Senior Democrats have offered their conservative members enough concessions to secure the support of four Blue Dogs on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, paving the way for committee passage this week, Fox News is reporting.
The compromise bill will still feature a public insurance plan, "the public option", which is at the heart of government takeover of the healthcare industry.
However, the full House will not vote on health care until at least September,
The good news is that now the hard Left is bitching. Bloomberg this morning quotes Lynn Woolsey, identified as a California Democrat who heads the 83-member "House Progressive Caucus" as saying: "We won’t vote for a weakening of the bill..."
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