Reid to Baucus: Stop Chasing GOP Votes on Health Care

heppcatt

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Tue Jul-07-09 07:03 PM
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Reid to Baucus: Stop Chasing GOP Votes on Health Care

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday ordered Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to drop a proposal to tax health benefits and stop chasing Republican votes on a massive health care reform bill.

According to Democratic sources, Reid told Baucus that taxing health benefits and failing to include a strong government-run insurance option of some sort in his bill would cost 10 to 15 Democratic votes; Reid told Baucus it wasn’t worth securing the support of Grassley and at best a few additional Republicans.

http://www.rollcall.com/news/36546-1.html

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Mojambo

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Tue Jul-07-09 07:07 PM
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1. Finally! n/t

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heppcatt

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Tue Jul-07-09 07:19 PM
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2. But is it real?

There seems to be a lot of misinformation lately about this.

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