Senate Republicans Announce Summit Attendees

[brooklynite]

Source: The Atlantic

Senate Republicans have announced their attendees for the White House summit on Thursday, and, among several others not originally invited by the White House, Sen. John McCain will be there.

The list of attendees was released this afternoon by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's office. In all, seven Senate Republicans (and nine Democrats) will attend.

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Here's the list as released by McConnell's office, with asterisks added by the new invitees' names:

Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., Senate Republican Whip

*Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Senate Republican Conference Chairman

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Ranking Member Senate Finance Committee

Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., Ranking Member Senate Help Committee

*Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., HELP Committee

*Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D., R-Okla., HELP Committee

*Sen. John Barrasso, M.D.,R-Wyo.

Read more: http://politics.theatlantic.com/2010/02/senate_republicans_announce_summit_attendees.php

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Covering the gambit of Republican ideas.....

[liberal N proud]

1. How about Lieberman

He will surely snake in there on the Democratic list thus throwing the balance to the GOPers.

[AlinPA]

3. I'm looking for the insurance industry lobbyists to demand his attendance, and he would sit

with the republicans (next to the person he campaigned for) McCain.

[jonthebru]

10. Lieberman

Maybe he will be sitting on a broomstick, that would be appropriate.

[pinto]

2. Democrats attending -

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid this afternoon announced which Senate Democrats will attend the bipartisan health care summit at the White House this Thursday.

Reid will attend, joined by Sens. Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Patty Murray, Max Baucus, Chris Dodd, Tom Harkin, Jay Rockefeller and Kent Conrad.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/reid-announces-senate-dem-attendees-for-white-house-health-care-summit.php

[Lochloosa]

4. "Whaaaa .....I want to go to the summit.....Whaaaaa"

McCain

[brooklynite]

5. I understand McCain will be suspending his Senate service until the crisis is addressed.....

[rosesaylavee]

6. ...

:rofl: Cheap but it made me laugh. Thanks!

[Lochloosa]

9. ...

:spray:

[Inuca]

7. Anybody knows the atendees

on the House side?

[Fridays Child]

8. Yep, covering the gamut of Republican ideas...

...from no to no.

[gratuitous]

11. As long as we're running the gamut

How's about we have a few people without insurance attend to help set the agenda for Congress' consideration of health care reform? Rather than crowd the meeting with a bunch of new people, how about we have one quarter to one half of the attendees voluntarily agree to give up their government-run health care until a bill is passed? Then they take whatever coverage from the bill that's afforded to the poorest people in the country.

It would make for a far different bill than what it looks like will come out of this wholed messed up process.

[SoapBox]

12. McCain?

...is he suspending his "campaign" to make time for this?

LOLOLOLOL!

[TomCADem]

13. Gee, Where's Jim DeMint from the Senate and Virgina Foxx and Michelle Bachmann..

...from the House?

[CBHagman]

14. Why do I suddenly feel like singing "Dirty White Boys"?

:shrug:

Grassley of course makes sense as an invitee, given his rank on the Finance Committee, but it does make me roll my eyes to see Dr. No (Coburn) there. Oh, well, at least they didn't include Jim "Waterloo" DeMint (Horse's Ass-SC).