The new Healthcare Reform Talks

Sure I'll watch it and anything I hear until the summit actually occurs, unless it's an official statement or press announcement from the White House and/or the respectful Congressional leaders I'll consider just gossip and nothing to be taken to seriously. I like Senator Harkin but he doesn't speak for all of the Senate Democrats and he's not the Majority Leader. Actually, they don't NEED to use reconciliation to pass the bill but that would take the House agreeing to the Senate bill, possibly with the promise of changes to be made later. If they pass it then it would go to the President's desk to be signed. The problem is, the House bill, while not perfect, is better than the Senate bill, in my opinion. I'd just like to know why all of a sudden it takes a "super-majority" to pass anything. What ever happened to "majority rules", especially when it's a pretty healthy majority? Tax cuts for the wealthy passed with 51 votes! Whatever, I don't think it should have come to this to begin with but if they can actually discuss this and maybe come to some compromise, that will be great. However, I'm afraid the Republicans will continue to refuse to accept that "compromise" doesn't mean it's all their way. I think we all know they're hoping to regain the majority after the November elections which, I also think we all know, means no health care reform will even be discussed again as long as they run the show. After all, "breaking" the President is much more important than their constituents. Annie

The House and Senate worked for the better part of a year to hammer out two bills that no one likes and that can't get full support from the majority party that drafted them. Obama has announced that the WH will post their proposal online for 72 hours ahead of the meeting and then they will all get together (12 Democrats and 9 Republicans) on February 25th to try to get everyone to agree on what they haven't agreed on all year. How likely is that to succeed? They won't listen, they won't scrap the bills they have and start over as the voters want them to. They want to pass that Senate bill because it contains a section that says that future Congresses can't repeal that section! The whole bill stinks and they know it. It's unconstitutional, and they know it. It's a dog and pony show. I don't have high blood pressure now, but if I do after watching this summit, you'll know why.

I probably will not be watching, I just do not see what the point is. So they talk for a couple of hours and then just shove their will down our throws. I will probably not be around a TV when this is going to happen. If the Dems use reconciliation they will wish they had not. No one stays in power for ever. The Dems use reconciliation now the Repubs will use reconciliation tomorrow.

ROFLMAO did you really think this was real? This is Obama keeping a "promise" - too late but just going through the motions. And I know you aren't just now realizing that they don't care what the people want, they know whats best. This is why we need to fire the whole Congress and start over with citizens and REPRESENTATIVES of our interests and agenda.