RNC Women

The health care bill now being pushed by the White House would fundamentally rewrite a full sixth of the economy of the United States.  It would grant the government unprecedented control over how our health care is paid for, which doctors we are allowed to see and what treatment options we are able to consider. 

A fundamental change to such a significant sector of our economy SHOULD require sixty votes in the United States Senate for passage into law.  Yet today the White House is threatening to use the reconciliation process to force a simple majority vote and silence the Republican voices speaking out against this deeply flawed proposal. 

Incredibly, just a few years ago it was then Senator Obama and Majority Leader Harry Reid who spoke out loudly against the reconciliation process.  At the National Press Club on April 26, 2005, then Senator Obama said when talking about reconciliation, “You know, the Founders designed this system, as frustrating it is, to make sure that there's ... more