ManBearPig
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Nanci Pelosi is considering an option, called the "Slaughter Option", in congress to pass the healthcare reform bill through the House. It's an option that bypasses the 60-vote majority and the 51-vote reconciliation. It's basically an option that says "It's passed because I, the Speaker, says so".
My question is this: If they end up doing this with Healthcare, what's to stop them from doing it with an Assault Weapon Ban? Could they then have Diane Fienstein and Carolyn McCarthy write up a bill that is worded as ridiculous as humanly possible that says all Americans have to turn in all their guns or be jailed or shot (something ridiculous that could never get votes), and then just use the slaughter option to say "it's passed, no voting required"?
I mean if the Speaker can use this "it's passed because I say so" option to pass the healthcare bill, then the Speaker can pass whatever bills she wants at her whim and nobody can do a damn thing about it...including another Assault Weapon Ban or something far worse. It completely takes voting out of it; doesn't matter how many are for or against the bill in question.
My question is this: If they end up doing this with Healthcare, what's to stop them from doing it with an Assault Weapon Ban? Could they then have Diane Fienstein and Carolyn McCarthy write up a bill that is worded as ridiculous as humanly possible that says all Americans have to turn in all their guns or be jailed or shot (something ridiculous that could never get votes), and then just use the slaughter option to say "it's passed, no voting required"?
I mean if the Speaker can use this "it's passed because I say so" option to pass the healthcare bill, then the Speaker can pass whatever bills she wants at her whim and nobody can do a damn thing about it...including another Assault Weapon Ban or something far worse. It completely takes voting out of it; doesn't matter how many are for or against the bill in question.