On Meet the Press yesterday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) said the Senate health care bill won’t make it out of the Senate as is.
“I don’t think anybody feels this bill, as Senator Reid put it down, though he made a lot of progress in blending bills together — I don’t think anybody thinks that this bill will pass,” Lieberman said.
On Saturday night, the Senate voted 60-39 to begin debate on the health care bill. Lieberman joined the Democratic caucus in voting yes to begin debate — but emphasized the next morning on Meet the Press that he won’t vote any bill with a public health insurance option off the Senate floor.
Essentially every amendment is subject to a filibuster and will take 60 votes to pass. My only resort, and every other senator — and there’ll be others who feel exactly the way I do about the public option — if the public option is still in there, the only resort we have is to say no at the end to reporting the bill off the floor.
Here’s the video:
