Blue Dog Dems Reach House Health Agreement

Courtesy Donklephant  Wed, 07/29/2009 - 12:25pm

It boils down to this…a public option will remain, but co-ops will be part of the deal too.

This will likely pass in the House, and the public option will be booted from the Senate’s version.

More from MSNBC…

Then Roll Call…

House leaders, the White House and four Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee reached a deal Wednesday on a health care overhaul.

The Energy panel will be resuming a markup of...


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