1.0 link 228941 <![CDATA[Emanuel's Public Plan With Triggers Trial Balloon "Blew Up": Dem Lawmaker]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/emanuels-public-plan-with_n_228941.html A leading progressive in the House of Representatives said on Wednesday that she felt reassured that the White House would not pursue health care reform that tied a public plan to worsening economic triggers.

In an interview with the Huffington Post, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) said that Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel might have been floating a "trial balloon" when he told the Wall Street Journal earlier this week that a trigger option could be a compromise approach to health...

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