Senate Dems Sign Letter to Block Medicaid Cuts

Senate Dems Sign Letter to Block Medicaid Cuts

By we are stardust on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 6:38pm |

"Forty-one Senate Democrats have signed on to several letters vowing to oppose House Republicans' proposed Medicaid overhaul, ensuring the proposal won't get enough votes to clear a filibuster hurdle.

House Republicans have adopted a budget proposal that would slash federal Medicaid spending by more than $700 billion over 10 years by turning it into a block grant to states. The letter's signers oppose that policy, as well as separate proposals to cap federal spending on the program.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/medicaid/165565-senate-dems-claim-enough-votes-to-block-medicaid-overhaul

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You mean they might have actually grown some gonads ? They are no longer eunuchs ?

by cmaukonen on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 9:48pm

and exactly 82, and not one more, it would seem...

by jollyroger on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 10:51pm

It's a letter alerting the Prez. "Our constituents don't want this! Get it? We get it (we think)."

Wow; sounds like an 80s tune by Los Lobos: "Eighty-one cojones strong".

Hell; let's hear some Los Lobos:

by we are stardust on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 11:32pm

Maybe the morning grouch talking, but 'gonads'? Really?

Only 41 dems can be bothered even to pretend opposing a de facto repeal of the only worthwhile part of the Health Care bill - Medicaid expansion. The other 12 don't even want to be on record as defenders of Medicaid. Wow. That's a bit pathetic.

Of course they'll cave. They handed the GOP the debt-ceiling card back in december for a reason. They want cuts as well, they just want republican cover for 'em.

by Cho on Sat, 06/11/2011 - 12:59am

So you're going to judge the action of those Dems based on the overall actions of all Dems? This is the kind of, pardon my french, crap that keeps us from moving forward. If the Dems are going to have something remotely close to a majority, they are going to have to include those who are closer to the repubs than the socialists. (AND HERE WE GO) Your ILK want a party where there is ideological purity. God forbid if there are those who don't toe the party line. If they don't we're doomed. Maybe, just maybe, we can accept a victory as part of the baby step forward and build on it, rather than dissing it because not everyone within the BIG TENT agrees.

by Elusive Trope on Sat, 06/11/2011 - 4:22am

So you're going to judge the action of those Dems based on the overall actions of all Dems?

Not sure what you're asking. I'm thinking once again of the Dem leadership's decision in december not to raise the debt ceiling during the lame duck session. Instead of trading a tax cut for a hike in the debt ceiling they traded a tax cut for a tax cut, remember? And the reasoning was, they wanted the GOP to take responsibility for spending cuts. So I'm judging those actions on the basis of ... those actions.

If you think that was a smart decision, and by implication that spending cuts are needed, good for you. If you on the other hand are saying Dem centrists would have voted against raising the debt ceiling if asked to in December, you're bonkers. But let's not pretend the Democratic party leadership actually opposes spending cuts. You don't hand Boehner a loaded gun and then get to complain about what he 'forces' you to do.

by Cho on Sat, 06/11/2011 - 8:56am

Ah, rats; Stardust naivete again. Looking for some good news. You think it's more like 2:45 here, then? "Hold it men! He's not bluffing!"

by we are stardust on Sat, 06/11/2011 - 9:07am

Excuse me while I whip this out...

Lol!

by Cho on Sat, 06/11/2011 - 9:28am

Speaking to himself "Oh Baby your so talented and they're so dumb"

@3:44

Sounds just like the current administration.

by Resistance on Sat, 06/11/2011 - 10:19am

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