http://www.casavaria.com/cafesentido/2009/12/19/5555/democrats-get-60th-vote-to-pass-healthcare-reform-in-senate/Sen. Tom Harken (D-IA), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee formerly chaired by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, said of the bill “we’re not building a mansion here; we’re building a starter home”, adding that “This is not the end of healthcare reform, it’s the beginning”. Harken and other Democrats promised action early next year, after the reforms are passed, to push for some of the key programs progressive voters want to see.
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And, one of the most biting criticisms of the legislation, regarding its cost, seems to have been answered, as the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest analysis projecting that the Senate proposal would have the effect of cutting the federal budget deficit by $139 billion over ten years. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), assistant majority leader and one of Pres. Obama’s earliest supporters, declared in response that “This is the greatest deficit reduction bill in the history of the United States”.
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Sorry, I misread and thought Harken was quoting Kennedy.
Sounds good to me!