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Waxman wants Blue Dogs to heel, signals committee bypass

By Michelle Malkin • July 24, 2009 12:22 PM

From Ian Swanson at The Hill:

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) says there is “no alternative” to having healthcare legislation bypass his committee if Blue Dog Democrats don’t agree to legislation.

Waxman said if the seven Blue Dogs on his panel do not relent, they could join with the committee’s Republicans to “eviscerate” healthcare reform.

“I won’t allow them to hand over control of our committee to Republicans,” Waxman told reporters.

Reuters:

The chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, Representative Henry Waxman, said on Friday he would let the full House by pass his committee on healthcare reform if the panel could not reach agreement on its version of the legislation.

Three cheers for deliberative democracy.

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#101

On July 25th, 2009 at 2:39 pm, swede said:

jangar said:

Piss on you, Henry.

Exactly what they’ll do me thinks.
#102

On July 25th, 2009 at 8:49 pm, rignerd said:

I hope he does bypass the committee. This will break the ice and when the republicans take over in 2010 we can bypass any committee that we know we are going to have a tough time with.

This is also the sure sign that we need to throw out all incumbents. They can’t be bothered to read the bill and they stand to see it debated on it’s merits. if it doesn’t get debated in committee and it doesn’t get read before they vote then who knows what is really in it?

Just for Spite I wish a Texas repub would slip a line in there outlawing democrats and wait a week after it passed and let them know they all had to go home.
#103

On July 26th, 2009 at 6:23 pm, Misscheryl said:

My husband calls Waxman “Hogwart.” Seems appropriate.