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| Pelosi: House lacks votes to OK Senate health bill |
| 2010-01-21 |
| Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she lacks the votes to quickly move the Senate's sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to President Barack Obama's signature issue. Pelosi, D-Calif., made the comment to reporters after House Democrats held a closed-door meeting at which participants vented frustration with the Senate's massive version of the legislation. Her concession meant there was little hope for a White House-backed plan to quickly push the Senate-approved health bill through the House, followed by a separate measure making changes sought by House members, such as easing the Senate's tax on higher-cost health plans. Such an approach would be "problematic," she said. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #6 I don't know - the word quickly can mean many things... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-01-21 19:29 |
| #5 "I'm melllllllllllllllting!!!" |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-01-21 19:28 |
| #4 Keep your powder dry, ladies and germs. I suspect it'll be back after the aut'10 elections.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2010-01-21 18:06 |
| #3 Self-preservation instinct's awakening in US political class? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-01-21 13:25 |
| #2 Rats abandon the Obama ship, Dems fail yet again, even with the majority in both houses. They cant even fins compromise among themselves.... What a joke. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-01-21 12:40 |
| #1 Thank you sweet Jesus! |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2010-01-21 12:37 |