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**DrJonson** · 01-04-2011, 10:33 PM

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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who was recently tasked by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) with leading the Senate Democrats' newly combined policy-and-messaging operations, told Politico today that the Republicans who oppose health care reform should give up their own government health benefits.

He said: "It seems unfair that House Republicans want to deprive middle-class Americans of the same health care as members of Congress but to keep it for themselves."

Schumer cited as a positive example that of incoming-Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), who is foregoing his Congressional health care benefits and will seek coverage for himself and his wife on the open market, despite her pre-existing condition. Walsh told CNN this morning: "I was sent to Washington to do what I said I was going to do, and this was a pledge I had out there for a year."

Schumer said of Walsh's pledge, "I don't agree with his views on health care, but at least he is being fair and consistent," and called for incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) to encourage his members to do the same.

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DrJonson Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 411 Senior Member	Schumer: Anti-Health Reform GOPers Should Forgo Gov't Health Care TPM: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2...re.php?ref=fpb Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who was recently tasked by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) with leading the Senate Democrats' newly combined policy-and-messaging operations, told Politico today that the Republicans who oppose health care reform should give up their own government health benefits. He said: "It seems unfair that House Republicans want to deprive middle-class Americans of the same health care as members of Congress but to keep it for themselves." Schumer cited as a positive example that of incoming-Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), who is foregoing his Congressional health care benefits and will seek coverage for himself and his wife on the open market, despite her pre-existing condition. Walsh told CNN this morning: "I was sent to Washington to do what I said I was going to do, and this was a pledge I had out there for a year." Schumer said of Walsh's pledge, "I don't agree with his views on health care, but at least he is being fair and consistent," and called for incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) to encourage his members to do the same.
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