Care Quote by Kent Conrad

The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve affordability, to…

— Kent Conrad

Reconciliation is a special budget procedure to change entitlement and tax laws. It cannot be filibustered and requires only a simple majority in the…

— Jeff Miller

When Republicans used reconciliation in 2001 for the Bush tax cuts, they used it to increase the deficit. The whole purpose of reconciliation is…

— Kent Conrad

Offering 'comprehensive' reform usually means years of arguing and horse-trading among pressure groups to get anything done. By the time all the special interests…

— Victor Davis Hanson

We certainly will have a vote on proceeding to a bill to repeal Obamacare... it was a very large issue in the campaign. And,…

— Mitch McConnell

Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but will not…

— Charles Caleb Colton

As Congress debates overhauling the nation's health care system, it should not authorize a reform plan that would further our financial woes. We must…

— Erik Paulsen

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It…

— Barack Obama

I'm not saying we don't need health care reform. We do need health care reform.

— Jim Renacci

In 2005, Republicans passed a 360-page reconciliation bill without a single Democratic vote that provided deep cuts to Medicaid and raised premiums on Medicare beneficiaries.

— Bernie Sanders

Yes, I do agree we need health care reform; however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the…

— John Mica

I think health care reform is challenging and challenged. We will see what happens, but this is a difficult topic that touches every American…

— Roy Blunt