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| Rep. Waters: House liberals to put up tough public-option fight |
| 2009-12-23 |
| One of the public option's most vocal supporters in the House on Monday stressed she and her colleagues would fight "as hard as we possibly can" to ensure its inclusion in the final healthcare bill. The government plan is sure to be one of the most difficult debates to resolve once House and Senate lawmakers confer and combine their bills early next year. But Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) made clear last night that other liberal Democrats would not accept the Senate's decision to strip its bill of both the public option and a proposed expansion of Medicare. "A lot of us will be fighting and encouraging our conferees to hold tight for the public option," she told MSNBC. "We haven't given up on that. That's extremely important to a lot of people -- not just Democrats, but I mean Americans throughout this country. "If we held to our position, it would certainly die in conference," Waters said, adding she was "hopeful" she could vote for the bill but ultimately had not read its most recent revisions. The forthcoming conference committee to resolve differences between the House's and Senate's healthcare efforts is already shaping up to be a tough battle. Some House Democrats still believe the chamber cannot pass a healthcare bill without a public option, while Senate Democrats insist that very provision -- or any changes to their current proposal -- could ultimately doom reform. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 view this on Ms Waters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Fsndjz9pw |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2009-12-23 16:59 |
| #5 Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is a POS socialist racist. She needs to be removed from office. Her and her husband are being investigated for fraud. His bank was given special preference and given bailout money(allegedly) illegally. google it. |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2009-12-23 16:57 |
| #4 Rep. Waters: House liberals to put up tough public-option fight> GREAT! I say BRING PISTOLS and really do it up right! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-23 13:37 |
| #3 Public Option is an Oxymoron. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-12-23 12:51 |
| #2 Oh they are already claiming its 'Revenue Neutral'. At least in '12 and '13. What they don't mention is that it will be only if they, in effect, rape Medicare and Medicaid of all their funding. Yeah - right - I don't see that happening. But the promise will get the nose of a 'public option' under the tent and that is all the're need. In '12 and '13 the public would have forgotten the promise (with the help of the MSM) and would be grateful to the Donks for 'saving medicare!'. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-12-23 01:27 |
| #1 I fully expect the some form of public "option" to be in the "compromise" bill. They can probably find 50 votes for it in the Senate and the House has already demonstrated that they'll be no problem. Don't be surprised if there's a waiver of the budget neutrality provision of the rules covering reconcilliation buried in this monstrosity somewhere. If not I'm sure a hack lefty economist will pop up to claim that socializing medicine will actually be cheaper than not. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2009-12-23 00:46 |