A handful of centrist Senate Democrats, along with moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, could pose a major problem for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as he tries to pull health care reform legislation to the floor.
Snowe, in concert with Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., has for weeks held meetings with a group of five or six moderates, including Sens. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.; Mary Landrieu, D-La.; Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.; and, at times, Susan Collins, R-Maine.
They do not all appear to hold the same view on health care reform. But several members of this group have expressed concern with the possibility that a government-run insurance plan could emerge from closed-door talks in the majority leader's office -- though they are not outright opposed to a public plan.
And they are very aware that a procedural motion known as "cloture" -- which requires 60 votes to bring legislation to the floor -- could be their best opportunity to stop any bill they find objectionable.
Colorado insurance executives, cautious supporters of health care reform throughout the past year, are now warning that current proposals could cause a "system collapse."
Wow….Isn't everyone watching Glenn Beck now? He is sticking it to the Administration at the right place! Obama is Al Capone. Why I didn’t come up with this analogy myself?!…as this is exactly what I have been feeling about the Administration.
The Obama Administration Is Demanding That Top Executives At Companies Recieving Bailout Funds Have Their Salaries Cut By Up To 50 Percent. Do You Agree? Yes. It's Taxpayer Money ( 38% ) No. It's None Of The Government's Business ( 62% )
A perfect example of government run health care versus the private sector:
ReplyDeleteUConn Trying New Approach To Resolve Cash-Strapped Health Center
The State can't run a hospital and must turn to Hospitals run by the private sector (one owned by the Catholic Church) for help.
Even the Catholic Church is more efficient than the government when it comes to health care!
A handful of centrist Senate Democrats, along with moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, could pose a major problem for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as he tries to pull health care reform legislation to the floor.
ReplyDeleteSnowe, in concert with Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., has for weeks held meetings with a group of five or six moderates, including Sens. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.; Mary Landrieu, D-La.; Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.; and, at times, Susan Collins, R-Maine.
They do not all appear to hold the same view on health care reform. But several members of this group have expressed concern with the possibility that a government-run insurance plan could emerge from closed-door talks in the majority leader's office -- though they are not outright opposed to a public plan.
And they are very aware that a procedural motion known as "cloture" -- which requires 60 votes to bring legislation to the floor -- could be their best opportunity to stop any bill they find objectionable.
Colorado insurance executives, cautious supporters of health care reform throughout the past year, are now warning that current proposals could cause a "system collapse."
ReplyDeleteWow….Isn't everyone watching Glenn Beck now? He is sticking it to the Administration at the right place! Obama is Al Capone. Why I didn’t come up with this analogy myself?!…as this is exactly what I have been feeling about the Administration.
ReplyDeleteObama's Pay Czar no too popular here in CT:
ReplyDeleteThe Obama Administration Is Demanding That Top Executives At Companies Recieving Bailout Funds Have Their Salaries Cut By Up To 50 Percent. Do You Agree?
Yes. It's Taxpayer Money
( 38% )
No. It's None Of The Government's Business
( 62% )