Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, from President Obama's own state no less, has killed all hope of a Public Option. What a DICK. Sheesh.
House will not consider public option
What the hell are we paying these people for? Slimy bastard that Durbin is, he tries to put the onus and blame on Pelosi.
Earlier Thursday, a spokesman to Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Majority Whip, said Durbin would "aggressively whip" a health care bill that included a public option.
But of course, Pelosi isn't playing Durbin's game.
Pelosi, however, put the onus back on the Senate, saying that the chamber didn't have the votes needed for it.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Thursday that she would not include a public option in a health care reconciliation package that the House will send to the Senate.
"We're talking about something that is not going to be part of the legislation," Pelosi said, noting "with sadness" that the public insurance option won't be part of legislation. "I'm quite sad that the public option is not in there," she said.
Here's the final word from Pelosi:
"I'm not having the Senate, which didn't have a public option in its bill, put any of that on our doorstep," she said. "It did not prevail. What we will have in reconciliation will be something that is agreed upon, House and Senate, that they can pass and we can pass... It isn't in there because they don't have the votes."
Thank You Senate, for passing a HealthCare Bill that won't do anything to lower the cost of my premiums. The Insurance industry wins.