Pete King's Thoughts & Whereabouts: 3/20 - 3/22
Saturday, March 20, 2010
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - USAIR Shuttle to LaGuardia.
8:00 p.m. - 8:10 p.m. - Tape interview with WCBS-TV (Channel 2) against healthcare bill.
8:40 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. - Phone interview with WNBC-TV on healthcare.
8:45 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. - Phone interview with WINS1010 radio on healthcare.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. - USAIR shuttle to Washington.
12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. - GOP Conference in Capitol (Dems are getting very close).
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - Routine votes on House floor.
2:50 p.m. - 3:05 p.m. - To House floor for first procedural vote on healthcare bill. Dems win this vote.
3:45 p.m. - 4:05 p.m. - Dems win second procedural vote.
4:15 p.m. - Rep. Bart Stupak announces that he and other pro-life Democrats have reahced agreement with White House on abortion. Apparently, the President will give an executive order prohibiting the use of federal funds for abortion. The legal reality though is that an executive order cannot supersede a statute. This deal will put the Democrats over the top.
8:00 p.m. - 8:05 p.m. - To Cannon Rotunda to tape interview for WCBS-TV Channel 2 eleven o'clock news.
8:35 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. - To Russell Rotunda (in Senate) to tape interview for 11:00 pm news.
9:00 p.m. - 9:05 p.m. - Tape phone interview with WNBC-TV for 11:00 pm news.
9:15 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. - On house floor for final debate and votes. Spoke briefly to register opposition to bill. GOP Leader Boehner gives great closing speech. Key vote comes at just before 11pm. Bill passes 219-212. Subsequent Reconciliation vote also passes 220-211. Dems ecstatic, lots of celebrating on House floor. The fight goes on.
Monday, March 22nd
8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. - To Cannon Rotunda for live Fox 5 interview with Greg Kelly giving healthcare post-mortem.
11:30 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. - To Russell Senate Office Building to tape interview with Marcia Kramer for this evening's WCBS-Channel 2 news.
5:05 p.m. - 5:10 p.m. - To Fox studios at 400 North Capitol for live interview with Fox5 in New York on healthcare.
6:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. - To House floor for routine votes.