Nelson, Lincoln Sticking with Cornhusker Kickback

[Joanne98]

You knew this was coming. Both Blanche Lincoln and Ben Nelson were out of the gate immediately Monday after the House passed insurance reform to say they would oppose the reconciliation bill. Lincoln said:

"The Reconciliation package devised by the House includes matter unrelated to health care and employs a legislative process that wasn't subject to the same transparency and thorough debate that we used in the Senate," she said in prepared remarks. "I cannot support this process."

Any excuse in a storm, eh? For Nelson, it's all about the student loan reform:

“No. 1, the student loan provision being included — not debated anywhere previously. It puts at risk 30,000 jobs at a time when we’re trying to create jobs all across America,” Nelson told reporters. “No. 2, the payroll tax on unearned income. I’ve always looked at that as a potential rescue for Medicare in the future and it goes into just general health care spending.”

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/23/849522/-Nelson,-Lincoln-Sticking-with-Cornhusker-Kickback