Extortion & Racketeering: Tools to Buy ObamaCare Votes

It's criminal how the cloture vote went down on Christmas Eve -- how the U.S. taxpayer is getting ObamaCare shoved down his throat via extortion and racketeering.

What's the legal definition of "extortion?"  According to law.com, extortion is defined thusly:

"n. obtaining money or property by threat to a victim's property or loved ones, intimidation, or false claim of a right (such as pretending to be an IRS agent). It is a felony in all states, except that a direct threat to harm the victim is usually treated as the crime of robbery. Blackmail is a form of extortion in which the threat is to expose embarrassing, damaging information to family, friends or the public.   See also: blackmail  robbery  theft

What is "racketeering?"  Krootlaw has this definition: "An organized conspiracy to commit crimes of extortion or coercion."  WordNet Search 3.0 has this definition of a "racketeer": "someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion."

Now, I realize that racketeering usually falls under situations of organized crime; however, given the shenanigans and under-the-table dealings of our congressmen of late, I fail to see much difference between the Mafia and the Senate.  Our politicians are organized crime.  Chicago politics.

Human Events provided a nice rundown of the scandalous bribery and "porkery" that it took to pass ObamaCare:

Just take a look at the PORK that was added to this monstrosity of a bill, just to bribe enough Senators to vote for it:

• With the bill hanging in the balance, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) won a provision exempting his state from paying the usual share of costs for new Medicaid patients. The deal, which critics have dubbed the "Cornhusker Kickback," is expected to cost the federal government $100 million over 10 years.
  
  
• Before a close vote last month, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) won an even larger break for her state -- an estimated $300 million in extra federal spending, in a move now derisively called the "Louisiana Purchase."
  
  
• Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) made sure that certain insurance companies in his state are off the hook from a new $7 billion dollar tax.
  
  
• Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) got his kickback -- a $100 million bonus for the University of Connecticut… to do with whatever they want.
  
  
• Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) was "persuaded" to drop his concerns after Senator Reid offered his state a $10 billion grant for "community health centers"-money that could easily be funneled to facilities that perform abortions.
  
  
• Three states -- Pennsylvania, New York and Florida -- all won protections for their Medicare Advantage beneficiaries at a time when the program is facing cuts nationwide.
  
  
• Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) won a promise from Reid to support his plan to expand eligibility for health insurance.
  
  
• The Senators from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming will get the "Frontier Freebie" -- they'll see an increase in Medicare payments to hospitals and doctors, because "at least 50 percent of their counties are ‘frontier counties,' defined as those having a population density less than six people per square mile."
  
  
• Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate health committee, got a provision inserted to increase Medicare payments to certain "low-volume hospitals" in Grinnell, Keokuk and Spirit Lake, treating limited numbers of Medicare patients.
  
  
• Even the Democrats themselves are starting to complain about this obvious "Cash for Cloture" bribing going on. When Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) couldn't get past the reporters swarming Ben Nelson on her way to the cloture vote, she quipped, "I know I'm not as important as Senator Nelson. I didn't get the money for my state. I was too stupid."

There should be a huge outcry from the American public.  The dishonesty and crookedness that were used to push this cloture vote is so obviously unethical and immoral!!!!  There should be calls for criminal investigation!!!!