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this was NOT what the vote was on. this is fake news
Posted on: January 26, 2017 at 02:56:51 CT
blake1771 MU
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, while we are waiting for the unanimous
consent agreement that will kick off the evening, I feel compelled to
make a couple of comments.
I don't want people to be confused as the evening goes on. This is
not the bill that repeals ObamaCare. This is the bill that sets up the
process that will repeal ObamaCare. This is a preliminary step that is
necessary in order to do what everybody is claiming will be done
tonight, and that is not accurate.
So we will hear a bunch of things that people are concerned about,
but this bill in it has budget numbers. The budget numbers reflect
where we are--not where we would like to be and not where we have been.
They are just the numbers of where we are. Then, in the resolution,
there is a requirement that the Finance Committee save $1 billion, and
the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee save $1 billion,
and they get to do that with some privileged legislation, as long as we
keep it privileged. There will be a number of attempts tonight to see
if they can get rid of the privilege by using corrosive or nongermane
amendments. Consequently, we will have to vote down some of those
amendments. It might sound logical, and it is because they are not in
the bill.
i will also add that there are any number of options proposed by republicans most recently, TODAY, by Rand Paul. it was discussed on this very board.
Edited by blake1771 at 03:38:56 on 01/26/17
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, while we are waiting for the unanimous
consent agreement that will kick off the evening, I feel compelled to
make a couple of comments.
I don't want people to be confused as the evening goes on. This is
not the bill that repeals ObamaCare. This is the bill that sets up the
process that will repeal ObamaCare. This is a preliminary step that is
necessary in order to do what everybody is claiming will be done
tonight, and that is not accurate.
So we will hear a bunch of things that people are concerned about,
but this bill in it has budget numbers. The budget numbers reflect
where we are--not where we would like to be and not where we have been.
They are just the numbers of where we are. Then, in the resolution,
there is a requirement that the Finance Committee save $1 billion, and
the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee save $1 billion,
and they get to do that with some privileged legislation, as long as we
keep it privileged. There will be a number of attempts tonight to see
if they can get rid of the privilege by using corrosive or nongermane
amendments. Consequently, we will have to vote down some of those
amendments. It might sound logical, and it is because they are not in
the bill.
i will also add that there are any number of options proposed by republicans most recently, TODAY, by Rand Paul. it was discussed on this very board.
Edited by blake1771 at 03:38:56 on 01/26/17
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this was NOT what the vote was on. this is fake news - blake1771 KC - 1/26 02:56:51