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I have been watching the U.S. House of Representatives debate on T.V. and it's obvious the Democrats have much to learn about economics. You cannot spend your way out of debt. Anyone with any common sense knows that. Every effort the republicans make to stop the spending is ignored by the democrats. It appears to me that the democrats have no respect for the taxpayers money. Americans are tired of paying for irresponsible decisions made by government.

This is important enough to take the time to do it right.

One bad habit that Obama seems to have carried over from Bush is the whole "If we don't solve this problem by next Tuesday, the world as we know it will end."

I appreciate the urgency of the issue, but there is a difference between urgency and hysteria.

I would rather pay 12,000 to the federal government, than 12,000 to blue shield.

The more the g.o.p lies, the more I favor the total elimination of private for profit health insurance.

Yeah, I want what they have in Canada, France and the Netherlands.

Wow, it's the first time I like what this guy had to say...

Why are the Democrats so unable to pull their heads out of their butts and just ram this thru... there is never going to be bi-partisan support so why delay? Oh that's right, Health Care Corps. are in your pocket too! Hopefully the next two elections will be a cleaning out of the House and Senate these RATS that claim to be Democrats! Blue Dog Democrats... *scoff*... at best you're an Independent.

thank you Senator Reid. (Probably the only time I'v eever said that).
don;t be bullied into doing something just to get it done. do it right and think about the consequences this time. (not like the banking fiasco with Fannie Mae).

Maybe there are alternatives. Maybe the republicans do have some decent ideas. Maybe there really are only 10-15 million unisured, (45 million less the 10-15 million illegals, less the 20 million who elect not to have health insurance).

Not such a big problem after all. But once again, if it's popular that's all that matters to obummer.

sorry harry that you may now be the target of attack ads from obummers secret service now, but finally you did the right thing for once.

Thank God! This will give time for more Congressmen to wise up and stand up to Obama! Has any one noticed that he hasn't kept a single campaign promise and that every prediction he has made has been horribly wrong and that he has quadrupled the national debt in FOUR MONTHS??? Sorry, I correct myself. He has made very good on his campaign promise to bring change to this country. Socialism is, indeed, a very big change. When will anyone in this Obama-mania media hold him accountable?

Thanks! Health care reform needs to be done RIGHT and it will take time to do that. I work for a medical doctor and tort reform should be looked into

As much as I despise Harry Reid, at least he has faced reality that this reform cannot be rushed. Now would someone please tell Obama and Pelosi to face reality. People want health care reform, we just don't want what you are trying to shove down our throats now. Go after the pricing of medicine, medical care, insurance claims and discriminations.

Obama wants to push the legislation through before Congress has time to do its homework. The country needs to know what is in it before it is voted on. A good reforn is more important than meeting his self-imposed deadline. He seems to be running scared. He must be afraid it won't happen if it is not rammed through prematurely. It sounds like an ego trip for him.

YES!

Victory for the Republicans!!

Now hopefully we can create a Health Care Bill that actually reduces costs!

Everyone should thank the Republicans for stopping this democrat disaster!!!!!

I don't believe that waiting until they get back will really bankrupt the country. Let them have time to think this through so they get it right the first time.

Then there should be no recess- they should stay and get it done!

Overpromise and underdeliver. What is this guy, an intern? The longer we wait and the more we learn about socialized health care, the more opposition there will be. The writing is on the wall and the Dems know it.

If Reid were smart (but he isn't) he would say that Obamacare is dead forever.

Do your job. Seriously. For once in your political careers, do your job. It is ridiculous that you can justify a summer vacation after spending weeks bickering and not acting.

I'm a democrat and disgusted by Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. Our Party would be a lot better off without these two running Congress.

Isn't it funny how, when the Dow is down, the republicans say Obama's policies are failing and when it's up, they say the Dow is an outmoded way of measuring the economy? Have a nice dow!

Why bother to comment..Any opposing views that is detrimental
to your news network will be considered inappropriate...
It is only true constructive criticisms that will help the administrative
to do better....How can Obama comment that the Police is stupid...
They are doing their job and to add that racist issue is an act of
racial division in his leadership. His silver tongue needs to be tamed.

This just disgusting. The media playing one side against another and the president and the GOP both jumping on board. We need to cool down people.

Did Harry Reid switch parties and not tell anybody?

What IS this guy's problem?

CNN, you might as well start addressing him as Reid (R-NV).

Does this mean that each senator will be carefully pondering this issue during their recess? Yeah, right. This is just another stall tactic.

This will not be the President's Waterloo. This will be THEIR Waterloo. They ALL need to be fired.

Why are the DEMs trying to work with the party of NO?...is Reid getting campaign contributions from the insurance lobby too?

the low-brows are right. the democrats are failures. all my life, they just keep bungling every thing. at least the hate-mongers are consistant.

Maybe they will actually read the bill over their recess. Not likely but one can hope. And one can also hope that the Blue Dog democrats will realize how fiscally irresponsible this bill is.

Just heard Obama say that Cleveland Clinic has lower costs. I want to see that in black and white because I don't believe it! Mayo clinic a similar organization orders every test known to man and is expensive. He always brings up test duplication. Often tests will not be paid for even if the doctor does the work (ie if pt has had an echo and a PCP who is not performing the test orders another echo many times insurance does not pay the cardiologist performing the test because it has already been done. The cardiologist has done the work but has to eat the cost because the PCP ordered a test that was deemed "unnecessary". So to think that ALL this money will be saved by not paying for unnecessary tests is absurd. They already don't pay it and stick the doctors holding the bill (and they cannot bill the patient for the test if it is not allowed by insurance/medicare). The way to avoid unnecessary tests is TORT REFORM. Of course, he won't do that because he is a lawyer and so is most of the house and senate!

Finally they have slowed the train to bankrupcy and disaster down. Surely our President didn't think he was going to pull another fast one on the Republicans on health care like he did with his stimulus package?

I guess when you already have health insurance, its ok to take a vacation before you get the job done. Enjoy, Senators. The rest of us will, hopefully, not get sick or hurt.

"I want", dont get. Obama's ego, says so. He has done absolutly nothing. He talks and spends your money and that is all

WOW, finally some common sense from our big spending 111th Congressional Senate! Thank you for not forcing my family into the sub par healthcare system Nutty Nancy calls "the government option"!!

stab in the back again how about petition to have senators buy their own health coverage

Good! I was not impressed or sold on this health care reform from watching what the President had to say last night. He seems to just want health care reform without being specific. He is rushing to get too much done too fast. His priority should be the economy and getting jobs for un-employed US citizens.

Harry is a fool...

No, you stay until you get it done. Period. WE THE PEOPLE ARE YOUR BOSS. We say you stay until you finish this job. Get it done. No more dawdling, no more games, no more stalling. JUST DO IT.

If the Democrats actually were a liberal party, they would have ran their proposals as far to the left as possible, and then compromised with the Republicans on a middle ground that would actually be where they wanted to be all along. Instead they start in the political center and give ground by moving right.

The Democrats are overall a centrist party. Hopefully someday we can have three political parties in the US, the far right conservatives, the centrists, and the progressive liberals. As a progressive liberal, I'm really getting sick of being in the same political party as the "Blue Dog" obstructionists. They've got no ideas of their own, just vague "concerns" about the ideas of others, and they're only really "concerned" with getting re-elected.

This is absolutely amazing... the Stock Market is going straight up. Let's ride this thing for all it's worth. Who knows when it's going to end. But, don't waste a minute, when you COULD BE making a ton of money in the market. Time waits for no person, and if you snooze...you miss out. I hope everybody is making money like I am in the Market. Forget health care. Who cares about that. If everybody invested their money in the Stock Market, you wouldn't need all these programs. We'll all get rich together!

We vote for President Obama and other Democrats to fufill our request for Change and Reform in Health Care.

It needs to happen before any recess. If fact you should not go on recess when this great need of Health Care Reform needs to happen. now . All i see in watching you all is time spent ponficating, delaying, or address matters that can wait, and your statement of fiscal convervative is disiingenuous.

You all act like Health Reform is some new that now you need a long time to think about it, and can't read all the proposal, review ,and heaven forbide your sacrifing your vacation/recess to get this done NOW.

All I see it self intrest above all citizen of the Nation. You all have your insurance, opition and affordable health care. We need the same. SO DO YOUR JOB _ SACRFICE YOUR VACATION/RECESS
Now these Blue Dog/ crowards want are you going to do for the people how put you in power.

Do we stop paying the house and Senate when they go on "break"? I know they say they need to speak with their constituents. I wish we could do a real time study of these people. They are not meeting with average people unless it is a fund raiser for their campaign. It is no wonder they never get anything done. We keep hearing how bad things are, but not bad enough to stay on the job. STAY IN WASHINGTON AND FIX THIS COUNTRY.

We need healh care reform, and we need to take the time to get it right. Not a lot has been release about the Senate version. The current bill in the house is a piece of junk. And it won't cover anyone until 2013, no one suffering from lack of insurance will get any help from this bill until 2013, so why the rush? Obama wants this rushed so that we, the American people don't get a chance to understand what all is in it until it is too late. Just like the stimulus piece of pork filled junk that is not working as promised.

Mr. Spineless, what are you thinking? You are enabling the repubs. I guess that you want to be voted out of office come 2010. Good, we can accommodate you on that score.

All members of congress that vote against us, need to be voted out of office regardless of their party affiliation. If dems want to deny us health care, then they are truly repubs and not dems at all. So they can go away with the repubs that we will be voting out of office.

See ya Harry, thanks for nothing!

Reid is pathetic.

Hey CNN... when does the next session begin?

Reid, you wimp. How did they ever let you into a position of LEADERSHIP???

Now what's the nation supposed to do? You have blown it, just the way the Republicans wanted all along. You are the loser here, losing out to the detriment of the American people.

why–not. These people do absolutely nothing all year and all they worry about is their vacation. They should have to give up their health care until they pass a bill on this.

Since all Obama wants to do is RUSH everything thru without having Congress even read the bills, maybe this is a good idea. Spending a trillion or two should take some thought, but not with Odumbo.

They want to see how many more free dinners and campaign contributions they can get from the lobbyists of their corporate masters. Have a nice day!

Harry Reid is a first class "Do Nothing".

Shame on all of you. I expected this kind of behavior from the Republicans because they just do not care for the average American; but you Democrats have the votes you need if you would stick together.

Can you please think of the average American for once and do what is right for us. Enough of giving CEO multimillion $ and shareholders dividends from the outrages premiums.

Give us single payer non profit health insurance now. Do what is right Democrats and vote for this now. You do not need the Republicans on this one.

Spineless democrats just shot themselves again and is weakening our president.
95% of the people losing their jobs daily are also losing their healthcare......continues.

Good Lord. They get more vacation days than anyone in the world.

They want a recess? Let's put them on permanent recess. Some of these putzes have been on recess for 9 or 10 or 20 years. Let's quit re-electing them. They need to do the work of this country BEFORE they get rewarded with another paid vacation.

Vote the rascals OUT.

As much as I hate to say this but "GOOD!" Love you Mr. President but I don't believe the American people are hearing any substance of the the plan is other than the cost. Instead of spouting it needs to be done, why not actually tell us how it will be done. Not alot of transparency...this democrat is worried!

Smartest thing the Senate has finally done. Put a break on all of this stupidity. Now let's just hope the get smart during the break and READ the bill to see this will KILL healthcare.

Also – for all citizens that don't want Washington politicians and burecrats in possession of YOUR medical files to know all of your private information – you had BETTER WAKE UP! That is a given with this bill.

Where is our so-called press that should be alerting citizens to these problems with this thing?????

Sparing the country from socialised medicine isn't a "dire ramification," it's a victory. And if the federal government does act now to impose socialised medicine on us, it will be at the peril of the American economy and of the quality of American health care.

Get this Reform done!

This dog of a Plan is going, going GONE (hopefully)!

The need for health care reform is too important to be delayed. The Democrats leadership has done a poor job of selling the need reforms to the American people and failed to answer concerns of citizen who are quite reasonably afraid of health care being rationed, and taxes being raised to accommodate the health needs of the world’s poor who continue to come here legally or illegally.

President Obama, was not convincing in yesterdays speech, and ending his discussion with his assessment of one black man vs. police in New York greatly diminish his credibility. The sad reality is that the Police in New York probably tend to be prejudice and the Police officer probably did act stupidly, but Obama is not running for Mayor of the town that employees the Police Office, nor is he a spokesperson for Black causes.

I don't mind the government run healthcare as long as we don't have any taxes increase on anyone and all cost of healthcare related must be reduce from all side.

Eight million jobs lost since Reid became majority leader and Nancy became Speaker.

They need a vacation. Job distruction is hard work!

If other countries, have a "successful" universal healthcare system, has anyone studied how they do it? Or is the problem the universal healthcare in other countries is not all as it seems?

Wow, I'm really surprised!! Enjoy your vacations, you lousy good for nothing, free loaders!!

Harry, have the vote now. Push it through, get your senators on board. In other words do your job and get the votes!

It amazes me what voters will tolerate. If any of us ran our business in the same manner as Congress crawls through the process, the economy would be non existant. We would all be out of business. I would like to see lawmakers work toward a common goal with a sense of urgency no matter what issue is at hand. Get with it or get out. I just hope voters have enough sense to understand the process is the problem!

Democrats in Congress never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. I am disgusted. I would vote against my Democratic Senator if I had one.

Now we are finding out who REALLY runs our country.....Insurance companies......there won't be ANY health care reform, health insurance companies making way too much money for them to let that happen.

nothing left now but the blame game..............D O A

This bill MUST be killed! BAD MEDICINE for America! If people read the whole bill, it would frighten them to death, It infringe rights of the people guaranteed under the constitution; right to privacy and right to choose. USA is a FREE COUNTRY! As one person in Lousiana stated; "over my cold hands you'll turn my country into socialist."

Ah we have again circled back from HOPE and transformed our messages into doom and gloom.

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson

Good. Let them go home and get some feedback from constituents. Then they can return and do the right thing...dump Obamacare.

Do "Health Care For Everyone!" when the economy is in better shape. Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg. Obamacare will be one more drag on the economy.

Good. Kill this abominable legislation.

Both sides should sit down and produce a mutually acceptable plan that will benefit the American public (no special interests, please) and plan on working through the recess.

This is a huge problem and these knuckleheads need to get it together and do their jobs! I for one am beyond tired of all the silly posturing (especially you Bohner!). Get to work or give up your seat to someone who will!

Overhaul or scrap Medicare and Medicaid first. Those bloated socialized health plans are full of waste, fraud, abuse, conflicting rules, and layers upon layers of useless bureaucrats. Medicaid covers only 40% of the people its supposed to. Get rid of this crap before building a third governmental beast for health care. BTW, Medicare and Medicaid are a testimony to Government involvement in health insurance and health care.

Here we have a president who during the campaign,preached about bipartanship and full transparency and sofar has shown neither!He is a disgrace to the presidency and should be impeached TODAY!

Go Harry, we love you. Show what the Democrats are made of.

Messiah meets Reality.

Umbama cannot tell the Senate what to do but I saw he still feels good about himself because he told off some reporter.

Today Morning Rush Limbaugh was misleading Americans on his Radio Talk Show. He stated that “America has the Best Health Care in the World”, “Americans don’t have to Go to Other Countries for Health Service”.

Does our Constitutional 1st Amendment Right of Freedom of Speech:

1. Allow us to speak anything and everything, even if it is not true?
2. Can we speak anything based upon just fiction without enough data to substantiate its truth?
3. Can we speak on Media and Broadcast of something that is not true?
4. Can we just speak to mislead the listener?

this idiot actually believes that America thinks he is smart and our country hangs on the balance of his decisions...the leader of FOOLS.

That's the difference between a real leader and a soft one...
Speaker Pelosi was going to vacate the vacation to get it done. (Health Care for Americans) Senator Reid backpeddled once again. Reid you have the votes....Do what you have to do....be strong and don't let 40 Republicans stop you. You are in the Supermajority for a change!!!!

What is all that fuss about the health system. What do we have right now?. If you can afford it you have health inssurance companies, and they have a variety of program that someone can join if the price is right. If you can't afford health inssurance, you have medicaid. If you are 65 or older you have medicare, and that even if you can afford inssurance or not. One of the best health system in the world. What's the problem?.

WOOOOOHOOOOOO.........a Celebration to last through out the year.

After all the lies Obama told at his press conference (so many that even the NY Times had to publish the fact check), there was no way that even someone as slimey as Reid could push this through now.

When the Bush administration was pushing for an unfunded government giveaway to the drug companies to the tune of 9 trillion dollars of additional debt (Medicare part D) I didn't hear Blue Dog Democrats wailing about the out of control spending. How come it's only when legislation might actually benefit the American people rather than Congress' corporate overlords that politicians of either party cry foul and want to "slow down" the process? Oh, I guess I answered my own question.

Obama is reckless and his plan is a disaster. I'm glad that common sense is winning. Let's face it, these people come up for re-election in 2010 so the last thing they wish to do is cave into pressure from the great Odumbo and lose their jobs as a result. The black caucus is a joke and should be labeled a racist org. This is an AMERICAN issue not a BLACK or WHITE. Their simply bowing to a BLACK President regardless of the fact the plan is horrible.

This man has to be the most useless Senate Majority Leader EVER. The majority party needs a leader with a spine.

I heard this suggestion on MSNBC the other day- if not by
AUGUST recess – then – delay the recess until it's DONE...
stay in session, so you don't have to rush it – and get it done
right.

The arrogant, obfuscating Obama lacks any vestige of wisdom! But, he does have a colossal lust for power that is becoming very obvious!

If the federal government acts without taking the time to get it right, it will do so at the peril of the American people!

Reid, you are a wimp. We need a LBJ, somebody who can arm twist and threaten. Exactly why do they need to go on recess instead of continue to work on the legislation? There is no election coming up, no need to raise money right now. Or Reid, is it that you don't have enough influence to 'convince' Baccus to come back from his fly fishing trip?

If the main concern is for everyone in American to have healthcare coverage, we have a bigger problem. Individuals should take on more responsibility and accountability for themselves and for what they eat.
Providing healthcare coverage for all would not only try to cover up the problem but make it worse. I don't pay a premium for my food so I can pick up someone's else medical bill.

Its DOA Obama. And your poll numbers at 6 months are now BELOW George Bush's at 6 months .... too funny

You know what people? Think about this

It took Obama 6 mths to decide on a pet for his family!!! But something like healthcare (HC) must be crammed down our throats?!

Everything Obama says about HC is a lie and the CBO confirms this!

Why can't we just provide extend Medicaid to cover the uninsured citizen?
Why the rush?
If it is not about Obama, then why did Obammy himself said that the Blue-Dogs are "destroying" his presidency? Instead of showing leadership and dictating the terms of this Bill, Obama choose to let the idiots in Congress come up with anohter bloated bill stuff with crap that is going to hurt this country in the long run.

Way to go Mr. President. Some leader u r!!!
On the job training for a President who is inexperience at best and inept at worse!

Harry Reid also said that he did not work for President Obama. Reid has a problem with Black men I think.

I hope he gets beat in his next election.

SELL OUT!!!!!!!!!

so why are 71% of American's opposed to this bill? why are the messages to congress 15 to 1 AGAINST reform? why does Obama continue to push, push, push, push, push for this to be done now, now, now, now?! stop and think and you'll figure it out.

A complete disgrace. Voters, please remember that your legislators cared more about taking a paid vacation than about the welfare of the American people.

good for Reid. So how does this NOT change Obama's timetable?

the vote isnt being postponed because of "fierce republican opposition". that's hilarious . The republican are irrelevant right now. Regardless of what rep's want the dems are going to do what they want. The issue is the democrats, they are split they only way they can pass a health care reform bill is if they ALL agree on the bill. If they dont have 100 percent compliance then the dems will have to look for defectors from the rep side and i dont see that happeneing. so dems are postponing the vote until they can all get on the same page.

Looks like the big contributors to the Republican Party are getting their wish.

Oh Harry, did you not get the memo? We want a vote before you guys take your lavish vacations.

Thank God people in the President's party are slowing down a bit, you can not expect this to happen so quick. There is a lot of flaws to this plan, do this thing but do it correctly. Stop trying to hurry it.

I am scared to death to know so many people are rallying behind this without knowing a single detail.

God bless America, her people and her President.

The house and senate members have great health care, so why should they care about the rest of us?

Bout time reid showed some sense, now if pelosi would show some there might be time to really look at the situation an come up with a workable plan. I agree health cost are too high, however I do not agree with taxing existing health care plans or more taxes to provide for the program.All the radical far left caucus wants to do is get it passed so it will be a giveaway program to go along with welfare and have the working population pay for it.

Why bother – its not like they are going to read the bill before they vote on it anyway.

GOOD! This thing is a mess. They need to start with a clean sheet of paper. Hey, I'll help people in need, but this is a giant welfare program that's going to kill us. Here's an idea, get a job with a company that has benefits.

It's almost as though Congress is proud of doing nothing for the American public that they work for....

Oh look out, someone will actually have time to read and think! The Audacity of Dope....TORT LAW REFORM!

REGULATE THE LAWYERS NOT THE PHYSICIANS.

God forbid we ask congressmen to work thru part of their vacation.

Busting up lobbyists in Washington must be harder work than I thought!

well ,like pbo said, we would all have the same insurance as the politicians and the prez.. he did say this right, yes he did, so i guess we will all be standing in line hoping to get some kind of care

This bill is a dog! It is not designed to reform our health care system, it's designed TO PASS. It may be 60 votes (doubtfull at this point) but it won't do jack with regard to reforming our health system.

The Dems need to tell the Repubs to go ahead and take their vacation. Then the Dems get together, take a 55 gallon drum of gas, one match, AND START OVER ON THIS THING!!

Every industrialized democracy in the world has a nationalized healthcare system, and they all love it. Not one of them is talking about going to our system. We are the only ones who's system does not work, and we've been trying to change it for over 50 years, but can't get it done politically.

It's as if we're sitting in a room with about two dozen other people who are all doing the same job we're doing, but they are all successful while we fail. They are all doing it a certain way, but then they try to tell us to do it the other way, we go: "oh no. That won't work."

Harry Reid, Blue/Red Dogs, and Baucus are weak-kneed-yeller-livered-losers.....President Obama got many of them in office, now they are throwing them to the curb....

Mr. President......With all due respect, it's time to take that smile off your face and kick Reid, Baucus, Blue/Red Dogs to the curb by going on the road again, and talking to We The People.....You went to Nevada and helped Chicken Little Reid raise funds, and he thanks you by showing that his yeller hide can't stand up to the LOSER GOP crowd....What a waste of time and energy.....Give those idiots a big high five minus four and work your stuff....Don't let them wear you down.....Stay encouraged.......

Hope they can all come to their senses, and NEVER pass this health care bill. I agree with Reid; it is not about quantity but quality, and this bill is lacking that. America, please lets all unite and say no to Socialized Medicine.

Shame on you Reid. With friends like you who needs enemies.

Once again, Sen. Reid proves that he has no spine.

Congratulations to caving in to pressure of big campaign contributors, Senator Reid you spineless wimp. Hopefully, the Senate Dems will toss Reid out on his cowardly backside and find themselves a leader with some backbone and the intestinal fortitude to stand up to the predatory special interests of the AMA and pharmaceutical and health insurance industries as well as the whining GOP.

Let us hope that we can develop a pattern of stopping liberal madness before our nation is completely destroyed. We need to remain a nation that serves the interests of those who make before those who take. That doesn't mean we don't help the less fortunate, we just don't look to create policy that will result in more of them. The people who give dollar for dollar more of their money to charity than anyone else (conservatives), are by no means greedy, they are just fair.

We really need to get these old farts out of the seante.

So, this is going to simply go away and never be passed....wait and see. They're dragging their feet and thats a bad sign.
The Dems are making a BIG mistake.....BIG MISTAKE.
Goodbye healthcare.

I don't care what it takes people get the darn bill done and pass. If you Democrats screw around and don't pass this Health Care bill your votes are going to be down the tube with the Republicans. So don't think you are off the hook.

Ah well...keep crackin the whip tho Obama...these mules will get it together sooner or later.

That's fair. I think its ok to take time and review the bill 100 times over before its passed or voted on.

I sincerely hope Reid gets voted out. I'm a Democrat and if he loses to a Republican, so be it. The man is spineless.

That is so lame. Just get it done already!

Need a Dem family photo you might want to reserve your room now for Martha's Vineyard......vacation comes before resolution...as always.

Good decision, take their time and do it right. If they had to finish it before break, they would pass anything so they could get their vacation.