The $100 Million Bribe to Buy 1 Vote in the Senate

That single vote would be Mary Landrieu’s, the esteemed Democratic Senator from the great state of Louisiana.

On page 432 of the Reid [healthcare] bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7 fiscal years” have been declared a “major disaster area.” I am told the section applies to exactly one state: Louisiana, the home of moderate Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has been playing hard to get on the health care bill. In other words, the bill spends two pages describing would could be written with a single world: Louisiana… Senator Harry Reid, who drafted the bill, cannot pass it without the support of Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu. How much does it cost? According to the Congressional Budget Office: $100 million.

via The $100 Million Health Care Vote? – The Note.

100 million dollars. Chump change to Harry Reid.

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