Thread: Health Care vote for Cloture Scheduled for 1:00 AM Mon morn

..I just spoke to Sen Diane Feinsteins office and her staff confirmed to me that the Clouture vote for the bill is on Monday at 1:00 am.

This will then allow a late Wed's night vote either up or down in the Senate or at the latest a Thursday morning vote.

If you oppose this bill now is the time to call and fax!

Please note as many of the Senator's offices in DC are not answering phones and letting them roll over to voice mail and all of the voice mail is full, you can still get your voice heard by faxing for free at gotfreefax.com

Fax Sen. Bill Nelson and tell him you object to Nebraska's sweetheart deal at the expense of Florida.

We have one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, and we are in the top 4 of states who will get slaughtered by increases in taxes to cover the federal govt.'s new mandate for Medicaid insurance thresholds.

Don't give up yet!

For more info: http://biggovernment.com/2009/12/19/sen ... more-49646

also, re: Florida tax increase: http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/12/ ... r-states...

Sold Sen Nelson's Bribe:

by Publius

We’ll be blunt. The ‘health care reform’ legislation under consideration in the Senate is the most corrupt piece of legislation in our nation’s history.

Yes, we understand that is a strong statement and there have been other abominations throughout our nation’s life.

But never before did corrupt legislation threaten to radically and forever change the live’s of every American.

Exhibit A is the outright bribe extracted by Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Corn Huckster State) from Sen. Harry Reid.

As a result of Nelson’s performance in his role of Hamlet in the health care deliberations, we will have two health care systems in this country; one for Nebraska and one for the other 49 states.

In its quixotic attempt to ensure everyone has health insurance, the Reid legislation greatly expands Medicaid eligibility. Because Medicaid is a program whose costs are split between the federal and state governments, this expansion in eligibility raise costs dramatically for states. States will be forced to either raise taxes or cut other services to accommodate the forced increase in Medicaid spending.

Unless that state is Nebraska.

Below is the text for Nelson’s bribe. Under this language the federal government will forever cover the costs of Medicaid expansion in Nebraska. Taxpayers in every other state will forever be responsible for the expanded Medicaid program in Nebraska.

Outrageous doesn’t do justice to describe this situation. Sen. Nelson also secured an exemption from a new insurance tax for non-profit companies in his state. Mutual of Omaha and Nebraska’s Blue Cross/Blue Shield won’t have to pay a tax other companies will be required to pay.
There is next to nothing honest about the entire health care debate anymore. The current legislative text was released just hours ago. The first votes are expected within hours. The health care sector accounts for 1/7th of our economy. And the “World’s Greatest Deliberative Bodyâ€

This is the worst bill EVER and "we the people" have been utterly ignored. This bill will RUIN our country and probably could never be undone once its started. The dems have really outdone themselves this time. I hope that each one of them gets replaced with a decent American who will honor the oath of office and I pray this never goes through.

Everyone should pray 7 times a day for the saving of our country.

The founding fathers prayed 7 times a day while writing the constitution.

It worked for them and so I pray with all of us praying together across the country it will work for us too!

God bless America and hear our prayers!

I am praying all the time!