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- Conyers Blasts Obama Over Health Care Reform
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Nov 20, 2009GeneralDetroit Democratic Congressman John Conyers is calling on President Obama to take a tougher stance with lawmakers who are uncertain about voting for health care reform.
Congressman John Conyers
WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…
Conyers has long championed both health care reform AND President Obama.But noting the thin margin of victory in getting health care reform through the House…Conyers said on the nationally-syndicated Bill Press radio show that he feared the Obama Administration was pandering to what the Congressman calls “nutty right wing proposals…”while Conyers and his fellow Democrats simply followed suit.
“I’m getting tired of saving Obama’s can in the White House. I mean he only won by five votes in the House. And this bill wasn’t anything to write home about.”
Conyers says he is particularly saddened that the final House version of health care reform allows individual states to opt out of a publicly-operated health care plan designed to compete with private insurers.