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Waxman Postpones Health Markup Amid Liberal Backlash
July 29, 2009, 5:16 p.m.
By Steven T. Dennis and Jackie Kucinich
Roll Call Staff
House
Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) postponed the
health bill markup that he planned to hold Wednesday afternoon amid a
backlash from liberals to the deal that he cut earlier with four
conservative Blue Dog Democrats.
Waxman told
reporters that he intended to keep meeting with committee Democrats on
Wednesday night, resume the markup Thursday and still finish the bill
Friday.
“[Energy and
Commerce Democrats] have a lot of questions about the legislation, and
I think it’s more important that we sit in the Democratic Caucus and
let people ask questions, get answers, hear each other out,” Waxman
said.
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