rssWhite House, Baucus Still Want Bipartisan Health Bill
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 1:00 pm
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Facing morning headlines indicating that Democrats are leaning toward a partisan approach to health care reform, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, just issued a statement reiterating his commitment to a bipartisan bill.
Bipartisan progress continues. The Finance Committee is on track to reach a bipartisan agreement on comprehensive health care reform that can pass the Senate. Our group will be meeting tomorrow and our staffs continue to meet as well. I am confident we will continue our steady progress toward health care reform that will lower costs and provide quality, affordable coverage to all Americans.
The statement came just a few hours after White House spokesman Robert Gibbs made a similar commitment to bipartisanship. But with GOP leaders threatening to vote against health reforms that don’t include their priorities — including tort reform and the elimination of an employer-sponsored coverage mandate — it’s tough to see how the party’s positions are reconcilable.
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Comment posted August 19, 2009 @ 5:50 pm
And my nine year old probably still wants a pony.
“I am confident we will continue our steady progress toward health care reform that will lower costs and provide quality, affordable coverage to all Americans.”
Without sacrificing the insurance industry's right to obscene profits. God bless America.
Comment posted August 19, 2009 @ 6:28 pm
Are you kidding me Max?
Pretty much all Republicans, including your beloved Sen. Grassley who you are working so hard to please, have said they will not support health care reform NO MATTER WHAT'S IN THE BILL. So, my question to you, and YOU ARE MY SENATOR, is why are you still trying to please these clowns?? All they're doing is lying and cheating to try and scare the boisterous uneducated population of America while protecting the profits of the few on the backs of the many, including those they are getting to rally for their fake cause!
Comment posted August 19, 2009 @ 11:53 pm
Why is Grassley still part of getting it done? He knows that no matter what he comes up with the majority of Republicans will not vote for it and neither will he. As he himself stated. There is a related post at http://iamsoannoyed.com/?page_id=588
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