Kay Bailey Hutchison appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box to whine and bellyache about the Grand Old Anglo Party being "shutout" of the healthcare debate in Washington.
"There is no bipartisanship here," she said. "There were something like 45 amendments on the health care bill that came out of the Senate committee. Two Republican amendments were put on out of 45 offers."
Speaking this morning on CNBC's "Squawk Box," the Dallas Republican disagreed with Obama's contention that Republican views were being considered and declared: "The Democrats want to pass their own plan, of course."
Really? No bipartisanship at all? Being shutout? Obama is lying about bipartisanship? From MSNBC:
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus today announced that a bipartisan group of committee members have "locked down and agreed" on two "major issues" of their version of the health-care reform bill. But Baucus refused to give specific details on which provisions agreement was reached.
He did said the agreement was on a policy provisions -- not issues that address how to pay for the massive reform. "Major issues," Baucus said, "issues that have been in the public domain for a good time."
Beside Baucus and Conrad, the group consist of Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Mike Enzi (R-WY), and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM). Baucus says the group will meet again today at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm ET.
Either Senator Hutchison can't count, because I see four Republican senators working with Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus on health care reform, or she is being shutout by her own Party as it relates to the health care debate. Moreover, her attempts to portray President Obama as lying to the American people about bipartisan efforts to find common ground on health care reform demonstrate who is really being dishonest to the public. You see, Kay, you have to actually come to the table and be willing to add something constructive to a debate versus just saying "no, no, no" all the time.
Poor Kay. |
