

That didn’t sound like he knew that from the Congresswoman’s statements or he would’ve said she’s made it clear she’ll vote against it. I say we need to keep calling her.

where does that leave us? yes. other than that, nice joke. you think they trust them with electric razors?

our medicare payments are being raised because we don’t get social security.

this is a recent development, cause the mr.’s bill hasn’t risen yet, only mine, and everyone thought it was a mistake at 1st.

we spent half a day finding this out – had to drive into the city, because no one in the SS office answers the #&* phone.

if you press a random key like “#” though, someone eventually answers, ’cause that doesn’t fit their computerized “whutz-up” programming thingie.
(our dear sonny taught us that trick, heh)

so the person who eventually answered the phone said to call the non-operational number, because that’s the only number for the office.

while standing at the counter watching SS office workers puzzling over our billing papers, i mentioned that i had sent our distinguished Senator Voinovich a letter urging him to watch carefully what his fellow Senator Sherrod Brown does, and copy his every action right up till his own retirement day.

the armed and presumably dangerous, although seemingly kind and good hearted, security officer sitting behind me laughed out loud, & chuckled for the next few moments.

some times it helps to have gray hair. you can get away with saying stuff and all they do is assume you’re not up to speed with the world.

the end.