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Is the only way to get legislation passed to "buy it"? let's see if this can be applied to healthcare reform... ps: the answer is yes The Healthcare Reform Senate Bill was passed on Christmas Eve with 60 to 39 votes. Malcolm exposes some of the pork projects, gifts and other compromises in this bill that were used to secure votes.read more: Among the "hundreds of deals cut so health care legislation can stay alive," The Associated Press reported Monday: The political game is so crazy and removed from common sense it migth as well be just like playing a board game. Look what we found:
"-- Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., got $100 million more for her state's Medicaid program before announcing her support.
"-- Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders didn't get Medicare-for-all, but he successfully pushed a $10 billion increase for community health centers," and "-- Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., the crucial 60th vote for the bill, won a slew of concessions for his state." Health care deal looks a lot like a bribe
“America's overused credit card, issued by the Bank of China, may have to be used one more time to pay for Reid's deals. The majority leader traded to help ensure the votes of Sens. Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Chris Dodd, Bernie Sanders and others representing 11 states by giving them special perks for staying on the health care bus that's about to drive us all over the financial cliff. They may argue they weren’t bribed, but they certainly were rewarded. The price was enormous.” – “Harry Reid Playing Santa With Your Money,” CNN column, December 23, 2009
