Harkin: votes are there for public option
September 29, 2009 by O.Kay Henderson · Leave a Comment
Senator Tom Harkin (D-Cumming, Iowa), the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, said today that he has the votes in the 100-member Senate to pass a health care reform bill that includes a public option.
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-New Hartford, Iowa), the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said this morning that he didn’t think the committee would pass a bill that includes the public option. The Finance Committee has voted down two attempts to include a public option in the committee’s health care reform package.
