Politics | Joe Lieberman White House to Reid: Get Lieberman on Board Senate leader unwilling to cut Medicare buy-in just for Joe By Nick McMaster Posted Dec 14, 2009 1:53 PM CST Copied Sen. Joseph Lieberman, center, flanked by Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., meets with reporters in Washington, Tuesday,Nov. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The Obama administration is urging Harry Reid to do what he has to to secure the support of Joe Lieberman. Lieberman has gummed up the Democrats' plans for the health care reform bill by announcing his firm opposition to the expansion of Medicare to Americans 55 to 64, and Reid is apparently unwilling to eliminate a major provision—one on which other senators' support may rely—for his sake. "There is a weariness and a lot of frustration that one person is holding up the will of 59 others," a prominent official tells Politico. “There is still too much anger and confusion at one particular senator’s reversal.” Read These Next Salesforce CEO's ICE joke leaves employees fuming. New details revealed about suspect in Nancy Guthrie abduction. He evaded arrest for 16 years, but his luck ran out at the Olympics. She lost to her victim in court, then beat her on the Olympic slopes. Report an error