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REMINDER: Reid Promised Vote On Public Option

By Big Tent Democrat

On March 19, 2010, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said:

Reid promises public option vote 'in the coming months'

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) promised two Democratic senators this week a Senate vote on the public option "in the coming months." In a letter to Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the top Senate Democrat said he was committed to pursuing the controversial public insurance option later this year. "Like you, I remain committed to pursuing the public option," Reid wrote in a letter dated Thursday, which was obtained and published by the Huffington Post. "As we have discussed, I will work to ensure that we are able to vote on the public option in the coming months."

(Emphasis supplied.) Just sayin'

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 18, 2010 (boomark / email).