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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: pjohns on December 19, 2013, 05:33:06 am

Title: Sen. Max Baucus on single-party legislation
Post by: pjohns on December 19, 2013, 05:33:06 am

Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)--who is the architect of the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. ObanaCare), but who also  described it, in April, as a "huge train wreck"--has now had an epiphany as regarding the manner in which it was implemented:  "It is my belief that for major legislation to be durable, sustainable, it has to be bipartisan. ...I mean, one party can't jam legislation down the other party's throat. It leaves a bitter taste."

Here is the link:  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/us/politics/baucus-still-fretting-over-health-law-he-shepherded.html?_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/us/politics/baucus-still-fretting-over-health-law-he-shepherded.html?_r=0)

Too bad he didn't think of that some 3 3/4 years ago...

Title: Re: Sen. Max Baucus on single-party legislation
Post by: aligncare on December 25, 2013, 04:11:02 pm

Bitter taste? Like a distinct bitter almond taste followed by a sudden flatline?