Reid: Dems will use 50-vote tactic to finish healthcare in 60 days

by Michael O’Brien, thehill.com blog, 02/20/2010

Democrats will finish their health reform efforts within the next two months by using a majority-vote maneuver in the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said.

Reid said that congressional Democrats would likely opt for a procedural tactic in the Senate allowing the upper chamber to make final changes to its healthcare bill with only a simple majority of senators, instead of the 60 it takes to normally end a filibuster.

“I’ve had many conversations this week with the president, his chief of staff, and Speaker Pelosi,” Reid said during an appearance Friday evening on “Face to Face with Jon Ralston” in Nevada. “And we’re really trying to move forward on this.”

Read more at  http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/82461-reid-dems-will-use-50-vote-tactic-to-finish-healthcare-within-60-days

Who is the “They” in “They still don’t learn” ?? Democrats, who aren’t listening to citizens; and Republicans who think that Democrats going down in defeat will stop the national takeover of healthcare.

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