Hoyer: We're Still Waiting On Blunt's Solutions

CQ Politics:

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said Tuesday he will try again to find a bipartisan approach to a health care overhaul by reaching out to a few Republican leaders who have said they agree with about 80 percent of the ideas House Democrats have outlined...

Hoyer said he has spoken often with Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., the former GOP whip who heads the House Republican Conference health care task force. But Hoyer contended that he has yet to hear "alternative suggestions" from the Republicans to the proposals made by Democrats.

Hoyer and Blunt are personal friends, which makes this a little harder for Blunt to dismiss.