Research

Late Saturday night, Senate Democrats advanced the Obama-Reid government-run health care experiment with 60 votes exactly – just enough for Harry Reid to claim success. Unfortunately for Harry Reid, that was only the first in a series of Senate votes he’ll need to win in order to pass his bill.  As Politico reports, there are several “hidden land mines” ahead.

Democrats have been laying down markers left and right to advance their bargaining positions, and if any of them holds firm, the whole bill could fall apart.  You can learn more about Reid’s problems in this morning’s Research Briefing, “Math Is Hard.”