Some on both the left and right are saying, whether in despair or in elation, that the election of Scott Brown to the Senate and the consequent end of the Democrats’ filibuster proof supermajority means that health care reform is dead.
But the Democrats have a bill before them, the House Bill, public option and all. The Democrats could just pass that. They could act before Brown is seated. Better yet, and easier accomplished, the House, which has no filibuster rule, could just pass the Senate bill as is and we’d have a Health Care law.
Sen. Barney Frank is advocating changing the Senate rules so that no filibuster is possible.
Wouldn’t such tactics infuriate voters even more?
Do you think a health reform bill can get through now?
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