Remember when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told us that we needed to pass Obama’s healthcare reform to learn what was in the bill? In case you have forgotten, posted below is a video of Pelosi’s remarkable words.
If you thought Pelosi’s words were taken out of context or a mere slip of the tong, fellow Progressive, Senator Christopher Dodd, today outdid the House Speaker. Dodd, Democrat from Connecticut, is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and led the effort to pass far- reaching new financial rules. Dodd got the bill voted out of Committee early today and in a news conference said:
“It’s a great moment. I’m proud to have been here. No one will know until this is actually in place how it works. But, we believe we’ve done something that has been needed for a long time. It took a crisis to bring us to the point where we could actually get this job done.”
This is an incredible statement. Here is a 2,000 page bill that will affect most American’s in significant ways and its author doesn’t even know how it will work. Still, President Obama has praised the bill and promised to sign it quickly. No wonder nothing in Washington works. The knuckleheads passing bills either do not read them or do not understand them. Signing bills under these circumstances should be an impeachable offence!
