Coffee Party Talks Healthcare Reform

Good evening and thanks for joining us I'm Jennifer Hudspeth, Sara has the night off.The one thing that everyone in Washington can agree on when it comes to the health care reform bill...is that is extremely divisive.No republicans support it...and democratic leaders are trying to hold on to members of their own party...as they come to the finish line.But as CBS News correspondent Karen Brown reports...that's causing some regular folks to come together.As the political divide over health care grows ever deeper...( nats cantor/)"Ram through health care"(nats hoyer)"We're not ramming through anything..Around the country...( nats of people clapping )folks came together for a cup of coffee and a conversation on how to solve the divisiveness in Washington.(sot younger guy )00:18:06I would like to see the people we heard.And what it it you want them to hear.I would like them to hear that people are in pain.The liberal coffee party movement was created..in part...after the health care debate degenerated into severe partisanship."When we saw that happen we lost a lot of confidence in our government."But democrats are still promising to pass health care legislation within the next two weeks...without any republican support."I have been more optimistic in the last 48-72 hours that this will get done than i have ever been."(bridge 00:24:07 )and while regular folks gathered in coffee houses to debate the issue...republicans served up their big health care gun. Senator Scott brown called the legislation bitter and destructive."( sot sen scott brown )"They pledged a true bi-partisan effort. Instead, they have resorted to bending the rules, and they now intend to seize control of health in America."President Obama is staying in town...to make sure enough democrats support the legislation. But key members of his own party are unhappy with his call to pull special state projects from the final bill.(nats debate )For many of these folks...they just want health care reform....(sot chloe urban/ )*00:22:20 as a wealthy country to have people who are not getting health care coverage is an abomination.But they want both sides to find a common ground.Karen Brown, CBS news, New York.



 


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