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U.S. Senate approves final healthcare reform changes

WASHINGTON, March 25 | Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:16pm EDT

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a package of changes to President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare overhaul and sent the bill to the House of Representatives for final passage.

The changes put the finishing touches on the sweeping healthcare reform bill signed into law by Obama on Tuesday. The House is expected to approve the package later on Thursday and send it to Obama for his signature.

The changes include an expansion of subsidies to make insurance more affordable and provide more state aid for the Medicaid program for the poor. They also eliminate a controversial Senate deal exempting Nebraska from paying for Medicaid expansion costs and close a gap in prescription drug coverage for seniors.

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txfilly101 wrote:
I’m very unsure about this Health Care Reform. I just can’t see how it will work. I think its bad for small business owners. I feel like us middle class tax payers are going to end up footing the bill for everyone. I just don’t think this is the answer. Here is a graphic that says it all… http://www.typobounty.com/Funny/Health_Care_Reform2.htm
http://typobounty.com/Funny/Obama_1.htm

Mar 25, 2010 12:50am EDT  --  Report as abuse
SomeCommonSense wrote:
If I am not mistaken this “signing into law” before the Senate approved the bill, and it was sent back to the House for the final passage, was entirely unconstitutional. Why are the constitutional lawyers not jumping all over this?
Section 7 of the US Constitution states in layman terms that a bill must pass both the House and the Senate before the president signs it into law.
Recap: The “presentment clause” describes the only way that a bill can become law: it must be passed in identical form by both Houses and it must be signed by the president or passed by a two-thirds vote of Congress over the president’s veto.

President Obama, Pelosi, and everyone who witnessed/participated in the signing of the House version (not both house and senate..just the house version) of the healthcare reform bill just trampled on the Constitution of the United States.

Mar 26, 2010 2:14am EDT  --  Report as abuse
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