Senate Vote Pushes Health Care to Next Level of Squabbling
November 24th, 2009
Tim Mak in the National Post:
“In a rare Saturday night session, U.S. Senators voted strictly along partisan lines to open full debate on health care legislation. With this, the path is cleared for weeks of dizzying debate, hundreds of proposed amendments, and mind-numbing procedural hurdles.
…Already, the cracks are showing. Until mid-Saturday, it was unclear as to whether the Democrats would have the sixty votes needed merely to open debate. Moderate senators such as Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Mary Landrieu and Joe Lieberman will be the ones to watch over the coming weeks of haggling. All four Senators indicated they had serious reservations about the bill before eventually voting to open debate.”
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