Trumka: Senate Bill As Is Will Die In The House

Sam Stein @ The Huffington Post - The head of the most powerful union group in the country said on Thursday that the Senate version of the health care bill will not survive a vote in the House without substantial changes.

Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, told the Huffington Post that both he and his members are "extremely disappointed" with the compromises conservative Democrats extracted from Senate leaders. Rather than formally opposing the bill, he expressed confidence that it will change before passage

"If the Senate bill in its current form went to the House it would go down," he declared.

"I can tell you this," he added. "The plan as it currently is would not get much support from the American worker unless it is improved. Read more.