Daily Pulse: Finance Committee Rejects Public Options, But the Fight Continues

The Senate Finance Committee rejected two amendments that would have added a public option to the committee’s health reform bill. This is a significant setback, but the fight is by no means over.

Four out of the five health bills to make it out of committee included a public option and Sen. Tom Harkin says he has the votes to pass bill with a public option.

Now the focus shifts to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to force him to include a public option in the final Senate bill.

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