http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/house-democrats-target-changes-in-senate-bill/
On January 18th the Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives said that they would insist upon changes to the Senate's draft of the health care bill. This creates a problem because if changes are made it would be sent back to the Senate for an additional vote. If no changes are made it can be sent to Obama for signing. Currently the Democratic leaders are struggling to get enough votes to pass the bill through. The House bill contains a public option which the Senate bill had to drop in order to gain the votes of centrist Democrats. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic House speaker, said that she is confident that the Democrats in the House and Senate can agree on a bill and get a draft to the President relatively quickly. The House Republicans are angered because all of the discussions about the bill are in closed-door conferences. Obama made a campaign promise to have open-door discussions for the American people concerning health care.
Is it wrong for the Democrats to be having closed-door conferences about the health care bill? Are the concessions made in the Senate worth giving to get the bill passed?
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I doubt Republicans leave their doors wide open all the time!
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