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RT @ThePlumLineGS: Sen Lincoln refusing 2 commit to Yes vote on cloture on Reid's public option with opt out: http://tinyurl.com/ykku9f5 10/27/2009 |
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Senator Blanche Lincoln refusing to commit to Yes vote on cloture on Reid's plan for public option with opt out: http://tinyurl.com/ykku9f5 10/26/2009 |
Lincoln Won't Commit To Cloture
TPM Election Central —
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) has not committed to supporting a vote on a health care reform bill, Greg Sargent reports today.
When asked if she would vote yes on a procedural motion (cloture) to bring the bill to a vote, a spokeswoman said Lincoln "has not committed her vote to anyone." Democrats will need 60 votes, the entire caucus, to break an expected Republican filibuster.
Lincoln, a moderate Democrat who opposes the public option, "will have to see the legislative language and cost first and will evaluate it based on its impact on ...
The fit hits the shan: Reid to announce public-option plan
Michelle Malkin —
... a cost estimate for it. Reid has been under considerable pressure from liberal activists and legislators to include a public option in the bill. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) told reporters Monday that he thinks it will be hard for Reid to get 60 votes for a public option plan in which states can opt out, the Associated Press reports. At least four key senators seem opposed, Nelson said while traveling with President Obama on Air Force One to Florida. Democrat Sen. Blanche Lincoln is “non-committal.” ...
Reid Appears To Have 60 for Cloture
Open Left - Front Page —
... said he probably won't filibuster.
56: Joe Lieberman said he probably won't filibuster.
57: Mary Landrieu is now saying she probably won't filibuster.
58: Ben Nelson isn't even threatening to filibuster right now.
59: Shockingly, I now hear that Evan Bayh is a solid vote for cloture on the health care bill.
60: This leaves Blanche Lincoln as perhaps the final vote needed. Currently, Lincoln is non-committal.Given all of this, it now seems entirely possible that Reid has 60 ...
Lincoln hedges on reform's future
Political Animal —
... , telling CNN he's not "excited about" the public option with the state opt-out compromise, adding that he's made "no promise" to the leadership on cloture. Today, Lincoln is also hedging . The key is to ask moderate Dems whether they're willing to vote Yes on the initial, procedural vote, which requires 60 to bring the legislation to the floor. I asked Lincoln spokesperson Katie Laning Niebaum if Lincoln had indicated to Reid whether she'd vote Yes on cloture. "Senator Lincoln has not committed her vote to anyone," Niebaum emailed, adding that "she will have to see the ...
Webb Says He’ll Vote For Cloture On Health Care Reform Bill
Think Progress —
... about the procedural vote until I see the underlying bill.” A spokesperson for Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) said “she will have to see the legislative language and cost first” before voting for cloture. Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) has ...
