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(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) says passing a final health care bill ranks up there with passage of civil rights legislation and the creation of Social Security and Medicare.
The liberal Democrat says he will be among those who vote to end a Senate filibuster on Saturday – “so the Senate can begin this important and historic debate.”
Leahy said “months of arduous drafting and redrafting and honing” (by Democrats, working without Republicans behind closed doors) has produced a bill worthy of debate.
"This is a defining moment for the Senate and for the country, ranking alongside other major decisions such as the creation of Social Security and Medicare, and the Civil Rights Act. The Senate should not hide behind the fig leaf of a procedural filibuster,” Leahy said in a statement.
"We cannot afford to let the health industry's sentries of the status quo kick the can down the road as they have done so often before. The country suffers when there is a failure to act on serious challenges that ordinary Americans face in their daily lives.”
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/57497
The liberal Democrat says he will be among those who vote to end a Senate filibuster on Saturday – “so the Senate can begin this important and historic debate.”
Leahy said “months of arduous drafting and redrafting and honing” (by Democrats, working without Republicans behind closed doors) has produced a bill worthy of debate.
"This is a defining moment for the Senate and for the country, ranking alongside other major decisions such as the creation of Social Security and Medicare, and the Civil Rights Act. The Senate should not hide behind the fig leaf of a procedural filibuster,” Leahy said in a statement.
"We cannot afford to let the health industry's sentries of the status quo kick the can down the road as they have done so often before. The country suffers when there is a failure to act on serious challenges that ordinary Americans face in their daily lives.”
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/57497
