The American Spectator

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After the House and Senate both passed President Obama's $3.5 trillion spending blueprint with reconciliation language for national health care, what say the senior Democrats in the Senate who told the American people they were against ramming through a health care bill on an expedited basis? Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said he was pushed into reconciliation by a "higher power," in response to a question from Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.).