she needs to know who in her caucus needs to be threatened or have their arms twisted off, like she did to the dem opponents of cap and trade. I hope that experience is still fresh in the minds of the blue dogs. they caved in to the pressure only to have her take all the credit when the bill passed, and then they went home and got their asses kicked during the august recess. and all of this for a bill that has no chance of making it through the senate looking anything like what they were forced to vote for.
Pelosi: Time to know where caucus stands on public healthcare optionSpeaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday told fellow Democrats the time has come for all members of the party to say where they stand on the government-run health insurance program.
Pelosi informed her caucus that she will be asking which of the various public options members can support, or if they cannot support any at all.
The nose-counting effort will involve the Democratic whip operation, the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Pelosi herself, according to members who attended the Democrats’ closed-door caucus meeting Thursday.
Once she has a better idea, Pelosi can decide on which public option to include and then bring the healthcare legislation to the House floor for a final debate.
“She said essentially, ‘It’s decision time. I need to know,’ ” said Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.).
Pressure is building on Pelosi to pick a plan and move forward, now that the Senate has completed its committee work on two bills and is gearing up for a floor debate in less than two weeks.
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