More Backdoor Deals Sure To Be In Passing Of Healthcare Through House
By Julie Smith on March 10, 2010, 7:14 amIt must be hard these days to be a member of Congress, with all the decisions that have to be made in regards to the health care debate. On the one hand is a angry electorate dead set against the proposed legislation. On the other is an administration pushing at all costs to see the legislation succeed. And in the middle is the lowly member of Congress trying to triangulate the solution to one pressing problem. Just what will it take to make everyone forget how I voted when they don’t like my vote?
Chicago Machine Politics 101
So in this day and age and with this administration, everything’s for sale. Exemptions from certain regulations in the new legislation. Cash for some states to offset costs. The list goes on and on. Penny by penny, dollar by dollar, Rahm Emanuel adds another “yes” vote in the final tally, and Americans increasingly feel that principles have flown out the window. Even the administration knows this to be true, cajoling members of Congress to forget about the constituents and vote for the legislation even if it could irreparably damage their re-election chances.
After The Bill Passes
After the bill passes and the public gets to look under the sheets of the Obama administration, the public will become angry at what it discovers. Deals not to “sweeten the pot” for fence sitting members of Congress, but deals intended directly to benefit members of Congress voted out of office. Perhaps board seats for ex-Congressmen. Maybe political appointments for members of Congress who “walked the plank” for the administration. One thing is for sure, and that is the administration is more than willing to make any deal it feels is necessary to ensure success. Even if it makes the public furious.
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