Sen. Chris Dodd, who is guiding Senator Ted Kennedy's Health Care Legislation in his absence, speaking about the cost of this.....plan, offered this telling retort:
"Looking back over the past eight years, we've done a lot of legislation here where actually bills have been passed before we knew the numbers. Hey, we've passed legislation way more irresponsibly than this before! I'm not trying to use historical precedent for all of this but..." he said, trailing off before thanking the CBO for its work in coming up with estimates for the in-progress legislation.
So, should we've been as much, if not more, irresponsible in the past be the rallying cry for this complete overhaul of the health care system and control of about 1/6th of the economy?
How bout that Hope and Change, baby?
But, as it is, Dodd is only following the lead of the President and Party leaders.
House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer laughed at the notion that he would read all of what was in the health care bill before voting on it. “If every member pledged to not vote for it if they hadn’t read it in its entirety, I think we would have very few votes,” Hoyer said at his regular weekly news conference....In fact, Hoyer found the idea of the pledge humorous, laughing as he responded to the question. “I’m laughing because I don’t know how long this bill is going to be, but it’s going to be a very long bill,” he said.
Wait, wait! Isn't that what you were elected to do, Congressman? Make informed votes!!
Makes ya feel all warm and fuzzy inside, don't it?
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* Senator Dodd is a member of the powerful Senate Banking Committee and a major player in the events leading to the mortgage crisis and the recent financial meltdown of our economy! Just thought you'd like to know who's helping to molding your future with all his expertise!
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........and just a note:I know I would be proud.
Senator Al Franken 
