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SecularMotion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 11:14 AM
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Pelosi to Senate: We’re Waiting. . . .
Source: NY Times

If Senate Democrats want their version of sweeping health care legislation to carry the day, the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi of California, said they have a tall order to fill: prove they have written the better bill.

Ms. Pelosi, speaking to reporters on Wednesday, said House Democrats could live without a government-run insurance plan, or public option, like the one in their bill — if the Senate has a better idea.

“The president said from the start, ‘I believe that the public option is the best way to keep the insurance companies honest and increase competition. If you have a better idea, put it on the table,’” Mr. Pelosi said. “So we will see what they have on the table.”

Read more: http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/pelosi-to-senate-were-waiting/?hp
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tomm2thumbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 11:23 AM
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1. actually, they've cleared the table - they are using for an autopsy

an autopsy on what was supposed to be REFORM
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 11:54 AM
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2. They have NOTHING on the table
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Jefferson23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 11:55 AM
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3. Pelosi, good on you, keep the pressure on the Senate. n/t
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Winterblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 11:59 AM
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4. That table seems pretty slippery. Many things seem "Off the table"
Nice Jab though.
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 12:39 PM
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5. Maybe if Pelosi didn't live under this "Table" she keeps talking about
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