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Heidi Alexander: Well, when they jump, they may be. But Senator Reid and his Democratic colleagues, I would say to my friend from…

On the recordMarch 11, 2010
Well, when they jump, they may be. But Senator Reid and his Democratic colleagues, I would say to my friend from Arizona, are not going to have any incentive to catch these House Members who vote for the bill because the President will have already signed it into law, and he will be well on his way to Indonesia, as the Senator from Arizona has just said. We have 41 Republican Senators who have signed a letter saying that you are not going to make new deals and send them over here and change them by reconciliation.
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Heidi Alexander
Labour Party
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Mar 11, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker discusses the implications of health care reform and the lack of incentive for House Members after a bill is signed.

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