Durbin On Health Reform Bill: Let Us Vote

Sen. Richard Durbin has accused Republicans in the Senate of stalling on consideration of H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act bill.

“The Republicans in the Senate want to drag this out,” Durbin, D-Ill., said this afternoon, as the Senate began another round of floor debate on the PPACA bill.

Up till now, Durbin said, Republicans have refused to let a proposed women’s preventive health benefits amendment or a Medicare amendment that might be offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., come up for a vote.