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November 18, 2003
Medicare Filibuster?
There are news reports out today indicating that the final Medicare bill will not pass the House and Senate. One reason given is a potential filibuster being discussed by Senate Democrats. Don't believe it. A belief within the Democratic party is that the Republicans will gain support with the passage of this bill. However if Democrats filibuster, the Republicans will then be able to blame the Democrats for not passing the Bill which will only help them in upcoming Senatorial elections next fall. The Democrats won't fall into that trap and the bill should pass the Senate.
On the House side, the vote is a little more questionable. The vote is very tight and a number of Republicans are leaning against voting for the bill. If the bill fails with several Republicans voting against it, the bill will fail without much of a perceived blemish on the Democrats. AARP is starting their multi-million dollar compaign tomorrow to urge approval of this bill. This money may very well be the thing that gets this bill passed in the House.
Look closely and you'll see a game of political 'chicken' being played out in the house as several House members from both parties try to guess whether they are better off politically by voting for or against the bill.
Let the games begin.
Posted by Dave at November 18, 2003 07:05 PM
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