Senate passes motion to proceed on health care reform bill, let the debates begin!
Our magnificent politicians pulled another weekend shocker , this time in the Senate by passing a 'motion to proceed' 60-39 with all Democrats voting yes (including Lieberman & Sanders) and all Republicans voting no with Voinovich not voting. This allows the debate to be officially opened and is a massive blow for the opposition. On the heels of a landmark Fed audit amendment bill and global warming email hack discovery , this is a bitter pill to swallow. Currently, majority leader Harry Reid does not appear to have enough votes to end the debate and according to rather harsh words from Blanche Lincoln the public option appears to be the major hindrance. The problem of course for those Democrats and people like Lieberman is that by passing the motion to proceed with debate we have entered a very dangerous and precarious situation. We have seen just last week that politics is a very dirty business and the leaders of both House and Senate are pre...