If the Senate actually wanted to pass a public option through reconciliation, it could be done, without much of a hot fuss. But (according to the easiest path) that would first require Nancy Pelosi to put one in the House reconciliation package, and she's like nuh-uh: "'We're talking about something that's not going to be part of the legislation,' she said... 'We had it,' Pelosi said. 'We wanted it. They didn't have it. It's not in the reconciliation.'"
Public Option Dying For What, 12th Time? 13th?
Public Option Dying For What, 12th Time…
Public Option Dying For What, 12th Time? 13th?
If the Senate actually wanted to pass a public option through reconciliation, it could be done, without much of a hot fuss. But (according to the easiest path) that would first require Nancy Pelosi to put one in the House reconciliation package, and she's like nuh-uh: "'We're talking about something that's not going to be part of the legislation,' she said... 'We had it,' Pelosi said. 'We wanted it. They didn't have it. It's not in the reconciliation.'"