By Jordan Fabian - 02/25/10 11:16 AM ET
The Senate has the 50 votes necessary to pass a public health insurance option using the budget reconciliation process, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today.
Sanders, a self-described "democratic socialist" who supports the government-run plan, urged President Barack Obama to push for the public option even though the possibility of passing it appeared to die this week.
"I think we do have 50 votes in the Senate for a public option and frankly I don't know why the president has not put it in and I hope that we can inject it," Sanders said on MSNBC. "I think it's a very important part of healthcare reform."
It's not clear if Sanders's remarks will encourage leaders to take up the public option.
Rightardia has advocated using reconciliation to close out health care legislation to the government can concentrate on other matters. If Obama can pick up some Republican votes in the health care summit, that is well and good. We doubt if the Democrats will be able to get a Senate cloture vote on health care. Obama needs to move on to other pressing issues. It's time to get the job done!
Source: The Hill
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The Senate has the 50 votes necessary to pass a public health insurance option using the budget reconciliation process, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today.
Sanders, a self-described "democratic socialist" who supports the government-run plan, urged President Barack Obama to push for the public option even though the possibility of passing it appeared to die this week.
"I think we do have 50 votes in the Senate for a public option and frankly I don't know why the president has not put it in and I hope that we can inject it," Sanders said on MSNBC. "I think it's a very important part of healthcare reform."
It's not clear if Sanders's remarks will encourage leaders to take up the public option.
Rightardia has advocated using reconciliation to close out health care legislation to the government can concentrate on other matters. If Obama can pick up some Republican votes in the health care summit, that is well and good. We doubt if the Democrats will be able to get a Senate cloture vote on health care. Obama needs to move on to other pressing issues. It's time to get the job done!
Source: The Hill
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/83641-...
Subscribe to the Rightardia feed: feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/IGiu
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