3 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senator Charles Schumer appeared on NBC's Today Show on Monday morning to talk about the health care reform and a new bill before the Senate.
Schumer said Monday that he believes majority Democrats will push through a bill overhauling the health care system with or without Republican support.
The New York Democrat accused GOP lawmakers of seeking to kill it and said "they haven't put any alternative on the floor."
Schumer fenced with Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas on the Today Show. A key Senate vote Saturday night paved the way for debate on a 10-year, $959 billion measure.
The House passed its version weeks earlier on a near party-line vote. Hutchison accused Democrats of pushing a measure that would impose heavy spending mandates on business at a time when the economy is still struggling to recover from a deep recession.
Associated Press
