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Poll shows majority wants Congress to suspend work on ObamaCare, Democrats weigh options
Sun, 01/24/2010 - 11:04am | posted by Jason Pye
A new Gallup poll shows that a majority now favor suspending work on ObamaCare, showing a 56% of independent voters holding that opinion as well:
The USA Today/Gallup poll was conducted Jan. 20 to gauge initial reaction from Americans to Brown’s victory in the special election to fill the remainder of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s term. Massachusetts voters elected a Republican to the Senate for the first time since 1972. Americans widely agree that the election result has national political implications — 72% say it reflects many Americans’ frustrations, which the president and members of Congress should pay attention to, while 18% believe it is a reflection of political conditions in Massachusetts.
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According to the poll, most self-identified Democrats (67%) want Congress to continue working toward passage of the bill. However, an even larger majority of Republicans (87%) call for suspension of Congress’ current work on the bill. The majority of political independents, whose support has been crucial to recent Republican election victories in Massachusetts, Virginia, and New Jersey, would also prefer to see the reform efforts put on hold rather than moved forward.
According to the poll, 65% believe that Congress should focus on other issues first or believe that health care should not be a major priority.
This isn’t stopping Democrats from trying to get something on health care passed. As I pointed out the night that Scott Brown beat Martha Coakley in Massachusetts, they may try reconciliation, which would bypass the filibuster but still could result in non-revenue producing measure being stripped from the bill if a point of order is raised.
Some news outlets are reporting today that Democrats may try to pass a list of changes to the health care bill as a separate piece of legislation as a way to get something moved through Congress this year. That could still meet a Republican filibuster in the Senate, assuming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) can’t win over one of the two Senators from Maine.
ObamaCare isn’t dead, but it is on life support and with each passing day comes the reality that the president’s domestic agenda was defeated in Massachusetts on January 19th.
Obama has suggested that Congress could craft a bill around the items “that people agree on,” One thing we all agree on is to exempt everyone from the mandate of having to buy government insurance with benefits defined by a new Czar!
To help Obama with his new propaganda diversion trick of reducing the deficit here is his chance of doing just that: Scrap that bill and start over!
The current bill(s) serve special interest groups only. No need to engage into more witch-craft and then mandate it like the current SS-legislation. To exempt selected ones and bestow the rest of us with most meager health benefits while having to shoulder the cost is slavery.
The time for “woo doo health care” is over! It would be politically foolish for any lawmaker or individual to think otherwise.
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