a Republican budget plan called for radical changes to Medicare took a Basinger in the US Senate, a day after voters in the State of New York expressed their disagreement in electing a Democrat.
On Wednesday the Senate under democratic control voted 57 to 40 against the budget proposal, which last month had passed the House of representatives Republican-controlled by a wide margin.
Although the outcome of the vote on Wednesday was determined in advance, five Republican Senators had joined their democratic colleagues in voting against the plan, which could radically alter Medicare, the popular program sponsored by the Government-health care for the elderly.
The vote followed a victory upset Tuesday for Democrat Kathy Hochul in a special election in the district of Congress New York 26th.
The election is triggered to occupy the normally safe Republican seat, left vacant by Chris Lee, who resigned after a gossip Web site published a photo featured bride Congressman responding to a personal ad.
Real drama of the election, was however, see how voters would react Republican proposals controversial to help trim the budget deficit growing transforming Medicare into a voucher program.
As the rest of his party, the Republican Jane Corwin campaigned in the district of New York State essentially rural, Western in support of health insurance reform.
Hochul campaigned against them - and won.
More immediate election reverberations were felt in Washington, where Democrats now see Republicans as deeply vulnerable on health insurance in the legislative elections and presidential 2012 next year.
Democratic Leader Harry Reid Senate called a vote on Wednesday to force Republicans to go to the folder for or against the Medicare budget plan.
Four centrist Republicans, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Scott Brown of Massachusetts, voted with the Democrats against the Republican regime.
Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky, Member of the ultraconservative ' tea party "and has also voted with the Democrats because he said that budget-cutting was not going far enough."
The budget plan calls cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans and most importantly, a reduction in costs for Medicare and Medicaid, which provides health insurance for the poor citizens of the country. Opinion polls show that the two programs are extremely popular with voters.
Republicans were quick respond to voices, reprimand the Democrats to ignore the growing debt of the country's long-term impact.
"The President identified the problem more than a year ago, when he says that." almost any deficit long-term and debt we face relates Medicare and Medicaid,'"the Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, said.
"But Democrats in the Senate today showed that don't want to even talk about." They rejected every single proposal to deal with, "said McConnell.
"They are so focused on an election which is almost two years later that they may not see the crisis facing us", he added.
Democrats, on the other hand, contentedly on the protection of Medicare.
"The promise of Medicare is the following: If you work hard and contribute, America will ensure that you are protected retreat from difficulties to provide health care,"said Reid."."
"The Republican budget would break this promise", he added. "It would make life much more difficult and painful for America's seniors." It is as simple and as serious as that. ?
Scrambling to react to the vote on the budget of the Senate on Wednesday, the author of the plan original budget in the House, representative Paul Ryan, has published a video detailing what he said, were the "facts" on health insurance and its reforms.
Accusing Democrats of ignoring Medicare, funding issues, he said Republicans are trying to save the program, not kill it.
"Instead, to work with us, the leaders of the Democratic Party have chosen to play politics with the safety of the health of seniors in America," said Ryan.
Democrats, however, felt sure that they had found a powerful stick with which to beat the Republicans as they head after the first term of the Obama.
Rub salt in the wounds, Democrats released a "memo" Republicans in Congress, saying: "Revamping your"message"hide the facts." The Republican budget end Medicare as we know it... and the American people fooled by thinking otherwise. ?
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