Senate won't rush health bill: top Republican

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Senate won't rush health bill: top Republican

Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:27pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will not rush consideration of healthcare reform legislation sought by President Barack Obama, and lawmakers can expect a number of amendments, the chamber's top Republican said on Sunday.

"This will be on the floor for quite a long time," Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell told "Fox News Sunday" ahead of possible action this week on a procedural vote to bring the legislation up for debate on the Senate floor.

McConnell would not elaborate on a time frame for consideration or say whether the measure to reform the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system could clear the chamber by the end of the year as President Barack Obama has said he hopes.

"There will be a lot of amendments over a lot of weeks. I mean, the Senate is not the House. You saw in the House three votes and it was over in one day," McConnell said.


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[Champion Jack]

1. Who the fuck is McConnell? and why does he think he's important?

[emulatorloo]

4. Why he is the minority leader of an increasingly irrelevant party! Don't know why anybody would

listen to him.

[emulatorloo]

2. Their goal is to delay and kill. Hoping to get it into 2010 at the very least. Reid better KICK

SOME ASS and get this done ASAP

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. "Top Republican" sounds like Al Qaeda "#2 man" - it's so lame

Just sayin'........

[emulatorloo]

6. Plus I thought Sarah Palin was the "Top Republican" n/t

[secondwind]

5. Robert Byrd and Frank Lautenberg aren't getting any YOUNGER!! Let's do this while we can!