Should I go watch the healthcare vote Saturday evening?

[Lief 🗽]

The House is supposed to have their final vote on the bill this Saturday, probably sometime late at night. Should I go watch it from the public gallery? Y/N?

[bgwah]

Hmm, maybe. Personally I'd probably avoid it since I'm sure they frown upon throwing rocks at Congressmen, but...

[Barnes]

Hmm, maybe. Personally I'd probably avoid it since I'm sure they frown upon throwing rocks at Congressmen, but...

True...

However, I did watch the House vote back in November on C-Span, and that was enough excitement for me!

[Torie]

I would not be too sure that there will be a vote Saturday night.

[Free Trade is managed by the invisible hand.]

The House is supposed to have their final vote on the bill this Saturday, probably sometime late at night. Should I go watch it from the public gallery? Y/N?

you should watch it, but it wont happen if the CBO does not release the budget. I'll just put it this way, make sure you bring something to throw at the individuals who vote no....

[Sewer]

ya

[Torie]

The House is supposed to have their final vote on the bill this Saturday, probably sometime late at night. Should I go watch it from the public gallery? Y/N?

you should watch it, but it wont happen if the CBO does not release the budget. I'll just put it this way, make sure you bring something to throw at the individuals who vote no....

It also won't happen if Pelosi does not have the votes, and it may well be, that she won't.

The CBO numbers are missing, because the CBO needs to show the reconciliation bill will cut the deficit by 2 billion dollars from the Senate Bill (that is the only way to trigger the reconciliation process in the Senate), and that is tough to do, when the reconciliation bill has a lot more new and exciting ways to spend money. So the Dems dump in the student loan bill that is supposed to save money  because the government can lend money cheaper (screw the default risk and the interest cost) and that does not appear as a cost due to the magic of CBO accounting, but it is not enough, so behind closed doors, the Dems are trying to find some additional ways to try to save money vis a vis the CBO's bizarre accounting rules. Maybe they will dump some more bills into the hopper. Stay tuned.

[The Mikado]

Have you ever tried watching anything important from the Gallery?  It's theoretically possible but odds are seriously against you getting in...there'll be dozens of reporters who will be fighting for those seats.  You'll have just as good view on C-SPAN anyway.  Save the Gallery watching for unimportant junk when the galleries are borderline empty.

Isn't it amazing how small the House Chamber is?  I've never been on the floor, but even from the Gallery it feels slightly claustrophobic down there.  The State of the Union must be more packed than the Tokyo Subway.

[Torie]

Have you ever tried watching anything important from the Gallery?  It's theoretically possible but odds are seriously against you getting in...there'll be dozens of reporters who will be fighting for those seats.  You'll have just as good view on C-SPAN anyway.  Save the Gallery watching for unimportant junk when the galleries are borderline empty.

Isn't it amazing how small the House Chamber is?  I've never been on the floor, but even from the Gallery it feels slightly claustrophobic down there.  The State of the Union must be more packed than the Tokyo Subway.

Have you ever watched PM question time?  The House of Commons is really tiny, and well, there are more members of Parliament than in the US House.

[The Mikado]

Have you ever tried watching anything important from the Gallery?  It's theoretically possible but odds are seriously against you getting in...there'll be dozens of reporters who will be fighting for those seats.  You'll have just as good view on C-SPAN anyway.  Save the Gallery watching for unimportant junk when the galleries are borderline empty.

Isn't it amazing how small the House Chamber is?  I've never been on the floor, but even from the Gallery it feels slightly claustrophobic down there.  The State of the Union must be more packed than the Tokyo Subway.

Have you ever watched PM question time?  The House of Commons is really tiny, and well, there are more members of Parliament than in the US House.

I have, and it's striking there, as well.  Both buildings can't really be expanded, of course.  While at the Capitol, if you look at Statuary Hall, you can reflect that they used to have to force the entire House into that even more tiny room.  At least it had great acoustics.  (John Quincy Adams' desk position was able to hear things spoken on the other side of the room, allowing him to listen in on the other party's deliberations)

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Totally - that's gonna be something interesting to watch.

[Torie]

Have you ever tried watching anything important from the Gallery?  It's theoretically possible but odds are seriously against you getting in...there'll be dozens of reporters who will be fighting for those seats.  You'll have just as good view on C-SPAN anyway.  Save the Gallery watching for unimportant junk when the galleries are borderline empty.

Isn't it amazing how small the House Chamber is?  I've never been on the floor, but even from the Gallery it feels slightly claustrophobic down there.  The State of the Union must be more packed than the Tokyo Subway.

Plus, after waiting for a couple of hours to get a seat, or longer, you get to sit for about 15 minutes before being asked to leave, to make room for someone else. I sat in the gallery watching the House vote lowering the voting age to 18, which I strongly opposed. Odd for someone not yet 21 at the time I admit.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Have you ever tried watching anything important from the Gallery?  It's theoretically possible but odds are seriously against you getting in...there'll be dozens of reporters who will be fighting for those seats.  You'll have just as good view on C-SPAN anyway.  Save the Gallery watching for unimportant junk when the galleries are borderline empty.

Isn't it amazing how small the House Chamber is?  I've never been on the floor, but even from the Gallery it feels slightly claustrophobic down there.  The State of the Union must be more packed than the Tokyo Subway.

Plus, after waiting for a couple of hours to get a seat, or longer, you get to sit for about 15 minutes before being asked to leave, to make room for someone else. I sat in the gallery watching the House vote lowering the voting age to 18, which I strongly opposed. Odd for someone not yet 21 at the time I admit.

I'm curious, is that a view you still hold?

[CARLHAYDEN]

The House is supposed to have their final vote on the bill this Saturday, probably sometime late at night. Should I go watch it from the public gallery? Y/N?

Sorry Lief, but, unlikely to be a vote on Saturday.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Totally - that's gonna be something interesting to watch.

Sure, I'd go myself without second thinking if I had such an oportunity.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

The House is supposed to have their final vote on the bill this Saturday, probably sometime late at night. Should I go watch it from the public gallery? Y/N?

Neh, cuddle up and watch it like you're watching a porno, cause if it passes you'll want some private time

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Have you ever watched PM question time?  The House of Commons is really tiny, and well, there are more members of Parliament than in the US House.

There are less seats in there than there are MPs; when something important is going on a load end up standing. When it was rebuilt after the War there were proposals for a bigger chamber with enough seats for everyone, but the idea was very unpopular with MPs and came to nothing.

[Sbane]

I don't think it would be a good idea for me to go watch the healthcare vote, even if I could. The stream of inanities from both sides would probably make me snap and a brown man in a highly secure area needs to watch it.

[opebo]

Oh, don't go near that horrible place.  You're a nice young man and there's no reason to put yourself through that.  You know what is there already, I'm sure.

[Barnes]

Just watch it on C-Span and make a dart board with all the Dems. faces on it that vote no. I think you get my drift...

[Lief 🗽]

The vote will now apparently be held sometime Sunday morning. My friend who works for one of the Congressmen is seeing what he can do to get us seating.

[Vepres]

The vote will now apparently be held sometime Sunday morning. My friend who works for one of the Congressmen is seeing what he can do to get us seating.

I can see it now:

CNN: Healthcare bill fails and young college student shoots Betsy Markey in the face from the gallery, developing...

[RosettaStoned]

Yes, go see it, so you can cry when it fails.

[Lief 🗽]

I've secured a ticket and will be attending on Sunday afternoon!

[Bo]

Heck Yes.