I am so pissed right now...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today that the Senate
would not attempt to pass sweeping health care reform until after returning from the August recess.
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Reid said the Senate would try to complete a package in the fall.
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Reid said Republicans, who have shown intense resistance to President Obama’s push for health care reform, had asked for more time to work
out a package.
"We will do what we can to make sure their concerns are not buried," Reid said.
I'm fucking done with this guy. He has no power over the Senate. Does he understand that delaying plays right into their hands?
I'm not surprised that the Senate won't pass a pre-recess bill, but I am shocked (but also not surprised) that Harry Reid turned out to be such a disgusting, spineless nellie when it counts.
But I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
All I can say is that he better be right that Senate Finance is going to be done with their markup.
If they aren't, I think Chuck Schumer should be Majority Leader. End of story.