Senate to Delay Health Care Debate Until September
July 20, 2009
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday, July 23, that the full Senate will debate and vote on health care overhaul legislation after it returns in September from a month long recess. Reid said the Senate Finance Committee is expected to approve its version of the legislation before the Senate starts its recess August 7. Reid further noted, "We’ll come back in the fall, and work in the full Senate on the bill.”
The Senate plans to merge the Senate Finance and HELP Committees’ bills before sending the finalized legislation to the floor for a vote. The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee passed its version of health care reform on July 15.
