rssBen Nelson: I’ll Vote to Send Health Bill to Senate Floor
Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:39 pm
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TPMDC’s Brian Beutler reports that Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) has announced he plans to vote to send the Senate health care bill to the Senate floor. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has scheduled the vote for Saturday night.
“This weekend, I will vote for the motion to proceed to bring that debate onto the Senate floor,” Nelson says. “The Senate should start trying to fix a health care system that costs too much and delivers too little for Nebraskans.”
Nelson has previously indicated that his vote for passage of a final bill is far from certain, but his announcement today removes one potential Democratic roadblock on the path to a final vote. TPM also reports that two other fence-sitting Demoratic senators, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, remain uncommitted on tomorrow’s vote but have hinted they intend to vote in favor of sending the bill to the floor to debate.
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Comment posted November 22, 2009 @ 6:13 pm
Yes, it's now Sunday, and the 60 votes are in, but at what cost? The anti-trust thing was dropped for a single vote? Nelson, please don't do us any more favors, YOUR price is too high. Reid, might as well start packing up your office, Nevadans are getting tired of your last-minute appeasement efforts.
Comment posted November 22, 2009 @ 11:13 pm
Yes, it's now Sunday, and the 60 votes are in, but at what cost? The anti-trust thing was dropped for a single vote? Nelson, please don't do us any more favors, YOUR price is too high. Reid, might as well start packing up your office, Nevadans are getting tired of your last-minute appeasement efforts.
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