Today I went to my Dem county convention, and asked Senator Tom Harkin about the public option. He told me that it doesn't have the votes in the House (the House mind you). Then I asked my Congressman (Leonard Boswell) the same question. He told me that the public option did have the votes in the House, but that it wouldn't happen.
3. It's the deal between the House and Senate to pass HCR
They had to get the Dem senators on line with reconciliation including those opposed or weakly supporting a public option.
The House is essentially writing the reconciliation measures for the Senate to pass after the House passes them. Thus no PO will come to them from the House.
4. +1000 .......and all this time we've been told Obama can't control Congress
Every real elbow he places is in the face of those attempting to accomplish the goal in which he claims to believe.
His interspersed press conferences in which he "talks tuff" to the corporate interests provide him the cover to pass legislation worse than anything the GOP could actually get away with.
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