Our Congress is out of control

[Haggis@wk]

An article in the National Journal’s CongressDaily breaks the story, starting with the headline: “SLAUGHTER PREPS RULE TO AVOID DIRECT VOTE ON SENATE BILL.”
Excerpts:

House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter is prepping to help usher the healthcare overhaul through the House and potentially avoid a direct vote on the Senate overhaul bill, the chairwoman said Tuesday.
Slaughter is weighing preparing a rule that would consider the Senate bill passed once the House approves a corrections bill that would make changes to the Senate version.

This is tyranny

[Shapley]

This is wrong on every level. The Senate passes a bill, the House modifies it and it goes to the President. Why not just have the House pass the Senate's bill in the first place? What is Harry Reid, an empty suit? (Don't answer that, I know the answer already...)

[Haggis@wk]

Democratic leaders should be asking themselves just how they have gotten to the point that their strategy is to amend a law that doesn’t exist yet by passing a bill without voting on it. Surely it’s time to start over.