Slaughter Rule

MA Rep. Stephen Lynch is a No

MA Rep. Stephen Lynch is a No

Counting the votes.

2:36 PM, Mar 18, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

Rep. Stephen Lynch has just released the following statement:

Congressman Lynch does not support the Senate version of healthcare reform because it has stripped most of the serious reform from the House version of the bill and rewards insurance companies instead.

If there were a straight up or down vote on the Senate bill as it is currently written, Congressman Lynch would vote no. 

Furthermore, Mr. Lynch opposes using any procedural maneuvering to approve the bill without requiring members to actually vote on it, such as the so-called ‘deem and pass’ option.   He would prefer a straight-forward up or down vote on a bill of this magnitude.

Today in Health Care Reform

Today in Health Care Reform

The Democrats prepare to take their medicine.

1:27 PM, Mar 16, 2010 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

The Tea Party has come to Washington to protest the Democratic health care bill.

Meanwhile, pundits are busily trying to figure out the Slaughter Rule, a procedural measure by which the House could "deem" the Senate health care bill passed without actually voting on it. If this sounds confusing, that's because it is.

Even liberal blogger Ezra Klein writes that "this is all about plausible deniability for House members who don't want to vote for the Senate bill, although I doubt many voters will find the denials plausible." Why doubt? A negative public reaction to the health care vote is a near certainty. The question is whether the reaction fades before November.

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