Asked if health care reform legislation will pass this year, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid told reporters today that "we're not going to be bound by any timelines."Obamacare is going to get a lot harder after today's elections. Moderate and conservative Dems will be spooked by the voter revolt that seems to be taking place, and they'll be fearful that support of Obamacare and cap-and-tax could spell the end of their political careers.
"We need to do the best job we can for the American people," he said. "We want quality legislation, and we're going to do that."
President Obama had set a deadline of the end of the year to pass health care reform, and advocates fear that further delay could hamper the legislation's chance of passage.
"We're going to do this legislation as expeditiously as we can, but we're going to do it as fairly as we can, also," Reid said. He later added that the Senate Democratic Caucus wants "Democrats to do this the right way, not the fast way."
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Harry Reid: Haven't Got Time for Obamacare This Year
I guess he's hoping to let things die down from today's election before they try and ram Obamacare through again:
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