President Obama may have ratcheted up his rhetoric on health care reform, but late today it appeared Democratic support was wavering for the president's goal of passing health care bills in the House and Senate before the August recess.
"Members have concerns, and they're not just Blue Dogs," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters today, referring to the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition of House Democrats. "I want to make it very clear that there's progressives, Blue Dogs and everybody in between who have expressed concerns, and we're working on that."
Hoyer said there is still disagreement about proposed tax increases on the wealthy and the option of a government-run insurance program that would compete with private plans.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., expressed similar concerns over Obama's August deadline. "No one wants to tell the Speaker [Nancy Pelosi] that she's moving too fast and they damn sure don't want to tell the president," Rangel told another lawmaker, according to The Associated Press.
On the other end of Congress, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., who has consistently said that a bill will be passed in the Senate by the August recess, today shifted his tone, telling reporters, "The goal is not deadlines; the goal is comprehensive health care reform."
Reid said today that Obama is the quarterback when it comes to reforming the health care system. "He's been calling the plays," he told reporters. - ABC News Story
Are you kidding me. Grow a set and tell them! You are sent to Capitol Hill to Represent the Speaker of the House or the President! You are there for the people in your district. If things are moving to fast, it is your JOB to tell them, slow down and get it right at least in your mind.
The President and The Speaker are just big bullies, the rest of these people are wimps. Stand up to the Bullies and do things the way it is suppose to be, not the way the President and Speaker want it.
Holy $%#%, I can not believe this load of crappy crap crap.
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