Clyburn: House Dems do not trust the Senate

[kpete]

Interview with Talk Radio News Service
http://talkradionews.com/2010/01/burea-chief-ellen-ratner-interviews-house-majority-whip-james-clyburn/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheTalkRadioNewsService+%28The+Talk+Radio+News+Service%29&utm_content=Google+Reader


Clyburn: House Dems do not trust the Senate
By Michael O'Brien - 01/29/10 11:57 AM ET
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"The House, as you know, has some problems trusting the Senate," Clyburn said in an interview with Talk Radio News Service conducted Thursday and posted on Friday.

The majority whip said that many House Democrats' reelection fortunes are being hurt by the litany of deals with individual senators for a watered-down health reform bill to be able to pass through the Senate.

"I think what has happened to us is that Democrats have been defined by what the public sees going on in the Senate," Clyburn said. "People keep acting as if we don't exist. The House members passed a comprehensive healthcare bill that was very popular with the American people."

"I think that one of the things we have missed out on is trying to get people to understand that this supermajority -- the 60 votes that the Senate says it's got to have -- in order to get to 60, they start giving up stuff," he said.

more:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/78719-clyburn-house-dems-do-not-trust-the-senate

[dgibby]

1. Clyburn is the only decent politician SC has.

I really respect this man, and he's right about not trusting the Senate-just a den of corporate vipers (with a few notable exceptions).

[ncteechur]

2. Duh! With good reason. How far can they throw them?