Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus of Montana said Democrats would not abandon healthcare, but delay action until the spring or summer, Politico reported. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada remained committed to passing a health insurance reform bill this year, but didn't specify when.
"This is not a one-year Congress; this is a two-year Congress, and we have had a number of extensive meetings of trying to come up with a path forward," Reid said. "We are going to move forward on healthcare. We're going to do healthcare reform this year. The question at this stage is, procedurally, how do we need to get where we need to go?"
Building on Obama's statement that jobs were the focus for 2010, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said, "the three top issues on our agenda this year are jobs, jobs and jobs."
In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California outlined a plan to advance smaller health initiatives that wouldn't replace comprehensive healthcare reform but would allow lawmakers to vote on healthcare-related elements they consider important, the Washington publication said Thursday
"Some of these sidebar issues are issues that are very important," Pelosi said. "They can be done. They can move quickly. And that's not about one thing over the other. That's about time. Everything is about time."
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