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Quick Fact: Gateway Pundit claims Senate will vote on health care reform bill after "10 Hours" of debate

November 20, 2009 2:22 pm ET — 4 Comments

Trumpeting a Drudge Report headline, Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft claimed that Senate Democrats "will only deliberate 10 hourson [sic] SATURDAY before they vote to nationalize one-sixth of the US economy." In fact, the Senate vote scheduled for Saturday is a vote on a cloture motion -- which would allow the full Senate to begin debate on the health care reform bill -- not a vote on whether to pass the bill, as Hoft suggested.

From a November 19 Gateway Pundit post:

Fact: Senate to vote Saturday on whether to debate the health care bill, not on whether to pass the bill

As the Los Angeles Times noted on November 20, "The Senate today began debate on the next phase of healthcare reform, arguing over whether to bring the Democratic bill to the floor. The vote to allow full debate is scheduled for Saturday night. The vote, called cloture, requires 60 votes to pass, and if that hurdle is cleared, debate would begin after Thanksgiving."

— E.S.S.
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    • Author by wesley (November 20, 2009 3:01 pm ET)
         
      The vote for cloture is to set a time limit to end all debate...not start the debate.

      A vote to invoke cloture is to end a filibuster...not start the debate.
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    • Author by Eric Jaffa (November 20, 2009 3:28 pm ET)
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      The bigger blunder is Jim Hoft implying that passage of Senate health care bill would "nationalize one-sixth of the US economy."

      Mediocre regulations of health insurance companies, which can still deny claims, and a weak public option, is far from nationalization.
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      • Author by rrastro (November 20, 2009 11:28 pm ET)
           
        mediocre regulations like not taxing money spent by employers and employees on health care and denying competition across state lines are part of the problem.

        I agree, no more claim denials and I claim Im disabled and need a staff of 20 for my personal needs, which I get if claims are not denied and fraud not investigated.

        The number one problem in this debate is that few know what insurance os for or how it works.
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    • Author by ScienceBuff (November 20, 2009 4:52 pm ET)
         
      Maybe they're thinking that once the bill goes to the floor there won't be any realistic chance to kill it. Nah, their thinking doesn't go that deep. They're just wrong again.
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