Appearing on Sunday morning's Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer on CBS, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Kent Conrad (D-ND) - both members of the Finance Committee - agree that creating a health insurance co-op (as the proxy public option) is the only way to pass bi-partisan reform legislation. They also agree that passing legislation via the budgetary reconciliation process (so as to avoid the pay-as-you-go rules that mandate that legislation can only be passed if it is budget neutral) should not be invoked.
See the video at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5260341n&tag=related;photovideo
The related article is at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/23/ftn/main5260259.shtml?tag=contentBody;featuredPost-PE
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