Hatch Says ‘Nuts’ to Think Sunday Vote Will Resolve Health Care

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

March 19 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, said Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are “nuts” to think that Sunday’s vote on health-care legislation will resolve the issue.

Senate Republicans have enough votes on at least two points of order to alter the measure and send it back to the House for a second round of votes, Hatch said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend.

“If those people think they’re only going to vote on this once, they’re nuts,” Hatch said as House Democratic leaders rounded up support before the scheduled March 21 vote on President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority.

Hatch warned that the approach Democrats are using to pass the legislation in the House may be unconstitutional because the House and Senate aren’t voting on “exactly the same language.”

The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Hatch also said Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, 89, the longest serving member of the court, is “likely” to announce he is stepping down next month.

That will allow Obama to name his replacement, and Hatch suggested Solicitor General Elena Kagan and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano as possibilities.

“I suspect he’s going to try and pick another woman or somebody from some ethnic group that hasn’t had a chance to be on the court,” Hatch said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aghrqNBEBtIc

[Obama 2012 1,714]

The American people are blind to see what is really happening on Sunday if a "yes" vote happens.

The Senate bill is not being voted on, nor has it ever been presented to the house floor to be debated/discussed....

If they 'pass' the 'amendments' tomorrow that they want to and 'deem' the senate bill passed and Obama has the audacity to sign it. There will be HELL to pay.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

If they 'pass' the 'amendments' tomorrow that they want to and 'deem' the senate bill passed and Obama has the audacity to sign it. There will be HELL to pay.

Why's that? Because only the Republicans are allowed to do such a thing?