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Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year
cbsnews.com - 27 days ago
Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year
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Asked if health care reform legislation will pass this year, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid told reporters today that "we're not going to be bound by any timelines." "We need to do the best job we can for the American people," he said. "We want quality legislation, and we're going to do ...
thehill.com - 27 days ago
Reid reassures the left Lieberman is on board
— thehill.com — Joe Lieberman has reached a private understanding with Harry Reid that he will not block healthcare reform,... sources say. Read more... (more) Reid reassures the left Lieberman is on board

Comments vote down Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News found this 27 days agofound this
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 28 days ago
Harry Reid Calls GOP’s Transparency Bluff: Is Your Health Care Bill A Secret, Or Merely ...
— theplumline.whorunsgov.com — Harry Reid, continuing to surprise Dems who were accustomed to his cautious posture, has fired off a... surprisingly harsh letter to Republican Senators, caustically questioning their claims that Dems hatched a health care bill in secret by asking ... (more) Harry Reid Calls GOP’s Transparency Bluff: Is Your ...

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Health Care Reform Bill Unlikely to Pass This Year
abcnews.go.com - 26 days ago
Health Care Reform Bill Unlikely to Pass This Year
— abcnews.go.com — Senior Congressional Democrats told ABC News today it is highly unlikely that a health care reform bill... will be completed this year, just a week after President Barack Obama declared he was "absolutely confident" he'll be able to sign one by then.  ... (more) Health Care Reform Bill Unlikely to Pass This Year

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The Corner on National Review Online:  Obamacare Delayed -- By: Jonah Goldberg

Betsy's Page:  Obams the Unready

Firedoglake:  No Health Care Bill Til Next Year? Fine By Me

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Obamacare Delayed -- By: Jonah Goldberg
The Corner on National Review Online — Sounds like the can's being kicked into 2010.

Obams the Unready
Betsy's Page — ... tank. The Democratic policies of pork-filled stimulus, tax and spend policies, and huge proposals that will affect every aspect of the economy aren't going to be a winning platform next year. And they can depend on the Republicans putting up "It's the Economy, Stupid!" signs around all their election headquarters. Perhaps that is the reason that Senator Reid is having trouble getting a Democratic bill ready to put out on the Senate floor despite his brave words a few weeks ago and is now making noises about waiting until next year. Do the Democrats really think that it's ...

Great Timing -- By: Yuval Levin
The Corner on National Review Online — Harry Reid, in a continuing (and spectacularly effective) effort to demonstrate his lack of political instincts, somehow chose yesterday to drop a hint that he thought the health-care debate would stretch into next year. Could there be a better way to exacerbate the anxiety of centrist Democrats in the wake of yesterday’s elections, and to ensure that those election results undermine the Democrats’ health-care push?  ...

No Health Care Bill Til Next Year? Fine By Me
Firedoglake — ... “good luck with that, don’t look to us to whip for you,” and Reid says “okay, hope you don’t need a bill this year.” The White House ...

Lessons
Crooks and Liars — ... Health care should have been passed by the August recess, but to have it go on and on has been a huge mistake. And waiting until next year only makes it worse. ...

Government-Run Health Care Reform: Bookerista Views
Booker Rising — ... added to the House bill, frankly, I still don't see the urgency here. Regardless, no way Harry Reid has enough votes in the Senate to get this 'reform' on Barry's desk to sign anytime soon anyway." ...

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