Texas Democratic Reps. Sound Off on Health Care

With the election of Scott Brown, R-Massachusetts, shifting the Democrats’ advantage in the U.S. Senate to 59-41, the health care deliberations in Congress are in a state of flux. Plenty of people think that’s just fine. According to a recent CNN/Opinion Research poll, 70 percent of Americans think the Democrats’ loss of a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate is “good for the country.”

One Democrat who isn't crying over spilt milk is U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Austin. “The best way to get meaningful health insurance reform now is what was the best way to ...

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