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ciaospirit4/02/2009 6:01:59 am PDT

More of the same lunacy using our money. Why fast track it? Is it racist to ask for a plan first?

House Democrats are pressing a plan to make it easier to use “fast-track” rules to expedite passage of health care legislation backed by Obama, even as their GOP rivals in the Senate won a key vote Wednesday emphatically rejecting such an approach on global warming.

Congressional budget resolutions are nonbinding blueprints that set the parameters for legislation to follow. Unlike budget resolutions typically advanced in the first years of a presidency, the 2010 budget plans are remarkably light on detail, offering little guidance on how to pay for a health care overhaul or an extension of Obama’s signature $400 tax credit for most workers.