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The only thing that'll pass this bill is a fast vote...
stay away from all that (clear-the-throat) quote-"vote"-quote...
Friday, 28 March 2014
Some conservatives are up in arms over a hurried Thursday vote on the so-called "doc fix" for Medicare, which they felt leadership tried to slip by them.
The bill passed in a 30-second voice vote with very few members on the House floor.
The "doc fix" is a temporary patch to prevent a 24 percent cut to the amount of money the government pays doctors who take care of Medicare patients. The cut will take effect on April 1 if Congress does not move to prevent it.
Owing to the tight deadline, leadership opted to bring the bill straight to the floor "under suspension of the rules," meaning it needed a two-thirds vote to pass - a higher threshold than the normal simple majority. But it was not clear that a sufficient number of votes could be found.
The bill is somewhat controversial - some lawmakers want to strike a deal for a more permanent solution. Others, like Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp, think the way the patch is paid for - which partly involves shifting sequester cuts to Medicare from 2025 to 2024 - is a "gimmick."
But the potential to not get enough votes turned out not to be an issue. Instead, most members did not get to vote at all.
Shortly after noon, the bill was passed by voice vote, with the chair - Republican Rep. Steve Womack - deciding that two-thirds of the very few members in the room had said "aye." Most members were unaware the vote was taking place and missed it, as did quite a few reporters.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/27/conservatives-slam-rushed-controversial-house-vote/#ixzz2xIdLPIUN
Republican Rep. Steve Womack decided to hire a cheap songwriter to write a song about fixing health care. But the songwriter he hired stole the words and music from a song by Johnny Cash, and so it could not be used. That was a bad thing for the songwriter to do. He should not have done that.
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[song starts at :55]
Well the only thing that'll pass this bill is a fast vote
(voice vote and barely known...)
And I don't wanna hear no crying all-gone-wrong vote.
Kick it off and let's all pick a fast vote.
Now don't go bringing singing strumming me no slow vote,
stay away from all that (clear-the-throat) quote-"vote"-quote.
Throw me one that's flying and I'll hang on.
I'll come in on my part on a fast vote.
dideldiedie.....
Well it don't have to have a banjo or mandolin
but let it in, if it wants in.
Keep the rosin* handy and the horse hair tough and tight.
Pick it up and I'm liable to pick all night.
Ah, but don't go bringing singing strumming me no slow vote,
stay away from all that (clear-the-throat) quote-"vote"-quote.
Throw me one that's flying and I'll hang on.
I'll come in on my part on a fast vote.
[Repeat last verse, but a little faster]
*from Wikipedia, players of bowed string instruments rub cakes or blocks of rosin on their bow hair so it can grip the strings and make them speak, or vibrate clearly... Violin rosin can be applied to the bridges in other musical instruments, such as the banjo and banjolele, in order to prevent the bridge from moving during vigorous playing.
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