No happy ending for people on health reform says Cornhusker kickback king Sen. Ben Nelson

ben-nelson-jokerThere certainly wouldn’t be any happy ending for Ben Nelson come 2012 as he is toast come election time that year. But according to Nelson, there may not be a happy ending for people on health reform aka Obama either. According to The Hill, Nelson, who gave key support to health care legislation in the Senate in December, defended his actions to support the bill, lashing out at the media for heaping scrutiny on deals the senator had secured to support the reform package.

“I don’t know if there’s a happy ending for health care,” Nelson told a Democratic Party dinner in Lancaster County, Neb., as reported by the Lincoln Journal Star.

Senators are set to return to Washington this week after a protracted break due to snowstorms and a scheduled recess. A new, $15 billion jobs bill and finishing healthcare work top the majority-holding Democrats’ agenda.

Senate leaders have said they’re prepared to use a majority-vote tactic to move forward on health reform, and Republican leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) conceded he’s not sure if the GOP will have the votes to stop it.

Nelson has backed the majority-vote budget reconciliation process, which sidesteps the 60-vote threshold usually needed to end a filibuster, to move forward on healthcare.

Still, his skepticism about a happy ending reflects still-present uncertainty that Democrats will be able to cobble together the votes to finish health reform after more than a year of work on the issue.

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February 21, 2010 · Filed Under Ben Nelson, ObamaCARE


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  • democratsarefascists

    Hey everybody!

    Bribe-Taker Ben wants to give everybody in America a happy ending!

    (Mine will be when this traitor is forced out of office.)