Health care on menu at breakfast fundraiser
The Huffington Post’s Arthur Delaney was on hand this morning outside a breakfast fundraiser for Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) at Charlie Palmer Steak house:
Standing by the door at the start of the event, Grassley declined to say who might be attending. “You’ll have to ask Senator Roberts,” he said before walking inside.
Guests politely declined to identify themselves as they arrived. But one, a lobbyist representing the American Association of Crop Insurers, forgot to remove his name tag when he left (Sen. Roberts sits on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry).
Asked what was discussed during the breakfast, the man said it was health care. He said Sen. Grassley did not discuss his upcoming meeting with other Finance Committee members — the so-called “Gang of Six” — and President Obama later in the day.
Read Delaney’s full report here.
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