Despite growing pressure from President Barack Obama that health care reform negotiations in the Senate FInance Committee bear fruit by September, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) isn’t giving an inch–and he’s using the angry town hall disruptions as cover.
Enzi–who has played a key role in weakening Democrats’ health reform proposal, and whose support for the final product is far from guaranteed–said Democrats are in for “some nasty, nasty town meetings,” implying that the public disruptions are a symptom of liberal over reach, not of conservative rabble rousing.
He will soon participate in a meeting with Obama and five other members of the Senate Finance Committee to discuss their progress writing health care reform legislation. Hard to imagine this message will go over well with the White House.
