Saturday, January 22, 2011

The Senate Vote on Repeal of ObamaCare

Oh, yes, it can happen.

Here is exactly how one member of the Senate can force a vote on ObamaCare repeal. First, one Senator needs to use the provisions of Rule 14, to block H.R. 2 from being referred to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP).

OK, let's assume that's done.

Once you object to the bill being read a second time, it can sit on the Calendar for the next 2 years or until conservatives have mustered the votes to pass the bill. Conservative have a few options. Option one is to force a vote on H.R. 2 and option two is to use the amending process in the Senate to force a vote on full repeal.

Takes 1 (plus 16 other Senators) to get that done.

I would imagine that Senator RoJo will be one of the 16. Right?

The best part? Begin by recalling that in '12, there will be 21 (D) Senators up for re-election (20 if you don't count Dorgan, who announced he will not run.) At least one of them (Nelson/Nebraska) is running scared-to-death. McCaskill (MO) is weak, as is the (D) from Idaho. There are a few others who, if they support ObamaCare, are simply putting nails into their coffin.

So force them to vote on it. It's better to win that vote than lose it--but it's also very good to lose the vote and put about 12 more seats into the (R) column.

2 comments:

Jim said...

By the time the election comes around, no Democrat is going to be worrying about supporting PPACA. The folks are already starting to come around.

Paul - Berry Laker said...

Let's see if the senate has grown some gonads.

Johnson needs to push for a vote.