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| Harkin: Reconciliation is a go |
| 2010-03-04 |
| Sen. Tom Harkin told POLITICO that Senate Democratic leaders have decided to go the reconciliation route. The House, he said, will first pass the Senate bill after Senate leaders demonstrate to House leaders that they have the votes to pass reconciliation in the Senate. Harkin made the comments after a meeting in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office including Harkin and Sens. Baucus, Dodd, Durbin, Schumer and Murray. When asked whether the leaders had made the decision, Durbin said: "We are moving ahead with a version of the health care reform bill that we believe has a good chance of passing both the House and the Senate." He then put the onus on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to signal whether she can provide enough votes to pass the Senate bill, followed by a package of fixes through reconciliation. "The first step is with Speaker Pelosi and so I will let her decide what it takes in the House," Durbin said. Reconciliation "has always been an option. But she has to make her own decision on what it takes to enact this in the House," he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 A point raised in the last few days: Entitlement program changes that are enacted through reconciliation can and will be repealed through the same process. |
| Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2010-03-04 08:57 |
| #4 At some point people are going to ask a simple question: If the health care 'reform' plan is so good, why do the Democrats have to use every parliamentary trick in the book to jam it through? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-03-04 07:44 |
| #3 "GO" (as in being ridden out of town on a rail) will definitely be the operative word for the Dems in the next midterm election. |
| Posted by: Thriper the Lesser1395 2010-03-04 07:16 |
| #2 Time to go into the pitchfork business. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-03-04 01:32 |
| #1 Dedicated to Democrats Anywhere; The Party is Over. object width="500" height="405"> |
| Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Glinter2497 2010-03-04 01:09 |