Can You Feel the Heat?

It's getting down to the wire (have I said that before?) and I'm just trying to figure out what the HECK is happening on Capital Hill.

Here are a couple REALLY great things to think about:

1.  Great article at The Heritage Foundation today.  It makes some great points about the congressional process being used to pass this bill:

• The Senate bill is so unpopular with the House they are now resorting to the "Slaughter Rule which would deem the Senate bill passed at the same time the House would approve a new reconciliation bill."  So, they will pass it without an ACTUAL vote.  Most claim this as unconstitutional.  
• Pelosi is promising reconciliation, but "there is one increasingly glaring problem with Pelosi's pass-the-bill-without-voting plan: it is proving impossible to draft that reconciliation bill."  It's been promised every day since last Wednesday and it's still yet to be seen.  Numbers could still be pending from the CBO, but the text hasn't even been released.
• And while all of that muddy-unconstitutional mess is afoot, most people are wising up and realizing "the reconciliation bill is never going to become law.  The Senate will never pass it.  They have no reason to.  The Senate likes the existing Senate bill.  That's why it's called 'the Senate bill'...they are the ones who passed it...As soon as the House passes it, President Obama will sign it and then leave for Asia.  That's it. Obamacare will be, 'the law of the land' (Gibbs)."

Can anyone say, stressful!  It's unconstitutional. It's unethical. It's tricky, snaky and "dark".  That's the only way I can describe it.  It's desperate and dark and the public knows it.

2.  Public Opinion is Downright Nasty:

On Monday, I sat on a teleconference with Congressman Dave Reichert. He took questions from local residents for one hour and every single solitary caller shared outright frustration over Congress' total rejection of public opinion.  Reichert encouraged people to keep the phones busy. 

3.  Rush Limbaugh is saying the same thing:

He's listed the Congressional House phone numbers on his site.  I've listed them here for you:

1.877.762.8762, or 

202.224.3121, or

202.225.3121

And if you get a busy signal keep trying!

When you get through you need to request to speak with a specific representative. If you don't know WHO to ask for, check out this website: CODE RED, which lists the still undecided members of the House.  I would suggest one of those...

I'm trying to call Rep Brian Baird, from the southwest Washington area.  He's the only WA rep still undecided. But Reichert mentioned you don't have to stay within state lines.  Put the pressure on them all.  

Keep up the fight, people.  

And, if you're interested, Obama was out "defending" his plan in an exclusive FOX interview today. I'll have more on that tomorrow, but you can read the transcript here.  There was a lot of dodging going on...

Source:

There's No Bill But the Senate Bill