McConnell Aide Brags About Lack Of GOP Health Plan

USA Today:

Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, says the intraparty rift is overblown. He and others point to past criticisms of Democrats' proposals made by many of the same Republicans, and that there is agreement within the party to pass some sort of health care bill.

"The Democrats like to complain that Republicans don't have an 'alternative' bill," Stewart says. "We don't have a thousand-page, trillion-dollar bill that raises taxes, slashes Medicare and raises premiums -- they're right as rain about that."

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Comments

[greysells2]

You don't need any policy proposals if you are the party of "NO" to everything except what your lobbyist pals say yes to.

[PhilipTaylor]

Senators: Did NOT sign Public Option Letter Vs. Funded by Health Industries

Senator---­--------Am­t Received

Kerry 15,747,735
Baucus 6,260,466
Harkin 5,551,547
L!eberman 5,052,273
Brown 4,662,222
D0dd 4,515,337
Cardin 3,576,721
Conrad 3,286,198
Sc_humer 3,245,066
Durb!n 2,870,616
Lincoln 2,817,100
Landrieu 2,535,864
Re!d 2,510,887
Nelson, Bill 2,357,319
Johnson 2,227,269
Bayh 2,212,674
Nelson, Ben 1,843,332
Bingaman 1,712,830
Lev!n 1,358,794
Carper 1,269,714
Dorgan 1,135,751
Warner 943,400
Pryor 881,901
McCaskill 638,350
K1obuchar 510,300
Byrd 376,975
Shaheen 253,803
Hagan 252,608
Tester 245,000
Webb 222,088
Begich 107,783

[greysells2]

That's a lot of bucks! About 75 million $$. And that's a lot of Senators! about 31 of the 100. is the deck loaded?

[goodpyr]

The RepugniCAN'Ts made their mess.Let'e­m lay in it.

[peter777]

Senator McConnell's staffer apparently lacks a brain, which is not surprising given the uniform NO stances McConnell has taken. Kentucky --- Senator McConnell is past the age of retirement and past any usefulness in the Senate for most Americans. You know what to do!

[mockley]

"We got nuthin' we got nuthin'...­.everybody now....we got nuthin'...­."

[Zelyony1750]

For years and years, Republicans have been complaining "Government is too big!" Well, then why don't they just resign, refuse to take any more lobbying money and cancel all of those pork projects such as "bridges to nowhere' and opt out of retirement and medical health plans and just go back where they came from? There! our government has saved some money!
The only Republican I can remember who is not taking a salary, is Ahnold S. But then, "The Terminator" made a lot of bucks pretending to be an actor. :-) (Actually, he was funny in "Twins".
Peace!

[Aerows]

We know they have no plan. Their plan is to do nothing, oppose anyone trying to get something done and attempt to get re-elected. The party of "government doesn't work" strives to prove it every day, and they wonder why the American people are fed up with them. Our elected officials are there to make government work for the American people, not to collect a paycheck and grandstand.

[WeMustSpeakOut]

There are so many in Congress who should be tarred and feathered.

[thepoliticalcat]

The Republican Party - proudly saying NO! to anything that makes sense. Truly, we should all collect donations to buy them a mirror. I don't think they have any idea how dumb they appear.

[Bloggerrogr]

Last time I read about the Republican 'alternative' it was ONE page long.

GMAB

FWIW

[Carolyn LeBeauf]

Republicans are trying to ease in and support health care. They all have realized that their seats are at stake.

[greysells2]

It's hard to reverse yourself in a few days and get the base made at you. The GOP has been sucked into a big trap. a lot of them are going to have to eat their words.

[Jennifer Amstutz]

http://www.republicansforsinglepayer.org/?p=1