Medicare Reform The Senate GOP Will Hate
April 13, 2007, 9:19pm
The Senate’s agenda for next week includes a topic that Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said Republicans hate — a bill to let Medicare to negotiate for lower-price prescription drugs.
“They hate it because they are owned by the pharmaceutical companies,” Reid said, complaining about drug industry lobbyists who wear Gucci shoes and arrive on Capitol Hill in chauffer-driven limousines. “We are going to put the pharmaceuticals to a test and see if the Republicans are willing to move off their perches, perches built for them by the pharmaceuticals.”
His comments were part of a broader interview with PoliticsTV, in which he also discussed this week’s bombing of the Iraqi parliament building, the prospects for a pending emergency appropriations bill, the Senate’s plan to pass an intelligence authorization bill next week, and the controversy over missing Bush administration e-mails.
Categories: Senate, Nevada, Iraq, Harry Reid, Health, Budget, Intelligence, Oversight
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