Comments on: Engel Says ‘No’ To No Public Option http://www.nyacknewsandviews.com/2009/08/rep-engel-stands-strong-for-the-public-option-health-care-town-halls-coming-to-rockland/ Community news and opinion for Nyack, NY Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:25:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Kavesh http://www.nyacknewsandviews.com/2009/08/rep-engel-stands-strong-for-the-public-option-health-care-town-halls-coming-to-rockland/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Richard Kavesh Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:21:07 +0000 http://www.nyacknewsandviews.com/?p=3369#comment-254 Republicans have made it clear that they will oppose whatever bill President Obama supports and why: "If we’re able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him.” - U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R)of South Carolina. Democrats control 256 out of 435 votes in the House and 60 out of 100 in the Senate. They have the votes to pass a bill with the public option on their own if they are fortified by public resolve in favor of the public option. For me, this is one of those issues that separates Democrats from Republicans, liberals from conservatives, and why party differences matter. We need to keep up the public pressure for the public option. Republicans have made it clear that they will oppose whatever bill President Obama supports and why:

“If we’re able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him.” – U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R)of South Carolina.

Democrats control 256 out of 435 votes in the House and 60 out of 100 in the Senate. They have the votes to pass a bill with the public option on their own if they are fortified by public resolve in favor of the public option.

For me, this is one of those issues that separates Democrats from Republicans, liberals from conservatives, and why party differences matter. We need to keep up the public pressure for the public option.

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