Quotes For The Week
For generations, the American people have called for affordable, quality healthcare for their families. Today, the call will be answered.
-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, in a floor speech Saturday afternoon in support of the Affordable Health Care for America Act
Now it falls on the United States Senate to take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people.
-President Barack Obama, from the White House Rose Garden on Sunday
The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate. Just look at how it passed. It passed 220 to 215. It passed by two votes. You had 40– 39 Democrats vote against the bill. They come from red states, moderate Democrats from swing districts. They bailed out on this bill. It was a bill written by liberals for liberals. And people like Joe Lieberman are not going to get anywhere near the House bill. It cuts Medicare about five hundred billion dollars. It’s over trillion dollars in new spending. It does have the public option. So the House bill is a non-starter in the Senate… So I just think the construct out of the House and what exists in the Senate is not going to pass. And I hope and pray it doesn’t because it would be a disaster for the economy and health care.
-Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina, on the CBS show “Face the Nation” on Sunday
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