Democrats Hit Back on GOP Health Plan

By David M. Drucker
Roll Call Staff
May 20, 2009, 2:45 p.m.

Responding swiftly to an alternative Republican health care plan unveiled earlier Wednesday, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the group Health Care for America Now joined forces this afternoon to push for passage of a public plan as a part of health care reform.



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As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article

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