SEIU's Anna Burger: I think that the president’s plan is a very solid plan

“The American people don’t want bipartisanship just for the sake of bipartisanship; they want action,” Anna Burger, the secretary-treasurer of the Service Employees International Union, told us on ABC’s “Top Line” today.

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She added: “Getting nothing done is not a solution. We need action -- that’s what the American people want. They want action, and it’s time for the Democrats -- if that’s what it takes -- to step up and vote and get this done.”

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“We’ve always thought a public option was a strong option,” she said. “We thought that was an incredibly important thing. To be perfectly honest, I think that the president’s plan is a very solid plan. It takes the Senate plan and it modifies it to really improve it. Does it get it all the way there? No. but it gives us a framework for really being able to do that.”

She added: “If we could get a public option through reconciliation, hey, I’d say I’ll go for it. On the other hand, the president’s plan is a very solid plan that deals with all of the issues that we wanted to be addressed. And we think it’s a great step forward.”

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