tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/14/2009
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Speaking to reporters just outside the Senate chamber this afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scoffed at the suggestion--articulated last night by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) --that the public option is simply in his hands.
"He would rather say anything so it wasn't up to him," Reid ...
dailykos.com - 10/15/2009
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Bill Frist never had 60 votes. Bill Frist
never cared. Republicans ran the Senate as if they...
owned the place, even when enjoying razor-thin majorities. Yet when Democrats took the chamber, the first thing Harry Reid did was complain that he couldn't ...
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Harry Reid abdicates his leadership role
tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/14/2009
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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) threw down the gauntlet
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Schumer To Reid: The Fate Of The Public Option May Be In ...
prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/13/2009
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Reid: Put a Sock In It, Chuck
Talking Points Memo —
... At a press conference on the Hill a short time ago, Harry Reid reacted to Sen. Charles Schumer's declaration that passage of public option is all up to Reid: "He would rather say anything so it wasn't up to him." ...
Olympia Snowe, Superstar
The Moderate Voice —
... Very clever move on Chuck Schumer’s part. I’m sure Harry Reid would have much preferred these private lobbying efforts to remain private, so he could renege with no consequences. He can’t do that now. And he is none too pleased about that: ...
Reid Passes The Buck On the Public Option
TalkLeft —
Not very effectively though: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scoffed at the suggestion--articulated last night by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)--that the public option is simply in his hands. "He would rather say anything so it wasn't up to him," Reid said, before departing for a meeting with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Chris Dodd (D-CT). The four will hold the first meeting about how to shape a health care bill that will soon be introduced on the Senate floor. (Emphasis supplied.) ...
Reid Dismisses Schumer's Insistence That Public Option Is In His Hands
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... Majority Leader Harry Reid scoffed at the suggestion--articulated last night by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)--that the public option is simply in his hands.
"He would rather say anything so it wasn't up to him," Reid said, before departing for a meeting with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Chris Dodd (D-CT). The four will hold the first meeting about how to shape a health care bill that will soon be introduced on the Senate floor. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo...
Bonus Quote of the Day
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"He would rather say anything so it wasn't up to him."
-- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), quoted by TPM, reacting to comments by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) that the fate of the public option is in Reid's hands.
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Public Option Now in the Hands of (Eep!) Harry Reid
librarygrape.com 10/14/2009 — So the fate of the public option now rests in the hands of the milquetoastiest douchebiscuit Democrat in the Senate? So sayeth Schumer : Schumer: Well, we didn’t have the votes obviously but we are making good progress once again. We never thought we’d win in the Finance Committee but ...
Schumer tells Reid how to get the job done —
Daily Kos
Chuck Schumer explains exactly how Harry Reid can get the public option passed through the Senate: SCHUMER: I am very optimistic that we're going to get a strong public option. The House is standing firm on public option. And I think all of those, when they saw the vote in the finance ...
Schumer Presses Reid on Public Option —
The Note
ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Anyone want to trade places with Sen. Harry Reid?
Just hours after the Senate Finance Committee approved a long-delayed health care bill, the Senate majority leader is facing intense pressure from liberals to include a “public option” in the ...
Schumer Pushes for Public Option —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
In an interview with MSNBC , Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) said it's up to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to decide if there will be a public option in the Senate's health care reform bill.
Said Schumer: "Leader Reid has the option of putting it in the final bill. If he puts it in the ...
Schumer: Public Option Up To Reid —
Talking Points Memo
Last night Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) ratcheted up the pressure on Majority Leader Harry Reid to include a public option provision when he melds the Baucus bill with the Kennedy bill:
If he puts it in the final bill, in the combined bill, then you would need 60 votes to remove it. And there ...
Don't punt the public option debate to the states —
MyDD
Senate Democrats have not given up on passing health care reform through normal procedures requiring at least 60 votes to overcome a Republican filibuster. The problem is, several conservative Senate Democrats are on record opposing a public health insurance option. Meanwhile, a bill with no ...
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