Reconciliation May Not Help Against Senate Healthcare Turkeys
When we last took a look at the weekend’s Senate happenings , basically Joe Lieberman, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln and Mary Landrieu had decided to wait to ransom the healthcare reform process until after Senate debate began. So we got our 60 votes on the procedural motion to move ahead with debate (yay!), meaning we could look at a figure describing the legislative process ahead.
But speaking of holding things for ransom, here are 5 potential holdups as we reach the homestretch for healthcare reform. Most are in the Senate, but things can also get hairy in the combined committee process and beyond. As we have agreement to proceed with Senate debate, let’s start there.
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