Comments on: Time to Apply Pressure on Senators Webb and Warner http://bearingdrift.com/2009/11/20/time-to-apply-pressure-on-senators-webb-and-warner/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:37:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bigvinu http://bearingdrift.com/2009/11/20/time-to-apply-pressure-on-senators-webb-and-warner/#comment-22969 Bigvinu Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:44:19 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=10110#comment-22969 Anyone else think that allowing 41 members to hijack the Senate because cloture is not achieved is not fair? Democrats or Republicans, there needs to be some common ground on the idiocracy of de-facto turning "50% + 1" rule into "60% + 1" rule when your opponents scare you. Anyone else think that allowing 41 members to hijack the Senate because cloture is not achieved is not fair? Democrats or Republicans, there needs to be some common ground on the idiocracy of de-facto turning “50% + 1″ rule into “60% + 1″ rule when your opponents scare you.

]]> By: Chief K http://bearingdrift.com/2009/11/20/time-to-apply-pressure-on-senators-webb-and-warner/#comment-22920 Chief K Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:33:54 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=10110#comment-22920 Corporate bailouts and now this. Just how many of the 47M Americans and illegal aliens who choose not to have health insurance use their money on expensive cell phone plans, cable television, new cars, and other luxuries rather than pay for health insurance? This is a political issue only. Virginia senators webb and warner are irresponsible representatives of the people. Vote them out. Corporate bailouts and now this. Just how many of the 47M Americans and illegal aliens who choose not to have health insurance use their money on expensive cell phone plans, cable television, new cars, and other luxuries rather than pay for health insurance? This is a political issue only. Virginia senators webb and warner are irresponsible representatives of the people. Vote them out.

]]> By: Catzmaw http://bearingdrift.com/2009/11/20/time-to-apply-pressure-on-senators-webb-and-warner/#comment-22909 Catzmaw Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:27:49 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=10110#comment-22909 I have already contacted both Senators Webb and Warner and urged them to back the legislation 100 percent. Delighted to see that they both intend to vote for cloture. Hoping fervently to see a public option and regret only that the Administration never even attempted to explore a single-payer plan. But something is better than nothing. Oh, and by the way, neither one of them is on the fence about wanting health care reform and during the election Senator Webb often stated that he thought Americans should all be able to have insurance coverage as good as what he gets as a wounded veteran. As for the $36 billion price tag, why aren't you worried about the extraordinary cost of uninsurance and underinsurance to our entire economy instead? What are people who have no coverage or inadequate coverage supposed to do, anyway, rely on the munificence of the wealthy to grant the occasional spot of charity? I have already contacted both Senators Webb and Warner and urged them to back the legislation 100 percent. Delighted to see that they both intend to vote for cloture. Hoping fervently to see a public option and regret only that the Administration never even attempted to explore a single-payer plan. But something is better than nothing. Oh, and by the way, neither one of them is on the fence about wanting health care reform and during the election Senator Webb often stated that he thought Americans should all be able to have insurance coverage as good as what he gets as a wounded veteran.

As for the $36 billion price tag, why aren’t you worried about the extraordinary cost of uninsurance and underinsurance to our entire economy instead? What are people who have no coverage or inadequate coverage supposed to do, anyway, rely on the munificence of the wealthy to grant the occasional spot of charity?

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