medical bill passes 61 votes

[rainy]

nt

[goobergunch]

1. Well, the motion to waive CBA re: the medicare bill passed 61-39

with 60 required.

Of course, it comes to about the same thing....:(

[moosedog]

2. How did they vote???

I want to know how my senators voted. Medicare is dead. This is discusting.

[Mentalist]

8. How exactly

is medicare "dead". And please, be specific as I do not see how this bill will "kill" medicare.

[markus]

16. There are a number of ways

Most importantly, the plan is designed so that the private insurers are allowed to negotiate prices with the drug companies, and Medicare is prohibited from doing so.

At the end of the day Medicare will end up with the highest drug prices, no doubt inflated to cover whatever is negotiated with the privates. Think "cost plus contract".

I could give more but need my web browser back for company business.

[goobergunch]

10. The vote hasn't been posted yet

But if you told me who your Senators are, I could probably remember how they voted.

[moosedog]

11. Her it is

Hollings of SC. Forget about Linsley the ass kisser.

[goobergunch]

17. Hollings voted No, Graham (SC) voted Aye (n/t)

[Toucano]

13. Cloture vote here:

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=1&vote=00457

[msmcghee]

3. I though that was just one of four . . .

. . points of order raised by Daschle. Or did I miss something?

[tritsofme]

4. How many more procedural hurdles do we have left?

nt

[creativelcro]

5. There has been NO vote on the bill itself yet.

[dweller]

6. They haven't voted yet on the bill

it was on a point of order that they voted, which was defeated 61\39.
they vote is still to be had, unless another p.o.o is introduced.

dp

[xray s]

7. P.O.O. for a piece of poo

ain't that poetic

[Malva Zebrina]

9. Are there other points of order? This one has sure been a tragedy

I wonder why the music--is everyone gone out to dinner?

[creativelcro]

12. not sure why the music

perhaps somebody is swearing..

[Mel]

15. classical music is always played

during a quorum call.

[Yupster]

18. I'd love for C-SPAN

to one time play the Sex Pistols or something like that.

[maddezmom]

14. they were in a Quoram Call (sp)

a delay tactic...hence the music

Now Dayton is up speaking.

[Hippo_Tron]

19. Okay this pisses the hell out of me...

I can accept an overwhelming amount of dems holding their noses and voting for this legislation because it makes them look good back at home. I can't however stand 22 dems and Jeffords of all people voting for cloture. It's one thing to not participate it's another to shut down the efforts of your own side.

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. The Democrats

should have their asses voted out of office! ANY person who voted for this should be given the BOOT!