I truly believe that the GOP will stop at nothing...see below (emphasis mine)
March 23, 2010, 7:18 pm
Senate Republicans Offer More Amendments
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
The amendments are piling up.
Here are a few of the Republican amendments, as described by the authors, that were submitted on Tuesday in the Senate. The senators referenced below are David Vitter of Louisiana, Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma, Bob Bennett of Utah and John McCain of Arizona.
Vitter amendment: Prohibiting use of funds to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). (#3554)
Grassley amendment: To make sure the President, Cabinet Members, all White House Senior staff and Congressional Committee and Leadership Staff are purchasing health insurance through the health insurance exchanges established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (#3564)
Inhofe amendment: To exclude devices for persons with disabilities from the medical device tax. (#3565)
Gregg-Coburn amendment: To prevent Medicare from being raided for new entitlements and to use Medicare savings to save Medicare. (#3567)
Bennett amendment: To protect the Democratic process and the right of the people of the District of Columbia to define marriage. (#3568)
Grassley amendment: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicare beneficiary access to physicians, eliminate sweetheart deals for frontier States, and ensure equitable reimbursement under the Medicare program for all rural states. (#3569)
McCain Amendment: To eliminate the sweetheart deals for Tennessee, Hawaii, Louisiana, Montana, Connecticut, and frontier States. (#3570)
See earlier post on amendments offered by Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma.
http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.c...al-amendments/
Link to this NY Times article:
http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.c...bennett&st=cse