Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., argued Monday that Republicans don’t want to know what’s in the healthcare reform bill that could come up for a vote in the Senate this week.
“Republicans will still be voting on a healthcare bill with thick blindfolds on their eyes. They won’t be able to see it. My guess … [is] they don’t want to see it,” Schumer said on the Senate floor.
The New York Democrat said the bill, which was revised and updated Sunday night, is a “rushed-through, half-baked proposal.”
“This bill and the process it’s gone through is clearly wrong,” Schumer said, referring to the reconciliation process that requires only 51 votes rather than the usual 60 votes. He also said that the process has “damaged this institution.”
