Democrats in Congress need to get their act together. CNN reports Democrat Mike Ross of Arkansas, one of the party’s Blue Dogs, a conservative faction declared today that the party’s internal negotiations over health care had failed and warned the party leadership not to ram the current version of the health care bill through by circumventing the traditional legislative process.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman said he is willing to keep talking with members of the Blue Dog coalition but made it clear he intends to move forward with the legislation. Waxman indicated he would bypass a committee vote if necessary and bring the bill directly to the House floor for a final vote.
“We’re not going to let [the conservatives] empower the Republicans. I don’t see any other alternative,” he said.
Whatever the Congressional Democrats are bickering over they’d better snap to and resolve their bickering. There are lots of people out here suffering because of the lack of adequate health care. If these people in Congress can’t get it done then they need to be replaced with someone who will. Now they’re going to take a month off and it all will just sit there until they get back. Grow up people!
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