Pissed Off And “Lied To” Blue Dogs Pledge “40-45 Solid No” Votes Regarding Obamacare

July 24th, 2009 (11) Posted By Erik Wong.

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The Hill:

House healthcare negotiations dissolved in acrimony on Friday, with Blue Dog Democrats saying they were “lied” to by their Democratic leaders.

The seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee stormed out of a Friday meeting with their committee chairman, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), saying Waxman had been negotiating in bad faith over a number of provisions Blue Dogs demanded be changed in the stalled healthcare bill.

“I’ve been lied to,” Blue Dog Coalition Co-Chairman Charlie Melancon (D-La.) said on Friday. “We have not had legitimate negotiations.

“Mr. Waxman has decided to sever discussions with the Blue Dogs who are trying to make this bill work for America,” Melancon said.

Although those Blue Dogs were supposed to be headed back into another meeting of the Energy and Commerce Democrats, their anger was visible.

If the two sides cannot reach an agreement, the only hope for passage of the bill in the House will be to go straight to the floor, an option leaders shied away from endorsing but said was an option.

But the Blue Dogs issued dire warnings to leaders contemplating that approach.

“Waxman simply does not have votes in committee and process should not be bypassed to bring the bill straight to floor,” Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), the lead Blue Dog negotiator, said on Friday. “We are trying to save this bill and trying to save this party.”

Melancon said there would be 40-45 “solid no” votes from the 52-strong Blue Dogs, among other problems throughout the caucus. And Melancon said there are more Democrats who will vote against the bill.

“If they try to bring it to the floor, I think they’ll find out they have more problems than the Blue Dogs.”

A leadership aide said no decisions have been made on how to proceed.

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  • USMCTANKS

    Oh good lord! You stupid jackasses need to pull your heads out of your asses and realize what we right extremists have known all along…..COMMUNISTS LIE!!!!..ALWAYS!!!…THEY CAN’T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING WITHOUT LYING. 50% of the country understands this all the time. We don’t want nor do we need any help from the federal government! WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN !
    JOIN US BEFORE ITS TO LATE. Remember communist dictators always kill everybody that they perceive to be a threat to their power….including former coworkers!!!

  • MinneSoCold

    I personally invite the 45 bluedogs to switch parties making the House 223 Rep. vs. 212 Dem.

    That’ll shake things up.

    (not holding my breath)

  • zeeman

    Wow they are mad as hell that they have been lied too, well join the *ucking club we have been lied to for years by you and your coworkers. Waxman needs to be ousted he has been in congress for thirty years. Can you say term limits…

  • Ty

    I’ll believe it when I see it. It’ll be the same with cap and trade. When it comes down to it, enough of them will be threatened OR given pork project injected into the bill for them to change their minds. If I’m not mistaken, Heath Schuler, a blue-dog Dem from NC was against cap and trade until some stuff was added to the bill for him.

    • USMCTANKS

      Exactly right…..once a traitor always a traitor. They would sell their own children (and the have with debt) to get what they want…..POWER AND CONTROL.

  • Bob USMC

    :twisted: Well, my, my, my, is the party of treason and defeat cracking apart from within?

    Let’s hope it permanently continues! :gun: :beer:

  • John

    Its time for a major third party…

    • John

      Modern Whig Party! Look it up!

  • Tom in CO

    No it isn’t. It’s time for Republicans to take their thumbs out of their asses and stop pandering to the extremists (extreme right and extreme moderate) of the party.

    • Sully

      What’s an ‘extreme moderate’?

  • Kev

    It’s past time for the middle class to rise and take our country back. I am 46 an remember some of the good ole days when things were simpler.The power hungry lawyers whom we have elected just vote to make another law (at least 90% of them are lawyers)and shove it down our throats.It takes popularity and money to get there and when they do they want to own us.We need a real event that teaches a lesson for generations to come.We need representative from many professions not just stinkin lawyers.We have more laws on the books than we can enforce or interprit. We need to look back at the reagon years and make it happen.