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Grassley Touts Health Care Bill He Voted to Kill
Mar 24th, 2010 | 13 responses
This is beyond belief:
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has long been a vocal critic of the Democrat’s health reform efforts, but today he started taking credit for some provisions of the bill, and talking up his own role in crafting the legislation.
In a release sent out by his staff to reporters today, Grassley says the bill will “hold tax-exempt hospitals accountable for the federal tax benefits they receive” thanks to his work.
The full text of his statement is below the jump at the above link.
13 Responses to “Grassley Touts Health Care Bill He Voted to Kill”
The Republicans also have no problem crowing about the stimulus moneys when it comes to funding their districts/states. The hypocrisy of it reeks.
Constitutional Amendment Idea #578: A Congressperson or Senator cannot openly promote legislation that the representative previously voted against. Any attempt to turn about and hypocritically link oneself to a program you voted against will result in a permanent ban from all weekend and weekday talk shows and will be docked their annual salary. The penalty also will require the representative to earn his/her paycheck during government vacation days at their nearest bowling alleys during the midnight shifts at minimum wage.
Obama and Pelosi stressed the GOP contributions in the bill, so I don't see the inconsistency in being against the bill as a whole but proud of certain elements within it.
Well it is like voting for it before you vote against it, or being for it before you voted against it…which of course will be the retort of the Dems in the 2010 campaign.
DaGoat–
Come on!!
This just like the Republicans who voted against the stimulus package taking credit for the money when it got to their states.
This just like the Republicans who voted against the stimulus package taking credit for the money when it got to their states.
Fair point GeorgeS but this seems a bit different. I think Pelosi said there were over 200 GOP amendments within the bill. If any Republican takes any credit for any one of those amendments is he being hypocritical? I certainly don't think it would be “beyond belief” as Kathy states.
I think both Democrats and GOP have made similar comments about their votes in past bills. This is nothing new.
DaGoat–
How many of those bills got zero votes from the opposition party?
What happened in this case is unusual–and unhealthy.
The inconsistency is in establishing credibility, if you're going to bed her in the dark you gotta court her in the day light.
That could be a country & western song.
Grassley didn't say he was against the bill as a whole but proud of certain elements in it. Obviously, he could not have said that, since if he had, the next question would have had to have been, “If you're so proud of your contribution to the bill, why did you vote against it?”
Actually, yes, DaGoat: If any Republican takes credit for an amendment in a bill he (or she) voted to kill, that would be not just hypocritical, but moronic. He or she would look like an idiot. How can you take credit for an amendment that would never have existed if the vote on the bill it's in had gone your way? That makes no sense at all. “I supported this amendment that will do all this good stuff, but I voted against the bill that the amendment is in?” That's inane, DaGoat.
This is better this than what some Republicans are doing. If Grassley and others begin to tout the healthcare bill, perhaps the tenor of the debate will become less heated and a Democratic House member might not get shot. In a country as great as America, it breaks my heart having to say that.
Nothing at all wrong with Grassley liking his own idea and disliking the Liberal lard package it was wrapped inside. Its not like he signed into law those aspects that he attacked his rivals for on the campaign trail like a certain flip flopping President.
Just wait until we're flirting with a credit downgrade again, or the “deficit reduction commission” begins working in earnest. Eventually the Dems will be courting the GOP for political cover for hard decisions.
” Grassley said he wanted to find a bipartisanship solution “. . . . .
Now we know have an example for bipartisanship. . . I could not figure our what bipartisanship might look like. . . . Grassley is for both sides. . .WoW! Now we know. . . .