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Health Vote May Have to Wait: Hoyer

Majority leader bemoans 'delay tactics'

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(Newser) – The House may not vote on its health care reform bill tomorrow after all, thanks to Democrats' squabbling over abortion and spending, Steny Hoyer said today. “We’re very close,” the majority leader insisted, but “clearly things happen. Delay tactics can be employed.” Hoyer acknowledged that right now, Democrats don’t have the 218 votes they need to pass the bill.

House leaders are trying to hammer out a compromise on abortion and attach it to the bill in the rules committee. But Republicans complain that that will violate Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi’s promise to have the full text of the bill online 72 hours before the vote. Those protests could cause the very wait they’re seeking; if the vote doesn’t happen by 6pm tomorrow, it may have to wait until Sunday afternoon, or even Monday or Tuesday.

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Md. speaks during a press conference in this file photo.
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Md. speaks during a press conference in this file photo.   (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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serfinWI
Nov 6, 09 11:25 AM CST
Fiddling while Rome burns. The only way to avoid Britain's fate (after ww2 totally broke, decolonized and unable to compete, US took over as guardian of the West) and to meet the challenge of China is to reinvigorate economic life through innovation, not legislation. Fights over health care and climate change are the cultural equivalent of Nero fiddling while Rome burns Reply
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dontlikeyou
Nov 6, 09 12:01 PM CST
HOyer" Vote may have to wait". Translation.... there aren't enough votes to pass it now, and there will not ever be enough votes to pass it. Obamacare in its present form is DEAD.
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ronimaca
Nov 6, 09 11:27 AM CST
why this is getting disheartening it has to be done now. Reply
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JonmarkP
Nov 6, 09 12:54 PM CST
Get it DONE, God damn it! Insurance company profits are less important than the lives of American citizens. This is not real complicated for anyone with an average IQ.
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ronimaca
Nov 6, 09 4:01 PM CST
that is my feelings exactly. we can not afford to wait we need relief now. Lives are depending on it. we need more rep. like Alan Grayson of FL. the gop is trying to spin this to make them like good but it isn't working any more. We can't wait until 2013 because if somehow Obama doesn't make in 2012 these bitches will throw it out the window. I think it is time for us to get on the bus and go to dc. I would love to see how Fox would cover that
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