[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1454]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HEALTH CARE AND THE SLAUGHTER RULE

  (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Madam Speaker, Article I, section 7 of the 
Constitution says that in order for a bill to become law, it shall have 
passed the House of Representatives and the Senate; yet yesterday, 
Speaker Pelosi endorsed the so-called Slaughter rule, which would 
merely deem that the House has passed the Senate health care bill and 
then send it to President Obama to sign without a direct recorded vote. 
This scheme is misguided, arrogant, and fundamentally wrong.
  The Speaker reportedly added, nobody wants to vote for the Senate 
bill. Given the facts that, among other things, the $1 trillion bill is 
marred with special deals, mandates, tax hikes, and Medicare cuts, it 
is no wonder they don't want to vote for it.
  Considering the wide-ranging effects this trillion-dollar effort to 
change health care will have, the American people deserve a clear, up-
or-down vote on this bill.

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