Senate Whip Count Passing Health Care Reform: Reconciliation Reaches 53, Public Option Reaches 40
| By Dave Harding, ProgressOhio - Mar 10, 2010 7:19:41 AM ET |
This brings the number of signatories up to 40. With Tom Harkin, Herb Kohl, and Claire McCaskill as definite "maybes," 50 votes in the Senate is starting to seem plausible. Of course, given ongoing vote troubles for Democrats in the House, that chamber needs to be monitored and whipped at least as closely in any public option campaign.
Oh, and there are now 53 Senators on record publicly open to using reconciliation on health care. That should help increase confidence in the viability of the "sidecar bill" reconciliation fix strategy.
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