Major News: Dems Drop Kick Republicans
The absolutely unconscionable behavior of the Republicans over the past month in regards to the healthcare reform bills before Congress and the Senate has resulted in an all out dismissal of the Republican minority in congress.
It’s about damn time!
According to the NYT (via San Jose Mercury):
Given hardening Republican opposition to congressional health care proposals, Democrats now say they see little chance for the minority’s cooperation in approving any overhaul, and are increasingly focused on drawing support for a final plan from within their own ranks.
Top Democrats said Tuesday that their go-it-alone view was being shaped by what they saw as Republicans’ purposely strident tone against health care legislation during this month’s congressional recess, as well as remarks by leading Republicans that current proposals were flawed beyond repair.
The White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said of Republican lawmakers, “Only a handful seem interested in the type of comprehensive reform that so many people believe is necessary to ensure the principles and the goals that the president has laid out.”
I’m still reading the article. [NYT: Dems Going It Alone]
Filed by CitizenRob at August 18th, 2009 under Uncategorized