Right from the horses mouth, Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV), who authored the ‘Byrd rule,’ aka ‘reconciliation.’ He put an end to Hillary Care then, and for the same reasons Obamacare should be stopped now.
Speaking on the floor of the Senate about the use of reconciliation to ram through Hillarycare, Sen. Byrd said . . .
I felt that changes as dramatic as the Clinton Health Care package, which would affect every man, woman, and child in the United States should be subject to scrutiny . . .
That health care bill, important as it is, so complex, so far-reaching, that the people of this country need to know what’s in it, and moreover Mr. President, we Senators need to know what’s in it before we vote.
{Referring to a telephone call President Clinton made to him, Sen. Byrd continues}
I could not, I would not, and I did not allow that package to be handled in such a cavalier manner. It was the threat of the use of the ‘Byrd rule.’ Reconciliation was never, never, never intended to be a shield, to be used as a shield for controversial legislation.
Where has the ‘mainstream’ media been on this?
h/t Breitbart.tv
