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Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) declared on Sunday that the health care legislation passed by the House of Representatives would be "dead on arrival" in the Senate, in part because his friend and colleague, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), wouldn't go "anywhere near" it. "The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate ... Just look at how it passed. It passed 220 to 215. It passed by two votes. You had 39 Democrats vote against the bill. They come from red states, moderate Democrats from swing districts. They bailed out on this bill. It was bill written by liberals for liberals and people like [Sen.] Joe Lieberman are not going to get anywhere near the House bill... it is a non-starter in the Senate." "Let me tell you why Joe feels that way and I do [too]," Graham added. Full Article at Huffington Post
The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate ... Just look at how it passed. It passed 220 to 215. It passed by two votes. You had 39 Democrats vote against the bill. They come from red states, moderate Democrats from swing districts. They bailed out on this bill. It was bill written by liberals for liberals and people like [Sen.] Joe Lieberman are not going to get anywhere near the House bill... it is a non-starter in the Senate.
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Graham: House Health Care Would Die In Senate (VIDEO)
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We are far from the end of the debate in the Senate
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It will take time. It will be careful, thorough and deliberate. I hope that the public option is part of the final bill. I think there is a discussion, about as Senator Snowe [R-Maine] suggested, a trigger to the public option, Senator Reid [D-Nev.] has suggested an opt-out by the states
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Let me tell you why Joe feels that way and I do [too] ... I think the public option will destroy private health care.
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