{"id":2858,"date":"2009-10-13T17:11:18","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T21:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2009-12-24T11:34:19","modified_gmt":"2009-12-24T16:34:19","slug":"senate-finance-committee-approves-health-care-reform-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/13\/senate-finance-committee-approves-health-care-reform-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Finance Committee Approves Health Care Reform Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate Finance Committee voted largely along party lines to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/GCA-HealthcareReform\/idUSN0749607120091013\" target=\"_blank\">approve<\/a> committee chairman Max Baucus&#8217;s Health Care Reform Bill earlier today:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A key U.S. Senate committee endorsed a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Tuesday, gaining the support of an influential Republican and delivering President Barack Obama a victory on his top domestic priority.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic-controlled Senate Finance Committee approved the measure on a 14-9 vote, with Senator Olympia Snowe becoming the first Republican in Congress to back a healthcare reform bill.<\/p>\n<p>Snowe, who had been courted by Obama and his fellow Democrats as the only potential Republican &#8220;yes&#8221; vote on the panel, said she backed the plan with reservations and she could not guarantee her continued support as the overhaul advances through Congress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Olympia Snowe was the only Republican on the committee to vote for the bill saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;My vote today is my vote today. It doesn&#8217;t forecast what my vote will be tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Snort, with all due respect senator, that&#8217;s bull&#8230; You&#8217;re going to vote for the final bill just like you voted for the Democrats failed trillion dollar stimulus bill and this bit of legislative vaporware. This bill is a testament to everything that&#8217;s wrong with Washington&#8230; They just approved a bill that hasn&#8217;t even been <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/2009\/10\/05\/the-vapor-bill-%E2%80%93-where-is-the-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">written<\/a> yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/weblogs\/TWSFP\/2009\/10\/lieberman_opposes_baucus_bill.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Lieberman Opposes Baucus Bill<\/a> &#8211; The Weekly Standard<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/11\/AR2009101102207.html?wprss=rss_politics\" target=\"_blank\">New Bill Would Raise Rates, Says Insurance Group<\/a> &#8211; Washington Post<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-2263891~Dems_scramble_after_warning_from_health_insurers.html?cid=rss-Health\" target=\"_blank\">Dems scramble after warning from health insurers<\/a> &#8211; Associated Press<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;sid=a2dK9UZuFSxQ\" target=\"_blank\">Obamacare Tax Frays Middle-Class Vow: Kevin Hassett<\/a> &#8211; Bloomberg News<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate Finance Committee voted largely along party lines to approve committee chairman Max Baucus&#8217;s Health Care Reform Bill earlier today: A key U.S. Senate committee endorsed a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Tuesday, gaining the support of an influential Republican and delivering President Barack Obama a victory on his top domestic priority. The Democratic-controlled Senate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43,7],"tags":[781,465,825],"class_list":["post-2858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-health-care","category-politics","tag-health-care-reform","tag-olympia-snowe","tag-senate-finance-committee","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-K6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2788,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/29\/senate-finance-committee-rejects-public-option-twice\/","url_meta":{"origin":2858,"position":0},"title":"Senate Finance Committee Rejects Public Option &#8212; Twice","author":"Jeff","date":"September 29, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Senate Finance Committee rejected two amendments earlier today that would have add a government-run public health-insurance plan to the health care reform legislation currently before the committee: A key US committee on Tuesday rejected a push by liberal Democrats to have a government-run healthcare option included in the $856bn\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health Care&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health Care","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/health-care\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2735,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/16\/the-tax-man-cometh-senate-health-reform-bill-includes-many-tax-hikes\/","url_meta":{"origin":2858,"position":1},"title":"The Tax Man Cometh: Senate Health Reform Bill Includes Many Tax Hikes","author":"Jeff","date":"September 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The folks at Americans for Tax Reform have examined the Senate Finance Committee health care reform bill announced today and come up with a list of all the tax hikes in the bill: Individual Mandate Tax.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t sign up for health insurance, you will have to pay a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health Care&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health Care","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/health-care\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2681,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/02\/wsj-democrats-try-tougher-tone-on-health-plan\/","url_meta":{"origin":2858,"position":2},"title":"WSJ: Democrats Try Tougher Tone on Health Plan","author":"Jeff","date":"September 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This isn't really news to political junkies like me but it is a page A3 above the fold story in today's Wall Street Journal: A top White House adviser said Tuesday he doubts two Senate Republicans at the center of health-care talks are negotiating seriously, as Democrats adopted a new,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health Care&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health Care","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/health-care\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2606,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/13\/score-one-for-sarah-palin\/","url_meta":{"origin":2858,"position":3},"title":"Score One For Sarah Palin","author":"Jeff","date":"August 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Score one for Sarah Palin, Sen. 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