Firedoglake: Did Harry Reid Use The Public Option To Punk The Democratic Base?
There’s a letter going around the Senate (written by Dem senator Michael Bennet of Colorado (!! .. who the heck is this guy?!) and co-signed by Sherrod Brown (OH), Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), and Jeff Merkley (OR) … and with a growing list of more co-signers) that asks for the public option to be passed thru reconciliation .. Jon Walker at FDL reports that Reid’s response is tepid …
If the public option with a state opt-out was only a few votes shy of 60, it should clearly have at least 50 votes for passage by a reconciliation measure that can’t be filibustered, right? What Reid’s spokesman now appears to be saying is that the public option doesn’t have even 50 votes in the Senate.
here we go again – mab .. read more
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