Posted by
Defend America on Friday, November 06, 2009 5:54:05 PM
Pelosi: No House vote on 'single-payer' plan
By Mike Soraghan
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11/06/09 11:45 AM ET
The House will not vote on a liberal Democratic plan to have a fully
government-run "single-payer" healthcare plan, House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi announced Friday.
Pelosi
(D-Calif.) declined to pursue a single-payer plan in the healthcare
overhaul. But Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) secured a commitment from
leadership in July to have an "up-or-down vote" on the single-payer
approach during floor debate. He got it in exchange for liberal support
of a compromise with Blue Dogs on the public health insurance option in
the Energy and Commerce Committee.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/66721-pelosi-no-house-vote-on-single-payer-plan