When Will Obama Deliver His State of the Union Address?
There was a short article in this morning's paper describing the process by which the Senate and House Health Care Reform Bills will be reconciled. What I found interesting is that the time line for the process suggested a completion date sometime in February. Previous reports had suggested a Reform Bill had to be on President Obama's desk before January 19th so he could sign it in time for his State of the Union Address. I had the date circled on my calendar!
Apparently there is no requirement that the SOTUA must occur in January; in fact, in the first year of a new President's term, it usually doesn't happen until February. Nevertheless, previous reports had indicated a January 19th target date for Health Reform legislation to be done. This followed earlier reports that it would be done by Christmas. Or Thanksgiving. Or, Labor Day.
It's actually pretty sad. About 75% of what is in both the House and Senate Bills is acceptable to liberals and conservatives alike. A Bill could have been passed months ago.
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posted by Jon Rauser @ 8:55 AM
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As President & Owner of a successful health insurance brokerage in downtown Milwaukee - 
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Its the greatest expenditures of tax dollars in the history of the country and most Americans have no idea what is in the bill. Your government at work.
I can't wait to see the "Frankenstein" version of the bill. I'm certain we'll all need to be on the lookout for the next 500 pages or more of additional "provisions/special interest buy offs" that will undoubtedly be needed to reconcile differences between new hold-out democrats and any final version sent to the President.
Maybe the President is better off not having a bill in front of the American people before the State of the Union Address. At least with no concrete legislation in place he can continue his montra of hope and change. Beats the heck out of "I just signed something nearly 60% of you all didn't want"
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