Over the last six years, so many Americans have focused on how awful ObamaCare has been for the country that the intriguing story of how it came to pass in the first place has been all but forgotten.
In the Spring of 2009 the Democrats (and two Independents) were one vote shy of the 60 votes they needed to pass the Affordable Care Act — better known as ObamaCare — with a filibuster-proof supermajority in the Senate.
But the Democrats had tricks up their sleeves. Longtime Republican Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Spector jumped ship over to the Democrats giving them the 60th vote they needed. But an act of fate would drop them back to 59 when Massachusets Senator Ted Kennedy passed away and Republican Scott Brown shockingly won the special election to take his senate seat.
Not so fast. The Democrats called for a vote on Christmas Eve, mere weeks before Brown would take office, and the Democrats rammed the vote through with Kennedy’s interim Democrat senator. The bill they passed that Christmas Eve hardly even resembled the one narrowly passed by the House previously.
And now we learn that “Dirty Harry” Reid and the Democrats are up to their old tricks — this time regarding Antonin Scalia’s empty seat on the Supreme Court. To learn on how they plan on forcing a SCOTUS vote, continue reading on the next page:
It’s not entirely his own fault he is like that. He’s been in the Senate for so many years that he has learned all the ropes, including the ones he could hang himself with, and has just gotten very very good at what he knows, from being in DC and is able to pass on to others the things it takes to really do his job extra well. HEIL$#%&!@*
Enemy of the United States!
This old coot needs to go away
Reid puts a lot of SOUL into the job he loves so well. But beyond that, the man hasn’t got a soul, and wouldn’t know what to do with one if he had one.
Get out of politics Reid !You have done enough damage!
Harry’s a has been, don’t buy it!
Harry Reid you are a piece of c**p, you had 300 plus bills sitting on desk and did nothing with them, what a total jerk you are!!
THE REPUBLICANS DID DO THIS, BUT THE DUMOCRATS REFUSED TO LET THE NOMINATION GO THRU. PAYBACK IS HARD TO SWALLOW SOMETIMES, BUT WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS ALSO GOOD FOR THE GANDER. GET OVER IT HARRY REID.
OBOZO WAS A SENATOR WHEN THIS TOOK PLACE .
I thought he retired.