Dems' kamikaze mission: Health care by New Year's
Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin recently was asked if a national health care bill would pass the Senate by the end of the year. "It must," Durbin responded. "We have to finish it." Many other top Democrats share Durbin's determination to meet this deadline. But it's almost certainly not going to happen, for three reasons: the calendar, the Senate's other business, and, most importantly, growing public opposition to the health bill itself. Start with the calendar. No matter what Durbin says, there's not enough time to get a bill of the scope and complexity of the 2,074-page Senate proposal -- which...
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Tags: Calendar, Complexity, Democrats, Health Bill, Health Care Bill, Health New, Kamikaze Mission, National Health Care, New Year, Public Opposition, Richard Durbin, Scope, Senate Proposal