Tuesday, December 22, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Video: DeMint objects to supermajority protection in Reid’s ObamaCare bill - '...DeMint is carefully building a case — and his target is a particularly noxious clause in Harry Reid’s ObamaCare bill. On page 1020 of the text, DeMint discovers that Reid has created a rule binding future sessions of Congress to a supermajority requirement to overrule the bill's rationing board, the Independent Medical Advisory Board, whose purpose (stated on page 1001) is to "reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending." DeMint demands an explanation of how the Majority Leader can allow legislation to alter the rules of the Senate, both on the floor and in committee...'
