How is Congress Going to Make HCR Better Next Year? [View All]

[last1standing]

This is a serious question and something that bothers me greatly when I hear senators or congress people say it. How do they honestly expect to make HCR better over the next year or so when they couldn't do it now?

I remember Bill Clinton said the exact same thing about NAFTA and welfare reform but it never happened. Now people are saying the same thing but I'm not hearing any actual plan of attack, just vague promises and frankly, I've had enough of those. Looking at the expected future, its very unlikely that the Democrats will pick up enough seats in the senate to get past Lieberman, Nelson, Baucus and whoever takes over from Dorgan so there will never be 60 votes to over-ride the filibuster that crushed the best reforms of the current bill. Reconciliation has been completely eliminated as an option so that won't happen and since the Obama administration didn't push for better reforms when we have the best chance, it seems unlikely that they will do so when there is less opportunity.

So is there anyone supporting this bill, as it stands, who can offer better insight as to how these improvements occur?