Potential Slaughter Rule has Congress in an uproar. Will moderate Dems really dare go along with this?

Dems are trying to push through Obamacare by any means necessary. Are they really this out of touch? They will lose big in November anyway. Surely they know that now, and are willing to try passage of the controversial legislation by using the kamikaze effort now being touted as the Slaughter Solution.

As some obviously still believe Health Care Legislation will never be overturned, and will be widely accepted once enacted, you might say they are willing to become martyrs for the cause.

The Slaughter Solution is explained briefly in this Washington Examiner article published on 3/10/10:

Would House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow House Democratic leaders try to cram the Senate version of Obamacare through the House without actually having a recorded vote on the bill?

Not only is the answer yes, they would, they have figured out a way to do it, according to National Journal's Congress Daily:

"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.

"Slaughter has not taken the plan to Speaker Pelosi as Democrats await CBO scores on the corrections bill. 'Once the CBO gives us the score, we'll spring right on it,' she said."

Each bill that comes before the House for a vote on final passage must be given a rule that determines things like whether the minority would be able to offer amendments to it from the floor.

In the Slaughter Solution, the rule would declare that the House "deems" the Senate version of Obamacare to have been passed by the House. House members would still have to vote on whether to accept the rule, but they would then be able to say they only voted for a rule, not for the bill itself.

Now comes Republican Senator's, including Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker to warn House Democrats that reconciliation in the Senate will be fought tooth and nail.

President Obama's Final March is in full effect, and Republican Congressman's switchboards are lighting up after Obama and the DNC put out an email this week asking supporters who have signed up to the Democrat's Organizing For America emails to call their Congressman, even going so far as to provide phone numbers.


As Thomas Paine said, "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."

Or as my grandfather used to say, "stand for something, or fall for anything."