I guess the House vote on health care reform, such as it is, will take place in an hour or so. It sounds like Democrats have corralled enough votes, but it won't be certain until the deed is done. I'm not at all hopeful that it can be stopped today. It's not the end of the fight though:
What they don’t realize is that today’s vote isn’t the end, but just a new beginning in the debate over health care. Buckle up, because if they manage to cobble together enough votes to pass the Senate Health Bill today, we’re set for weeks and perhaps months of a constitutional and political crisis the likes of which we haven’t seen in our lifetimes.
In a matter of hours after House passage of the Senate Bill, the state of Virginia will file suit in federal court. The Commonwealth will be joined in the suit by a dozen other states. I expect a flood of additional lawsuits. The suits will be based on the provision that requires every American to purchase health insurance. (This is how the Dems ‘crack down’ on the insurance industry; by requiring everyone to buy its product?) Because this is an individual mandate, virtually every American has standing to file suit against this provision. Also, it is in direct conflict with state law in at least two states, Idaho and Virginia.
Yep. If you thought Iraq was divisive, just watch the next months until November. Eight months is a long time and it's possible that protests will peter out, but I strongly doubt that right now. And the language is going to get a great deal harsher. The smears yesterday against the Tea Party protesters for the actions of a few, if the incidents really occurred at all, has only hardened the resolve to inflict a political catastrophe on Democrats this fall.
I think the current Senate bill will be the final law for this year. They are not going to get the House changes through the Senate and House members who are counting on that are being played for fools. President Obama and the Senate will just shrug and say, "oh well."
It will be interesting what the stock market does tomorrow. Will investors be happy that there's finally some resolution or will they pull back? My guess is pull back, but I hope I'm wrong. I think that a severe pull back will signal that more rounds of layoffs are coming or, at best, stagnated employment figures through this year.
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