Turbulence Ahead: Senate Opens Health Care Debate

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Source: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS




By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 29, 2009

Filed at 10:51 a.m. ET


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The 60 votes aren't there any more.

With the Senate set to begin debate Monday on health care overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing already. Yet majority Democrats will need 60 votes again to finish.

Some Democratic senators say they'll jump ship from the bill without tighter restrictions on abortion coverage. Others say they'll go unless a government plan to compete with private insurance companies gets tossed overboard. Such concessions would enrage liberals, the heart and soul of the party.

There's no clear course for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to steer legislation through Congress to President Barack Obama. You can't make history unless you reach 60 votes, and don't count on Republicans helping him.



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[luckyleftyme2]

1. the right has no might

the fact is that unless several republicans jump ship the republican party will be decimated next fall. Un like the skewed press and the right wing nut shows slamming health care! the average american is realizing he can no longer support big profit private enterprise run the health insurance of America!
They have no one to blame but themselves and greed!
years of percentage increases in all the medical field from the Drs. office to the pharmacutical industry and the hospitals have created a run away system that is unaffordable!