By GottaLaff
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Did I hear right? Pinch me, quick:
Democratic officials tell the New York Times that President Obama's health care proposal "was being written so that it could be attached to a budget bill as a way of averting a Republican filibuster in the Senate. The procedure, known as budget reconciliation, would let Democrats advance the bill with a simple majority rather than a 60-vote supermajority."
The bill will be posted online Monday in advance of the president's bipartisan health care summit on Thursday.
Said a Democratic aide: "It will be a reconciliation bill. If Republicans don't come with any substantial offers, this is what we would do."
Let's just hope the bill is one we can support.
Now about that public option...
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