Friday, 20 November 2009
Senate to Vote on Health Care Reform
The Senate is voting on the motion to proceed for Senator Reid’s health care bill this Saturday. Reid’s plan is estimated to cost under $900 billion and is over 2,000 pages long.
Many worry that Reid will not have 60 votes needed to bring the bill to the floor. There are still a few Democrats that have not made up their mind or are against the bill entirely. Yet, some speculate that the Democrats will at least pass the bill to open discussion and draft a new bill. If Reid does not get his 60 votes, then health care reform will be delayed even longer.
There are still many issues with the bill that have been present for months. Anti-abortion lawmakers do not think the language in the bill is clear enough and needs to be more explicit. Other Senators are worried about immigrants’ coverage in the bill. Many Senators have commented on Reid’s efforts to gain their votes, but still see problems with many of these controversial issues since the very beginning of the health care debate.
As it stands now, Senator Reid will have to pull a rabbit out of the hat to get his 60 votes.
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