House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters today that he understands it’s hard out there these days for his counterpart on the other side of the Capitol. That in mind, he suggested that House Democrats would be willing to embrace the Medicare age compromise reportedly on the table in the Senate to ease a health care reform bill through.
“I congratulate him for the extraordinary, herculean efforts that he is making to to bring 60 votes together to get something done in the United States Senate,” Hoyer said of Harry Reid, “so I think that’s an idea worth consideration.”
“I don’t want to anticipate what is acceptable or not acceptable,” he said of the Medicare compromise plan’s chances in the House. “I think it’s an interesting idea,” he added.
One member of Hoyer’s caucus has already rejected the Senate compromises. Earlier this morning, progressive caucus co-chair Rep.Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), called the Senate compromise plans “troubling.”
