"Obama used a “trick” to pass the ACA into law. This is a common meme among those opposed to the Affordable Care Act and/or President Obama. It’s less noxious than declaring the law invalid because Obama is a Muslim socialist from Kenya, but nevertheless it is simply not true. During the debate over the ACA, the constitutional process in both the House and the Senate specifically acknowledged the concerns of the conservative minority. There are more than one hundred and ninety-two republican amendments to the Affordable Care Act specifically addressing the minority’s concerns. The president himself, over the strenuous objection of his own supporters and a significant fraction of the voting public, compromised with the minority by dropping his election year promise of a public single-payer option. Again, the objections of the minority were acknowledged and did, very much, temper the outcome. Exactly as the Founders intended. And while there was public discussion among certain Democrats regarding the possible use of obscure procedural tactics during the Reconciliation process between House and Senate versions of the bill, in the end Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, was able to pull together a majority consensus by, in part, getting President Obama to reaffirm The Hyde Act via Executive Order in direct acknowledgement of minority concerns, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed by normal House vote 219 to 212 on March 23, 2010. This, in point of fact, is how our government is supposed to work. You have to win the argument, not just the vote."
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 06:49:06 +0000
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