Lieberman praises GOP colleague's demands of House and Senate leaders

[babylonsister]

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/07/29/lieberman-praises-gop-colleagues-demands-of-house-and-senate-leaders/

Lieberman praises GOP colleague's demands of House and Senate leaders
@ 4:02 pm by Michael O'Brien


Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) praised a colleague's demands that House and Senate leaders not tamper with any bipartisan deal on healthcare Wednesday.

Lieberman seemed to back Sen. Mike Enzi's (R-Wyo.) demand for assurances from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that they not water down the reform proposals crafted by the Senate Finance Committee when the bill reaches conference.

"What Mike Enzi is doing is a sensible and classic legislative stand, which is, 'I'll agree to this, but not if you take me along and suddenly spring something larger,'" Lieberman said during an interview on MSNBC.

"I'd say it's good that Mike is making that position clear," added Lieberman, who's said he opposes the public (or "government-run") option at the center of Finance committee negotiations. (The committee has reportedly done away with the plan in favor of healthcare cooperatives.)

"I think ultimately he and every senator knows that if they're worried about stuff being put in a conference committee with the House, it takes 60 votes to take up a conference committee," Lieberman coyly suggested. "So every one of us can block it if there are some surprises in it that a lot of us don't like."

[AlinPA]

1. Lieberman is a republican. nt

[tridim]

4. Big time.

I hope his state is paying attention.

[Jennicut]

6. Yeah, some of us are. Dodd is in trouble though. I hope our Attorney General runs against Joe.

It depends how many Dems stay loyal to him.

[bkkyosemite]

2. When are they gonna get rid of those rethuglicans like Lieberman and the blue dogs,

kick them to the repubican curb.

[Engineer4Obama]

3. No it doesn't Joe

The bills coming out of committee are budget neutral! You know what that means we can pass it under reconciliation and steam roll your ass!

[The Gunslinger]

5. I thought Joe was all about reaching across the asile.

I guess that only when the republicans tell him to do so.

[fascisthunter]

7. Lieberman is a fascist piece of crap