The Senate has just entered its long glide toward passage of health care legislation. Majority Leader Harry Reid has filed for cloture on his manager’s amendment to his reform bill, as well as to the reform package, and the shell bill it will be attached to. He then “filled the amendment tree” on health care bill, preventing it from being further amended beyond the amendments in his manager’s package.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=133061