GOP Leader Accuses Democrats of Damaging Public Trust

• By John Stanton
• Roll Call Staff
• Sept. 1, 2009, 5:30 p.m.

Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (Tenn.) on Tuesday said Democrats have mishandled the health care reform debate and said he doubts Congress will have much luck enacting sweeping legislative reforms in the future because the majority party has damaged the public trust in government.