House Moving Toward Weekend Votes On Healthcare
(Washington, DC) -- The U.S. House is moving toward final votes on healthcare reform this weekend. Democrats need 216 votes to bring the issue home and every vote is being counted and re-counted. President Obama picked up a key victory when Congressman Dennis Kucinich announced that he will vote yes on the final healthcare legislation. The Ohio Democrat had been a no vote, complaining that the measure does not go far enough. Republicans complain the legislation is too complex and too expensive and warn that Democrats will be punished in November's national mid-term elections. President Obama has been leaning heavily on lawmakers to finalize health insurance reform, which stalled after passage of separate bills in the House and Senate last year. House Democrats continue pondering the legislative path to final approval, a path that may require some complicated parliamentary maneuvering. |