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Senate Finance Committee Rejects Schumer Public Option Amendment

By a vote of 10 to 13, the Senate Finance Committee rejects Schumer's public option amendment. This was considered the weaker of the two proposals and would have allowed for negotiated reimbursement rates. Baucus, Conrad, and Lincoln voted with the Republicans to defeat the amendment. As with the Rockefeller Amendment, Finance Comm. Chairman Baucus used circular logic to vote against it "because [he] doesn't see how it can get 60 votes" on the Senate floor.

It is now unlikely the Senate Finance version of HCR will contain a public option. The Senate HELP Committee and the House versions all include a public option, however. Speaker Pelosi and the majority of the House Progressive Caucus have vowed not to support legislation that does not include the public option.

Senate Finance Committee Rejects Rockefeller Public Option

By a vote of 8 to 15, the Senate Finance Committee rejects Rockefeller's (WV) public option amendment. This was considered the strongest Senate proposal for public option in health care reform. Four "Democrats" joined all ten Republicans to defeat the amendment: Baucus (MT), Conrad (ND), Lincoln (AR), Nelson (FL) and Carper (DE).

"Why" couldn't Biden "lean on" Carper? Who's to say he didn't?

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Conrad and Baucus Appease Joe Wilson, "Proof of Citizenship" to Be Required for Health Care "Reform"

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and colleague Kent Conrad (D-ND) demonstrate the time-honored Democratic tradition of capitulating to Republicans who agitate the loudest. After Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-SC) outrageous heckling of President Barack Obama, the Senate's top two Blue Dog Democratic health care negotiators attempt to appease Wilson's concerns, Wall Street Journal and TIME report.

The controversy over Republican Rep. Joe Wilson's shouting out "You Lie!" at the President over his claim that illegal immigrants wouldn't benefit from health-care reform apparently sparked some reconsideration of the relevant language. "We really thought we'd resolved this question of people who are here illegally, but as we reflected on the President's speech last night we wanted to go back and drill down again," said Senator Kent Conrad, one of the Democrats in the talks after a meeting Thursday morning. Baucus later that afternoon said the group would put in a proof of citizenship requirement to participate in the new health exchange—a move likely to inflame the left.

Thanks for waving the white flag, guys. Unfortunately it doesn't seem that Wilson—or any other Republicans for that matter—are willing to support the plan regardless of the last-minute changes. What's next, certification that the funds will not be used for "death panels"?