Graham: House Bill Would Be DOA In Senate, Lieberman Pledges Filibuster

[BigBearJohn]

DUMB & DUMBER


Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) declared on Sunday that the health care legislation passed by the House of Representatives would be "dead on arrival" in the Senate, in part because his friend and colleague, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), wouldn't go "anywhere near" it.

"The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate," Graham told CBS' "Face the Nation." "Just look at how it passed. It passed 220 to 215. It passed by two votes. You had 39 Democrats vote against the bill. They come from red states, moderate Democrats from swing districts. They bailed out on this bill. It was bill written by liberals for liberals and people like Joe Lieberman are not going to get anywhere near the House bill... it is a non-starter in the Senate."

"Let me tell you why Joe feels that way and I do ," Graham added. "I think the public option will destroy private health care."

The Senate, of course, will never actually vote on the House's health care legislation. They still must consider a version of their own before going to conference committee with the House and voting on a revised version of the bill. All of which makes Graham's narrow point moot. Still, at some point down the legislative road, the chamber does seem likely to weigh in on a public option. And this is where the South Carolina Republican's "dead on arrival" pledge will be tested.



Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/08/graham-house-health-care_n_349949.html&cp

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Wanda Sykes's main fear about Lieberman is that he may kill Froto and steal the ring again.
(There IS a likeness, no?)

[bbinacan]

1. It's Frodo. Not Froto. n/t

[BigBearJohn]

3. Ooops. Sorry. Too late to chagne.

[cliffordu]

2. If graham's heart just decided it'd had enough, and HE was DOA, I'd dance.

[AlinPA]

4. Lieberman=Graham. They are both republicans.