so ever g_o_p_ is a plan to
fight on health care reform
now is it true proposed uh... in the senate side something new where they
sell ideas how we should do healthcare reforms that
isn't to say hey you know what uh... you're part of the bill we can live with
but new york these are part of the bill that we don't live quite like
and here are amendments constructive amendments we'd like to
suggesting that look if they lose then lose but at least we'd like to propose
in do our job is the minority
that would be reached
they're not going on that
uh... senator judd gregg is put out a little manual
for all this republican colleagues
on how to delay an obstructed bill
procedurally
every way possible
i get a couple things out of this and because i'm reading of this keep in mind
senator gregg was the guy that oh bomber pick to be his commerce
so he waged out that this guy again i'm on board for the while ministers
initially agreed in any changes my when you realize our problems with
penfield a uh... and maybe age against them and that he'd never be able to
really run a republican accident a few ever dare work with a democrat
so now he's come back to the senate
and it
he's driving
the manual
on how to defeat
or bombers top
legislative priority in and you can use manual for all of or bombers
fights and again
it's not on substance
it's on
filled with tricks
let me read you vessel of reasons for it
look he says that we want their pork for complete and informed debate that sounds
pretty good
uh... an aggregate abit uses what we need to quote offer and unlimited number
of amendments
germane
or not germane
on any subject
this is an about hey let me give you a health care proposal that's contrary or
let me give you a constructive amount now
germane or not germane per partner and are not part on this subject err on any
subject
the point isn't debate the subject
the point if the killed the debate of the subject by letting it and lengthy
unit using the senate rules
that wasn't clear about this is another portion
of the memo as senator may make a point of order at any point he or she believes
that a set of procedures
is being violated
or without cost
yet only saying they're anything
wrote even if you don't think they're actually violating a point of procedure
say they're do it without cause this love to debate it anyway
and uh... he explains uh... after the pride presiding officer rules any
senator who disagrees
was such a ruling may peel the ruling of the chair
and that appeal is fully debatable
being okay let's say that they're doing something perfectly right
but you object without coughs
well that's chair rules against you 'cause he didn't even have any cause to
begin with
it doesn't matter any double for the day
after the chair
uh... rules against you anyway
now what do you do in the full debate
and i go to another portion of the matter
the senate must obey
each step
and all three motions referring to some which is he was just talking about
all three motions maybe filibuster requiring a cloture vote
and debate
have you not familiar with the
uh... the
technicalities of
closure and filibuster
witnesses
every single thing that they propose
whether it's relevant or not relevant
and whether they have cause or they don't have call
needs to be debated
and they need to get sixty senators to say okay
that one made no sense either let's move on
yes sixty senators are all of those instead of the
majority that you would normally need several majority
so they're filibustering
not just the content of the bill
but what he's proposing is
many filibusters
on motions they bring up
with or without co-op
it's like a out
filibuster on sterile
okay
so they're gonna obstruct this thing
no matter what
the filibusters important in protecting the rights of a minor
and in senate history there been different
both requirements for a filibuster so
used to be sixty-seven if that and sixty
there's some debate as the weather should be fifty five or
or different number of senators that you need to more on
that's the whole point
that et cetera k object and say hey i want a lightning debate
but if you didn't off
present-day keith sixty senators to say
hey you know what we need to move on in the debate
of anything do so
now that gives important rice in the minority party and i think that's
important and assist
the way they're doing that's
almost any number of senators it big
combined together conf force
blow afterglow
filibuster after filibuster acapella busting you got a dragon
sixty senators the boat each time
and on and on it but i was that means any minority
party whether it's republican democratic whatever it might be
effectively kill any and all legislation
now do you think that they're playing a constructive role here
or do you think there'd
faqs page we lost on the number of votes right on when i got a went on that
we're just gonna try to find every single loophole
to try to destroy all bombers agenda
animate your health care reform does not get past and of the health care
insurance companies continue to make
unbelievable profits
at the expense of the american people
because they paid a republican bill