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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (69189)	7/23/2009 8:35:44 PM
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Reid: Senate bill won't pass before recess Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009 by Mark Murray firstread.msnbc.msn.com From NBC's Ken Strickland and Chuck Todd Moments ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Senate will NOT pass a health-care reform bill before the August recess. At a health-care event with his leadership team, Reid said, "The decision was made to give [the Senate Finance Committee] more time." Reid said it was better to have "a product based on thoughtfulness rather than jam something through." According to a senior administration official, however, Reid pledged to the White House that all committee work would be done before the recess -- i.e., markups, amendments, etc. through the Senate Finance Committee. * MORE * However, the Majority Leader said the Finance Committee WILL complete its work before the August recess. And during the recess, Reid will merge the Finance bill with the Senate health committee bill. That new bill will be brought to the floor for votes when the Senate returns in September, he said. The current expectation is that the Finance bill will be fundamentally different from the Health committee bill in key areas -- specifically on a public option or government-run insurance plan. Republicans say they're concerned their provisions will be left out of the final bill. Reid said he will continue to talk with Republicans "to give them assurances." "We'll do what we can to make sure their issues are not buried. But I'm not going to make a deal with them here with all of you [reporters]," the leader said . Reid also expressed confidence that the bill brought to the floor will be able to garner the super-majority of votes needed to break a filibuster. "I will work with the White House," he said. "I will work with the entire Democratic Caucus. I will work with some of the Republicans to come up with a bill. And I think it will be something we'll get 60 votes on."