Outline Of Senate Health Bill Agreement Emerging
OPS_admin | Dec 10, 2009 | Comments 0
Senate Democrats emerged from a caucus-wide meeting Wednesday evening tight-lipped about the elements of the “broad agreement” that has been reached on health care reform – in some cases literally so: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) declined to answer questions by pointing at his sealed lips.
There's a reason for the opacity. If details of the policy proposals sent to the Congressional Budget Office are leaked, the CBO no longer feels as if it needs to keep the analysis confidential. Keeping the many pieces secret for a few more days gives Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) the opportunity to share them first with colleagues and combine them in a way that gets all 60 members of the caucus on board.
Reid reiterated the importance of confidentiality during the meeting. Fortunately, HuffPost spoke to Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) before the gathering began.
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