Saturday, March 27, 2010

Pelosi Signs Reconciliation Bill, Puts Punctuation Mark on Debate

Congressional Democrats put a punctuation mark on the over year-long health care reform debate when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) signed the reconciliation "fixes" bill Thursday after it was approved by a 220-207 vote.

Members of Congress now leave Washington for a two week district work period where Democrats will be selling (and trying to explain) the benefits of the new legislation and Republicans are predicted to malign aspects of the bill as part of their campaign to win back the majority.

For more, click here to access the New York Times story.

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