By Dave Schnittger - GOP Leader Blog
The twisted scheme by which Democratic leaders plan to bend the rules to ram President Obamas massive health care legislation through Congress now has a name: the Slaughter Solution.
The Slaughter Solution is a plan by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) the Democratic chair of the powerful House Rules Committee and a key ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to get the health care legislation through the House without an actual vote on the Senate-passed health care bill.
You see Democratic leaders currently lack the votes needed to pass the Senate health care bill through the House. Under Slaughters scheme Democratic leaders will overcome this problem by simply deeming" the Senate bill passed in the House - without an actual vote by members of the House.
An article in this mornings edition of National Journals CongressDaily breaks the story starting with the headline: SLAUGHTER PREPS RULE TO AVOID DIRECT VOTE ON SENATE BILL." Excerpts:
House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter is prepping to help usher the healthcare overhaul through the House and potentially avoid a direct vote on the Senate overhaul bill the chairwoman said Tuesday.
Slaughter is weighing preparing a rule that would consider the Senate bill passed once the House approves a corrections bill that would make changes to the Senate version.
The CongressDaily report was authored by Anna Edney with Billy House and Dan Friedman contributing.
