Reply #43: I know precisely what stopped it! [View All]

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First this stupid push to pass NAFTA and the Crime Bill, this consumed much of Congress's time. Then after passing these, finally the healthcare bill was put at the top of the agenda. But it was bad planning which killed this bill! Clinton first introduced it with a speech that boosted a huge level of public support for the measure..then he went back to NAFTA, and then to the budget, then to the crime bill. By the time Congress finally got around to considering Clinton's healthcare legislation, all public support for the measure had evaporated. The insurance companies were running their television ads, and the GOP felt comfortable in filibustering the measure as time began to run out in Congress. Finally, Mitchell and Gephardt decided to adjorn the session with nothing passed...leading up to the GOP takeover in 1994! :thumbsdown:

But why bringup this bad memory? It wasn't Clinton's bill which was bad...again, it was the lack of legislative planning which killed this measure.