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Defend America on Monday, March 15, 2010 8:14:45 PM
GOP to use amendments as tactic
Seek to dash health reform by forcing difficult votes
By Jennifer Haberkorn
Capitol Hill Republicans are crafting hundreds of amendments in hopes
of tripping up the health care overhaul if Democrats scrape up the
votes needed to resuscitate the long-stalled measure by week's end.
Even though Democratic leaders on Sunday conceded they didn't
yet have the votes to pass President Obama's overhaul out of the House,
Senate Republicans are threatening to put up hundreds of amendments —
one of the few weapons in their limited arsenal — to force Democrats to
take difficult votes on politically sensitive subjects.
Amendments don't have to be relevant to the subject matter
under the controversial tactic Democrats are using to avoid a
filibuster, so Republicans can force Democrats to take tough votes on
any number of matters, such as closing the detention facility for
terrorism suspects at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
But they won't reveal any details ahead of time.
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/15/republicans-to-use-amendments-as-a-tactic/