Orszag: Health Care Reform Will Be Done in Six Weeks

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Orszag: Health Care Reform Will Be Done in Six Weeks

Brian Beutler

The Senate Finance Committee continues to tussle over the question of whether to delay a panel vote on health care reform legislation by two weeks. But whatever happens, White House budget directer Peter Orszag says health care reform will be done in about six weeks.

"The goal would be, yes, over the next six weeks or so, maybe sooner," Orszag told Bloomberg.

That would leave plenty of time for the Congressional Budget Office to analyze the final bill--a hybrid of the Finance bill and the HELP committee's bill--before it goes to the floor of the Senate for a full debate. Of course, Republicans will do what they can to slow the process down.

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1. Held my nose and watched Fat Lou on CNN for a spell last night

He wants to know, "What's the rush?" Which is what the Pubs will be howling the next few weeks. One of the panelists used the "been trying since Teddy Roosevelt" line to shut him up. A very effective, insertion by Team Obama into the conversation.