White House thinks Baucus bill will change

[ProSense]

White House thinks Baucus bill will change

By Sam Youngman - 09/16/09

Despite months of anticipation, the White House on Wednesday stopped well short of endorsing Sen. Max Baucus's (D-Mont.) healthcare bill.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the release of Baucus's Senate Finance Committee healthcare legislation — the last of five committees to unveil a proposal — moved the legislative process along, but President Barack Obama still thinks the bill will change.

Gibbs said that while much of Baucus's bill, which has been assailed by Democrats and Republicans, does track with Obama's overall goals for reform, he doesn't "think this is a mirror of what the president has talked about."

The White House expects that "there will be a continued legislative process that will tweak and change legislation, as there always is."

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[PretzelWarrior]

1. translation: Nice try, fuckaroo. but that is NOT going to land on my desk.

pass your stupid fucking sop to insurance companies so we can begin the process of conference committee markups.

[Cha]

3. Thanks for translating for those who need it..

My own translation was along your lines.:evilgrin:

[Jennicut]

6. LMAO. Good translation, PW.

[babylonsister]

2. Why don't they just trash it? The guy had all summer, plus more, and

that's all he could come up with? :grr:

[Parker CA]

4. Pretty amazing isn't it? No puke support, no dems standing with him, only the insurance companies

behind the scenes, as they have been since this bill was drafted under their guidance. Baucus looked like an embarrassed child presenting his project to his class while he knew he didn't get it finished.

[PretzelWarrior]

5. perfect imagery. scuffing one shoe against the other...looking at the floor. speaking in halting

voice. we've most of us been there. It couldn't happen to a better guy. Fucking insurance whore.

[Parker CA]

7. No doubt. And so smug that he still smiles through the entire thing, as if that will

give him a pass. Ain't gonna fly, Mr. Baucus.

[Marsala]

10. They need something, ANYTHING to come out of the Finance Committee

Once the bill is on its way, it can be amended to hell as it's combined with the other bills. And since Baucus failed miserably at getting a single Republican vote, the rest of the party has little reason to respect his bill.

[shirlden]

8. Tweak ??

They are going to "tweak" the Baucus Bill??.... that's like saying we are going to attack an alligator with a duck feather. Good Gawd AllMidy!!!!!! Will someone up on that hill get real???

:banghead: :shrug:

[jenmito]

9. Tweak=put public option in. n/t

[Vidar]

11. If Obama clicks his heels three times it'll become a silk purse they can donate to the banks.

[SpartanDem]

12. They're just being polite

the whole Kanye thing has me wondering what they'e saying off camera.

[majority]

13. baucus

was sweating, i hate this guy