Harry Reid Just Wants This Steeplechase to Be Over With
The Democrats give in to Lieberman after meeting last night.
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The Democrats give in to Lieberman after meeting last night.
He still won't vote for the health-care bill, leaving Democrats short of 60, again.
There's a trigger, a buy-in, and an expansion of Medicare.
He probably shouldn't have said that.
However, he is not very good at making jokes about it.
"I have ruled out voting for this bill but I still very much want to vote for a bill."
It's $849 billion, to be exact, over ten years.
Bill Clinton is not just a former president, he is the Democratic Party's fixer.
In short: a lot of difficult, daunting things.
The Senate majority leader said the body will take up the issue when they return to work in September.
But Obama is expected to release a detailed plan tomorrow addressing their concerns.
Last night GOP senators stopped a $410 billion omnibus spending bill, forcing Dems to forge a stopgap measure to prevent the federal government from shutting down.
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