Reuters: Waxman Will Let Panel be Bypassed on Health Care (If Blue Dogs Block Agreement)

[flpoljunkie]

US Waxman will let panel be bypassed on health care
Fri Jul 24, 2009

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, Representative Henry Waxman, said on Friday he would let the full House by pass his committee on healthcare reform if the panel could not reach agreement on its version of the legislation.

Fiscally conservative Democrats on that committee have refused to go along with the proposal over its high cost of $1 trillion over 10 years and that has stalled the process of getting a bill to a vote in the full House before it begins a monthlong recess on July 31.

Waxman told reporters that he was going to meet the conservative Democrats on the panel shortly to discuss another proposal to try to meet their concerns. But if they do not agree, "we going to have to look at perhaps bypassing the committee," he told reporters. This would allow a health care reform bill go to the House floor without a vote of his panel. (Reporting by Susan Cornwell, editing by Jackie Frank)

http://www.reuters.com/article/fundsFundsNews/idUSN2424183920090724

[ananda]

1. Waxman seems pretty decent.

It's the Senate that isn't.

[avaistheone1]

4. Waxman has a good record, but

why did he back-off HR676 when he originally supported it?

[avaistheone1]

2. These so called useless Democrats belong in the Democratic House of Shame.

Who are they?

Let list them and call their offices, and give them hell.

If they are truly fiscally conservative they would be voting for the public option, and in particular single payer - because there are real cost savings over the current system.

[KansDem]

3. Where were these "fiscally conservative Democrats" when Bush wanted his "wargasm?"

Apparently, $1 trillion over 10 years to ensure all Americans have health care is too luxurious but $2.5 trillion plus for unnecessary war we all knew was a lie is hunkie-dorie with them...?

How do they sleep at night?

(don't ask about Republicans, they sleep just fine--During the day and in a coffin...)

[Wapsie B]

8. Exactly. Rumsfeld admitted to losing $2-3 trillion in Iraq.

God only know how much more is off the books stuff. And the gop wants fiscal responsibility all of a sudden?

[high density]

5. Good. I'm tired of seeing people playing games to satisfy people that will never be satisfied.

These people have no sense of what good legislation would look like.

[TeamJordan23]

6. These Blue Dogs better not rely on Obama or DNC when election time comes around. nm

[MarjorieG]

7. Finance and ommerce were same reasons we had trouble '93, so what can we do about Baucus, who admits

to not wanting any of Obama's payment ideas. Even if sincerely, and not because he's been paid to side with the GOP, how does one man, representing few of the problems of the rest of the US, get so much undeniable sway? Rockefeller just told him o, but the delay is causing the GOP/Corp/RNC planned delay.

Why can't the financing go to Reid and others to put togther with HELP, which I still hope has a stronger public option. Is procedure indelible, written in law on this?