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[0:20] ..." contained senator -- plan calls for -- wants to compete with private insurance companies. Now as far as politics as leverage if the bill takes shape and passes muster without bipartisan support. What cost to the"...
[1:03] ..." but they're going to pass something this year that they can give Barack Obama and he could call a victory. -- last we left off they're hoping and agrees vice president Joseph Biden who -- before Thanksgiving. Well I think it's going to be may be before Christmas Eve who knows. Before they leave town"...
[1:47] ..." could suffer next year what the Democrats suffered in 1994. And here's Newt Gingrich. They don't want that."...
[0:00]" Healthcare reform with a vote on a clear plan by Thanksgiving. It's that last time frame we heard toward completion. Today senator Max Baucus whose decision to releases long awaited health care overhaul bill with no Republicans on board appears to dim their chances for a bipartisan compromise. Bit about what's contained senator -- plan calls for -- wants to compete with private insurance companies. Now as far as politics as leverage if the bill takes shape and passes muster without bipartisan support. What cost to the Democratic Party when it comes time for. Not only mid term elections. But also political compromise from here on out that we gain insight from ABC news senior political correspondent Sam Donaldson."
[0:46]" Democrats have to pass a health -- reform bill on their own in both houses easy in the house in the Senate they'll get it through. Even if they have to use the reconciliation route which means. Fifty votes plus the vice president. I rather than the sixty votes necessary to -- a filibuster but they're going to pass something this year that they can give Barack Obama and he could call a victory. -- last we left off they're hoping and agrees vice president Joseph Biden who -- before Thanksgiving. Well I think it's going to be may be before Christmas Eve who knows. Before they leave town this year but I think it could be after Thanksgiving I mean this is very contentious the country's divided as we know. The democratic plan is not universally admired even in democratic ranks at this point although we still don't have a bill we don't over the final democratic plan is. But it's come to the point where if they don't and they recognize this the Democrats do pass something. If they let their president leave town at the end of the year with egg on his face they could suffer next year what the Democrats suffered in 1994. And here's Newt Gingrich. They don't want that."
[1:54]" Along with the ABC news. Correspondent Sam Donaldson Gregg Jensen WBZ Newsradio 1030."
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