Senator Durbin Expects House to Take Up Health Care Bill This Week
Illinois U-S Senator Dick Durbin says he expects the House of Representatives to take up a health care bill this week. The measure was previously passed in the Senate and Durbin says there are enough votes in the House to pass it there.
Some Congressional Democrats, however, say they won't support the bill because it doesn't include a public option. Durbin says it's too late to start over now.
DURBIN: There are a lot of good ideas that I won't give up on. We may not be able to get them in this bill, but this bill has so many good things that we cannot lose it in a debate over another issue.
Durbin says the bill also has enough support in the Senate to win final approval, but he says he's not sure how many Democrats are on board.
