Schumer: Public option can pass

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Source: Salon


Sunday, Nov 22, 2009 00:00 PST
Schumer: Public option can pass
By Associated Press

Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate.

Schumer says he is assuring his more conservative Democratic colleagues that the public option included in the Senate bill is "modest" and not the first step in a government takeover of the insurance industry.

Schumer is also reminding fellow Democratic senators that the bill would allow states to opt out of the public option. He asks that they not prevent his constituents in New York from getting the public option they desire.

Schumer predicts that at the end of the debate, the party will come together to support that version of a public option.


Read more: http://www.salon.com/news/story/index.html?story=/news/2009/11/22/us_health_care_overhaul_schumer

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1. Schumer is the recipient of the MOST money from Insurance lobbies,btw.

New York Senator Chuck Schumer has received $2,167,300 in contributions from the financial sector. A member of the Senate Banking Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Schumer received more contributions from the hedge fund, private equity, and securities and investment industries than any other member of congress. Credit Swisse, JP Morgan, UBS, and New York Life Insurance are among his biggest donors.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/17/the-15-biggest-congressio_n_360514.html?ref=patrick.net&slidenumber=zb6sd3SJTkc%3D#slide_image

Harry Reid is # 3....( keep trying, Harry, maybe some day you will make it).