Friday, December 11, 2009

Meanwhile, Back To Health Care Reform: Diva Edition

There's an amendment on hold that Huffpo reports could "blow up" the Senate bill. It would allow reimportation of prescription drugs from Canada, blowing the White House deal with Big PHarma and essentially kill the bill's chances.
It's Sen. Dorgan's amendment, but he has a lot of Republican support. Another Dem has put it on hold, which takes 60 votes to overcome.
So, a worried Dem says:
The dispute within the Democratic caucus is becoming personal. "Of course, with Dorgan, it's all about Dorgan," a senior Democratic aide told HuffPost, complaining that Dorgan was willing to blow up health care reform for his own glory.
I say, substitute Snowe, Lieberman, Nelson — take your pick, add in Landrieu, Lincoln, whoever — for Dorgan and you've got the U.S. Senate as it operates today.
Just so you know.

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