From The Hill:
Opponents of today’s motion to proceed on healthcare legislation who are pressuring others to vote no are practicing “Orwellian” tactics, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (D-Nev.) said today.
Reid appeared to take a shot at Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R-Ky.), who spoke right before him.
“Now he said, anyone who votes for this is going to have a lot of explaining to do,” Reid said during his floor speech today. “Now that is really Orwellian. That is Orwellian. Have a lot of explaing to do if they allow a debate to continue?”
Reid urged senators to support the motion to proceed scheduled for 8 p.m., saying that is only a motion to continue debate, not a vote for the legislation itself.
“All were asking today is to have a debate on it. I mean, why would anyone be afraid in supposedly the greatest debating society in the world to debate healthcare,” he said. “What are they afraid of?”
Reid may have aimed his remarks at the two remaining Democratic holdouts on the motion that needs 60 votes to pass.
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