Congressman Yells 'You Lie' at Obama During Speech - Political News - FOXNews.com

Congressman Yells 'You Lie' at Obama During Speech - Political News - FOXNews.com

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I am appalled by the Congressman's lack of civility. Any who have read my blog know that I disagree with the President's policies and believe his vision for the United States is incompatible with the basic precepts of the Constitution and the ideals of our founding fathers, but he is still the President and should be accorded the respect due the President when appearing before a co-equal branch of government. The Congressman's energies would be better spent working hard to re-establish the Legislative branch as co-equal to the Executive Branch. He should probably apologize publicly to the President. Right after the Democrats apologize publicly to President Bush for their catcalls and boos during his speeches in 2004 and 2005.

As for why the Congressman yelled, "You lie!", he may have a point. While HR 3200, as written, does not explicitly allow illegal immigrants to have health care, it does exempt them and alien visitors from the statutory fine--odd that they are treated better than citizens in this--by the IRS should they not have health care insurance. Further, when the bill was in committee the Republican minority introduced two amendments that were turned-down on a party line vote. The first was to expressly exclude illegal aliens from coverage while requiring proof of citizenship or legal presence; and the second was to prohibit federal funds from being used to fund abortions.

If the Democrats didn't intend to let these two things happen through the back door, why did they vote against the amendments?