Due to Senator Scott Brown (R) defeating state Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) for the Senate seat, Democratic leaders are racing to salvage health-care reform legislation. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) got together to talk about plans for if there was a Republican victory, which in fact there was. “The House Democratic Caucus then met shortly after 7 pm Tuesday to discuss the progress of healthcare negotiations with the Senate and White House,” reports Alexander Bolton from The Hill.
Brown’s defeat “means that Democratic leaders need to recalibrate their plans…because Brown gives Republicans 41 seats in the Senate — enough to block healthcare reform legislation,” states Bolton. Several liberal lawmakers in the House dislike the Senate bill, which presents a problem for the senior White House officials who would like the House to pass the healthcare bill without any changes. To ease this conflict, “there is a proposal that the House would then pass a second measure making changes to the Senate bill. That measure could then pass through the upper chamber at a later date under special budgetary rules known as reconciliation, which allow legislation to pass with a simple majority,” reports Bolton.
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