Reply #26: knr - but Where the HELL was everyone back in July, August, September and October ...

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this amendment has been in both the House and Senate bills since July.

PNHP pointed this out back in July...the group not invited to the discussions and dismissed here on DU by some people.

:grr:

http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/july/senate_help_amendmen.php

"Comment:
By Don McCanne, MD

For the past week or so I’ve been live-streaming the Executive Session of the Senate HELP Committee as they have been marking up the Kennedy health care reform bill, the Affordable Health Choices Act. It has been running at the corner of my computer screen while I have worked on other projects. Since I am not competent at multi-tasking, I’m pretty jaded right now.

Last evening’s session devoted to the data exclusivity amendment was the longest amount of time they spent on any issue in the reform legislation. I stopped my other work to watch it. This morning, I’m not only jaded, but I’m also depressed. I’ll tell you why.

Earlier in the day yesterday, I sent out the following quote from Bill Moyers: “Nothing will change — nothing — until the money lenders are tossed out of the temple, the ATM’s are wrested from the marble halls, and we tear down the sign they’ve placed on government — the one that reads, ‘For Sale.’”

I didn’t sleep last night. Instead of counting sheep, I kept watching, in my nightmare, each of those Senators who voted yes picking up their bundle from the ATM machine in the marble halls on their way out as they passed the “For Sale” sign at the door.

But this isn’t about my nightmare. It’s about the 307 million of us who are the merchandise in Congress’s rummage sale. That’s why I’m depressed."


July 16th...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6077877&mesg_id=6078617

July 23rd...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6129724&mesg_id=6129724

July 27th...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6164248&mesg_id=6165037

September 9th

http://www.democraticunderground.org/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8637982&mesg_id=8638004

October 24th...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6848443&mesg_id=6848443

October 27th...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6866481&mesg_id=6866481