BREAKING: Nelson (D-NE) Sold Out! -- Will Vote for Cloture!

This comes from Hot Air this Morning as Ben Nelson sold out -- the Senator who said there was nothing would make him sell out, sold out. Every Democrat has their price unlike a Senator Inhofe, Coburn, and host of other Republicans. Tired of hearing the two parties are alike because right now, it is obvious they are not.

Democrats stand for power grab at any cost and Republicans are standing for the people of America. There is a reason we chose Democrats for Sale as the name of this blog and once again the name has been proven right -- Sen Nelson of Nebraska will announce this morning that he is voting for the healthcare bill to his Democrat Caucus. His price came pretty steep as documented on Hot Air below.

It is time to recognize that Democrats in Congress are not for the people, but for their own self interest and payback to their donors. In this case, it is the drug manufacturers who don't want Americans to have access to Canadian drugs at a lower price. AARP sold out senior citizens to support Obama.

People need to wake up and realize that the Party of Corruption and For Sale is today's Democrat Party elected officials. It didn't used to be like that especially in the Senate when both sides worked together in a bi-partisan fashion but then Senator David Boren and Senator Sam Nunn and others like them put America not party first. There are NO Democrat Senators like those two and others today.

Read what Hot Air has to say and see how Ben Nelson was For Sale for a high price. Hope the people of Nebraska like what they are getting because they have their Senator to thank. There may be conservative democrat voters but there are NO Conservative Democrats in the Senate -- NONE!

Breaking: Nelson will vote for cloture
posted at 9:47 am on December 19, 2009 by Ed Morrissey

Every man has his price, apparently, and Harry Reid found Ben Nelson’s price for a cloture vote on ObamaCare. Nelson announced this morning that the language in the manager’s amendment on aborti0n will be enough to secure his support for Reid’s compromise bill, but Think Progress reports on what really sold Nelson — or bought Nelson, depending on your perspective. First, the Washington Post:

Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), the final Democratic holdout on health care, was prepared to announce to his caucus Saturday morning that he would support the Senate reform bill, clearing the way for final passage by Christmas.

“We’re there,” said Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), as he headed into a special meeting to announce the deal.

Democratic leaders spent days trying to hammer out a deal with Nelson, and worked late Friday night with Nelson on abortion coverage language that had proved the major stumbling block. But Nelson also secured other favors for his home state.

A few favors? Try a boatload of federal cash:

Under the current merged legislation (the version unveiled on November 18th), the federal government fully finances care for the expanded population for two years and increases its matching funds (known as FMAP) thereafter. Page 98 of the managers amendment specifically identifies Nebraska for higher federal matching funds, fully funding its expansion for an additional year:

‘‘(3) Notwithstanding subsection (b) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, the Federal medical assistance percentage otherwise determined under subsection (b) with respect to all or any portion of a fiscal year that begins on or after January 1, 2017, for the State of Nebraska, with respect to amounts expended for newly eligible individuals described in subclause (VIII) of section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i), shall be determined as provided for under subsection (y)(1) (A) (notwithstanding the period provided for in such paragraph)

Subsection (y)(1)(A) refers to page 399 of the original merged Senate legislation which fully funds state Mediciad expansions for the first two years. The manager’s amendment also provides 2.2% increase in FMAP to help states finance their existing Medicaid programs.

That will be worth at least hundreds of millions of dollars in federal cash for Nebraska … for the first three years. After that, Nebraskans get as screwed as the rest of the country.

And what about that abortion coverage? Nelson caved, as one can read in the published version, via Patriot Room: