Anyone upset or surprised about THIS? INSANE Budget vote needs ONLY simple “majority”. No complaints ANYONE?!
So many distractions, so little time. See what a “group” of “budget negotiators” have sneaked through???
House-Senate negotiators on Monday night announced the agreement on a $3.5 trillion budget outline for 2010, with votes expected in the full House and Senate by Wednesday.
The budget pact agreed to on Monday would allow Obama’s health program to pass the Senate by a simple majority instead of the 60 votes that are needed for many other bills.
See the headline is “Lawmakers advancing much of Obama’s budget agenda” NOT “End run made around the rules for legislation passage” and how the GOP is portrayed as “in the way” rather than having valid, public concerns:
Obama and his Democratic allies say they still want support from Republicans for health care legislation but need the option of expedited action in case the debate becomes overly partisan.