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March 22, 2010
Obscure Rule Could Be Used to Pass Health Care Proposal
Pro-life Democrat may introduce new bill.
The House Rules Committee will likely meet Saturday to try to pass a rule that will push the health care bill through without a full House vote.
The committee was expected to meet today on the "Slaughter Rule," which was proposed by Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.
The rule can be passed by a majority vote and would "deem" the bill as passed even without an up or down vote by the entire House. Democrats would then be able to tell voters that they didn't actually vote for the language of the bill that is unpopular with a majority of Americans.
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We Don’t Vote, We Just Make Law
Ashley Horne, federal policy analyst with Focus on the Family Action, blogs on Democrats attempts to fast-track the unpopular health care bill.
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