CHICAGO- Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) hopes the Senate will make quick passage of the House healthcare bill and pass it this week, possibly Tuesday. “I hope we can pass the house reconciliation bill intact without change and send it immediately to the President”, said Durbin at a Latinos Healthcare Reform press conference.
Feeling good about what is happening in the House, the Senator spent last week talking to fellow democrats in the U.S. Senate making sure the votes are in place. “I spent Christmas Eve voting for this bill now I am going to spend the break before Easter voting on this bill, I don’t want to wait until Thanksgiving to finish this bill!” said Durbin closing his remarks to the press. Watch excerpts here..