Democrats Announce Deal with Themselves on Healthcare Reform

Still No Details for the American Public

Contact: Chris Barron
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(Washington, D.C.) – Today, President Obama and Democratic Congressional leaders announced they reached a deal on healthcare reform and expect a vote in the House of Representatives by July 31st. In response, former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA), President of the Republican Main Street Partnership, issued the following statement:

“Democrats publicly announced they reached a deal on healthcare reform – unfortunately questions about the substance of what this reform will look like, how it will improve healthcare, and how we will pay for it, all remain unanswered.

“There is a broad bipartisan consensus that we need healthcare reform that makes quality affordable healthcare available to every American. Announcing a deal to move on healthcare reform is not news. It would have been news if the details of a healthcare reform plan had been announced. Sadly, the hard work of building real bipartisan support for how we actually go about reforming our healthcare system remains undone.

“Healthcare isn’t a partisan issue, and reforming our healthcare system is certainly too important a task to be handled in a partisan fashion. We strongly urge the President and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate to work with Republicans to find solutions that can improve healthcare for all Americans.”

The Republican Main Street Partnership (RMSP) is dedicated to promoting and building a pragmatic, thoughtful, fiscally conservative, and inclusive “Governing Majority,” where political debate is encouraged to promote solutions to improve the lives of all Americans. Embracing the full spectrum of center-right ideologies and values in order to build coalitions, RMSP is the largest organization of elected leaders who are in the mold of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. For more information on RMSP, visit our website at www.republicanmainstreet.org.