NYT - 'As Health Bill Is Delayed, White House Negotiates'

[jannyk]

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>>"Mr. Reid’s acknowledgment that the Senate would miss the deadline that President Obama had set for each chamber to pass a bill is a serious, if widely expected, setback for the president.

The White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, led a hastily called three-hour negotiating session at the Capitol with conservative Blue Dog Democrats, the group of fiscal hawks who have stalled action on the health care bill in the House.

While Congress can resume its efforts in the fall, other major items on the president’s agenda, like climate change and rewriting financial regulation, have also been postponed, and are likely to be further delayed until the health care debate is resolve

Many House Democrats are wary of casting a potentially career-defining vote to raise taxes to pay for expanded health coverage unless Democratic senators are also on board for a tax increase. Ms. Pelosi said Thursday that if she got some clear signals from the Senate, she would consider keeping the House in session beyond July 31. Ms. Pelosi said she was not worried about losing steam if votes were postponed to the fall. “I am not afraid of August,” she said. “It is a month. What I am interested in is the sooner, the better to pass health care for the American people.<<...


Send in the Clowns ... don't worry they're Here

[lapfog_1]

1. Where the FUCK were these fiscal "hawks" when Bushco was

running up a $2 T tab for a illegal and unnecessary war!

I'm sorry, but they can kiss my shiny metal ASS.