Monday, January 25, 2010

Democrats Come Up With a Plan for Healthcare

Let's just put it this way. I'll believe it when I see Obama with his signing pen in his left hand.
Democratic congressional leaders are coalescing around their last, best hope for salvaging President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul.

Their plan is to pass the Senate bill with some changes to accommodate House Democrats, senior Democratic aides said Monday. Leaders will present the idea to the rank and file this week, but it's unclear whether they have enough votes to carry it out. MSNBC
Even the House and Senate democrats are battling each other. It's gotten ridiculous and reality show worthy.
"[Senators] tend to see themselves as a House of Lords and they don't seem to understand that those of us that go out there every two years stay in touch with the American people," he said in an interview with Fox News Radio. "We tend to respond to them a little better."
Clyburn referenced the British upper chamber of Parliament, on which many member of the nobility sit. Read all about it at the Hill