Breaking: House Budget Committee Just Advanced the HCR Bill

[berni_mccoy]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/03/house-budget-committee-approve.html?hpid=topnews

House Budget Committee approves reconciliation bill
By Lori Montgomery
A key House committee voted Monday to advance President Obama's plan to overhaul the nation's health-care system, clearing the way for the House to vote on the measure later this week.

The House Budget Committee voted 21 to 16 to send the health care legislation to the House Rules Committee. That panel is expected to meet Thursday to draft new language for the reconciliation bill, compiling a package of fixes to the $875 billion measure that passed the Senate on Christmas Eve.

Two Democrats voted with all 14 Republicans to reject the effort to proceed with the Democratic strategy. Rep. Chet Edwards (Texas) and Allen Boyd (Fla.) both voted against the House health care bill last fall.

[spanone]

1. k&r

[malaise]

3. Etheridge just quoted Cheney

Deficits don't matter - Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Good on you Bob!!

[upi402]

5. It's Franken time!

Schadenfreude happens

[O is 44]

6. Wow, that is awesome n/t

[malaise]

2. I'm watching live on CSPan 1

Reconciliation Bill Markup.

[Oceansaway]

4. K&R...n/t

[NJmaverick]

7. OUTSTANDING NEWS! Thanks for sharing

[Kber]

8. Thanks muchly for the update.

[quiet.american]

9. K&R nt

[SPedigrees]

10. Great news! Thank you for posting! nt

[Inuca]

11. ???

The Budget COmmittee is still discussing and voting on amendments, just voted down an amendment from Ryan right now http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN3.aspx

[AlinPA]

12. This bill is taking too long. The holdouts are holding out for more money in those brown envelopes

delivered by the RNC at those fancy DC restaurants.