Kent Conrad Claims A “Higher Power” Is Authorizing The Bypass Of A Fillibuster
As the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Kent Conrad is the man who decides whether or not Obama can use the budget reconciliation process to bypass a filibuster and pass his nationalized health care bill on a strictly party-line vote. Originally Conrad said he was against using such a tactic. When asked how he came to approve of it anyway, he responded by saying he was motivated by a…uh…“higher power.”
After the House and Senate both passed President Obama’s $3.5 trillion spending blueprint with reconciliation language for national health care, what say the senior Democrats in the Senate who told the American people they were against ramming through a health care bill on an expedited basis? Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said he was pushed into reconciliation by a “higher power,” in response to a question from Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.).
So “god” made Conrad do it. And not the best interests of his constituents.
Which probably isn’t surprising. From his $3.1 million, VIP-financed Delaware beach house it may be easier to hear “god” than North Dakotans.
