Moderate Democrat boosts Senate health bill

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Rep John Conyers “What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?”

Moderate Democrat boosts Senate health bill

Posted by Publius Alter on Nov 20th, 2009 and filed under Top Stories. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of three wavering U.S. Senate Democrats said on Friday he would vote to start the chamber’s healthcare debate, bolstering the chances for a broad reform bill one day before its first crucial test.