{"id":362940,"date":"2010-02-25T14:42:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T19:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogs.suntimes.com,2010:\/sweet\/\/25.32340"},"modified":"2010-02-25T14:44:42","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T19:44:42","slug":"durbin-at-bipartisan-health-care-meeting-hints-dems-may-go-it-alone-if-no-deals-with-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/362940","title":{"rendered":"Durbin at bipartisan health care meeting hints Dems may go it alone if no deals with GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below, pool report from
\nChristina Bellantoni<\/strong>, Senior reporter, Talking Points Memo<\/em><\/p>\n

\nSen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) scrum quotes – about 2 mins. News toward bottom.<\/p>\n

\nPool Q:
\n“Do you the public option will come up at all today?”<\/p>\n

Durbin A: “It might … We’ve kind of been through this battle in the
\nSenate … and you lose a handful of Democratic votes on the public
\noption.” (Adds he supports public option)<\/p>\n

Q: How do you think it’s going?<\/p>\n

A: “I think it’s going well. The president is really doing his very best
\nto find some basic common ground … He’s identified some key
\nprinciples” where there is some agreement<\/p>\n

Q: Any surprises so far?<\/p>\n

A: “No. Working with these people for a long time, I could give some of
\ntheir speeches and they could give mine.”<\/p>\n

Q: Expect bipartisan deal to form? Are differences being bridged?
\n(Paraphrased, off mic)<\/p>\n

A: “It’s a longshot.”
\n“It’s possible.”
\n“I’m glad the president is trying, the American people want him to try
\nto find some common ground … I hope we get it done.”<\/p>\n

Pool Q: “What happens tomorrow?”<\/p>\n

Durbin A: “If nothing comes of this we’re going to press forward. We
\njust can’t quit. This is a once in a political lifetime opportunity to
\ndeal with a health care system that is really unsustainable …”<\/p>\n

Pool Q: Does reconciliation start tomorrow?<\/p>\n

Durbin A: “I wouldn’t go that far. We will sit down in leadership and if
\nwe have some helpful Republicans, this could be an easy assignment. But
\nif not, it could be a little harder.”
\n***
\nChristina Bellantoni
\nSenior reporter
\nTalking Points Memo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Below, pool report from Christina Bellantoni, Senior reporter, Talking Points Memo Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) scrum quotes – about 2 mins. News toward bottom. Pool Q: “Do you the public option will come up at all today?” Durbin A: “It might … We’ve kind of been through this battle in the Senate … and you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4220,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4220"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}