Building on a previous post exposing that Harry Reid took the existing House-passed bill, H.R. 3590, entitled the Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009 and replaced the existing bill language, via an amendment, with the Senate’s version of the healthcare bill–creating a new H.R. 3590–the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Engrossed Amendment as Agreed to by Senate).
I stand by my assertion that Reid took H.R. 3590–knowing that all bills that raise revenue must originate in the House per the Constitution–as evidenced by the actual bill text dated December 24, 2009 seen here in a screen shot and his trick:
This further confirms that the March 18th House healthcare vote is the final vote for passage; however, there are still many pundits who just don’t comprehend this fact.
And here is the code red alert and why this warning should be taken seriously. As written:
After a measure passes in the House, it goes to the Senate for consideration. A bill must pass both bodies in the same form before it can be presented to the President for signature into law. If the Senate changes the language of the measure, it must return to the House for concurrence or additional changes. After a measure has been passed in identical form by both the House and Senate, it is considered “enrolled.” It is sent to the President who may sign the measure into law, veto it and return it to Congress, let it become law without signature, or at the end of a session, pocket-veto it. emphasis mine
Reid gutted H.R. 3590’s original language and replaced it with healh care bill, so the bill must go back to the House. But, does anyone think if Obama has healthcare legislation that has passed both the House and Senate in identical form that he would not sign it? Furthermore, why would the reconciliation process even come into play–except to be used as the bait for passage by the House. The talk of reconciliation is the deceptive diversion to create outrage, deflect the true intentions, and hide the Reid trick from the American people.
As I’ve stated before, Americans need to understand the devastating significance of the House vote on the Senate healthcare bill set for March 18th. The Democrats have–by design–created the perfect storm to take over the US healthcare system, while providing an ideal distraction–reconciliation.
These deceptive practices, which may seem like everyday occurrences in Congress, can be summed up as the ultimate betrayal by the Democrats against the American people in order to ram through their progressive, socialistic, freedom-stripping policies–all for the Holy Grail of healthcare and the prize of total control of the American people. Healthcare is the basic necessity that will cause Americans to kneel at the almighty throne of the federal government and become completely fearful of not getting proper care, referrals, testing, surgery, and prescriptions, among others.
In addition, I don’t think that the House will hold the bill to work out differences between the two chambers as is being floated. While it may be an optional maneuver, the Democrats need the tax increases to take effect now so they can offset some of their rabid spending. And will the Democrats make good on the promise to fix the problems in the bill as the House and Senate appear to have an inherent distrust?
The House Democrats have a difficult choice of party politics or the will of the American people. The American people have made their will known–kill the bill.