Politics: Expect a long, drawn-out process to a Senate health care vote, guys
- We’re talking about one-sixth of the economy. This should be a very deliberative process. And it should take more than a month and a half.
- Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah • Discussing Republicans’ desire to stretch out the process of voting on the health care beyond the end-of-year deadline Obama wants. Hatch also says it’s unlikey any Republican senator will support it, which means that Harry Reid needs to get his boys on point if he wants 60 votes. • source