Ganging up on Baucus: Senator's plan garners bipartisan grumbles

[SpartanDem]

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) finally introduced his much-anticipated healthcare reform bill Wednesday — and was rewarded with a chorus of disapproval from both the left and the right.

The Finance Committee chairman has huddled for months with a bipartisan Gang of Six senators in hope of devising a compromise

But it hasn’t worked, at least not yet. The right hates it, the left thinks it’s weak and the center may not be as broad as Baucus hoped.

As he unveiled the bill, Baucus stood by himself, a lonely, but upbeat figure on a podium in his committee’s stately hearing room. The gang’s three Republicans made clear they were not on his side.


Baucus’s bill and his exclusion of all but two other Democrats from negotiations met with ambivalence to downright rejection from most Democrats, especially liberals.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/59149-ganging-up-on-baucus

[SPedigrees]

1. Glad to hear that Baucus' bill got the reception it deserves. nt

[Chisox08]

2. I'm sorry but Baucus's BIMBO bill is a complete joke

[The Magistrate]

3. This 'Bill', sir, is Not Worth the Paper It Is Printed On

Baucus is an egregious waste of oxygen and proteins....