On Monday, Sen. Chuck Schumer indicated Democrats would force through health reform with budget reconciliation if a compromise couldn’t be reached. Sen. Harry Reid tried to back away from that today, but he essentially reaffirmed Schumer’s claim.
“We’re not even discussing [it],” Reid told reporters Thursday. “We believe health care should be bipartisan. We believe we have the opportunity to do that.”
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But when asked whether the option was on the table, as Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said earlier this week, Reid quipped: “I’ve never known Schumer to say anything wrong.”
“Get that down,” Schumer joked.
Reid added: “We don’t want to use reconciliation unless we have to. I hope we don’t have to.”