DMR: Braley: Senate Bill Unlikely to Pass House

[Cairycat]

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/category/opinion/kathie-obradovich/#28528

"Congressman Bruce Braley expressed doubts today about the chances the Senate health care compromise bill, as it now stands, could pass the House.

I asked Braley in a phone interview about Sen. Tom Harkin’s comments today about the Senate bill, which has been stripped of any public-run insurance alternative. Harkin is calling it a “starter home” that lawmakers can add to in the future.

Braley said he respects what Harkin, a fellow Democrat, is trying to do to get the bill passed. But, he said, “I can tell you I think the bill the Senate is talking about passing is not very likely to pass in the House, at a conference committee, if that’s the final product.”

An interesting perspective ....

[progressoid]

1. Yeah,

Gotta wonder what going to happen in conference. Assuming, of course, that the Senate can even pass something.

[Critters2]

2. Durbin's office aide all but promised me there'd be a public option,

arrived at in conference.

I'm so pissed about this!!