Democrats in the House of Representatives are purportedly considering some parliamentary trickery to get ObamaCare passed:
House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter is prepping to help usher the healthcare overhaul through the House and potentially avoid a direct vote on the Senate overhaul bill, the chairwoman said Tuesday.
Slaughter is weighing preparing a rule that would consider the Senate bill passed once the House approves a corrections bill that would make changes to the Senate version.
I cannot see how this could possibly be Constitutional given the clear provisions of Article I, Section 7:
“Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law”
Without a direct vote on the Senate bill, I fail to see it could be legally considered a law under the Constitution.
But, you know, these are the win-at-all-costs Democrats we’re talking about, I doubt something as pesky as the Constitution matters to them.
“I doubt something as pesky as the Constitution matters to them.”
Doubt? Hasn’t, for at least eighty years, ‘far as I can tell.
Then again, there are quite a few Republicans for whom it doesn’t make any difference, either. Fewer, but some, nonetheless.
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