Good grief! The vote this weekend is just the House. It STILL has to pass the Senate again!

[Kablooie]

I heard this on the radio.
And the GOP will be looking for every way they can to kill it again.

Sounds like this will go on forever.

Sheesh!

[Schema Thing]

1. I know. This is frickin' exhausting. n/t

[Dawgs]

2. Wrong.

Someone else can explain.

[bullwinkle428]

3. I guess Lawrence O'Donnell was wrong, then. He seemed to

think that there could be more potential obstacles once it went back to the Senate.

[harkadog]

4. You are wrong

Someone else can explain.

[cherokeeprogressive]

6. I guess Bloomberg is wrong as well.

Senate Republicans have enough votes on at least two points of order to alter the measure and send it back to the House for a second round of votes, Hatch said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aghrqNBEBtIc

[Drunken Irishman]

12. Bloomberg didn't say that. Hatch did.

And I wouldn't believe a word from the Republicans.

[tekisui]

17. The House will send the Reconciliation bill to the Senate.

There will be one more vote there.

Obama could sign before the reconciliation, but I understand he is going to wait for the entire package.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. There have already been 51 Democratic senators who have signed on.

The hurdle has always been the House.

If it passes the House, it will without question pass the Senate.

[bigtree]

9. some hurdles, perhaps

Senate Budget Chairman Conrad Predicts Senate Changes to Reconciliation Bill

March 18, 2010

Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said Thursday that it is unlikely the Senate will be able to pass a health care reconciliation bill unchanged from what the House passes.

Conrad said the Senate Parliamentarian has declined to make rulings on several issues in the bill that Republicans are likely to challenge under the “Byrd rule.” That rule states that, among other things, every provision of a budget reconciliation bill must have a budget impact and cannot be “extraneous.”

“Although we’ve spent many, many hours with the Parliamentarian, some things he has not yet rendered a conclusion” on, Conrad said. “He wants to hear from both sides before he does.”

Conrad continued: “Do I expect there will be some additional Byrd rule challenges that will be upheld? Yeah. I do.”

read more: http://www.rollcall.com/news/44356-1.html

probably nothing fatal to passage

[Drunken Irishman]

10. Maybe a hiccup or two...but if it gets by the House, it'll reach Obama's desk.

[DFLforever]

15. Conrad is a connoisseur

of the downside.

It must make him feel better when things go well.

[Chemisse]

11. Thanks for the explanation

I was wondering the same thing.

I have grown so weary of the whole thing, I have tuned much of it out over the last couple of months. Then suddenly it is all imminent (again) and I am rushing to catch up.

[gateley]

7. Nooooooooooooo! Say it ain't so!

:nuke:

Dawgs -- if you're saying that's not right, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE explain!

[babylonsister]

8. Reid vows 'simple up-or-down vote' on health bill in Senate

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/87661-reid-vows-simple-up-or-down-vote-on-health-bill-in-senate

[NYC_SKP]

13. This is why I grew a clone of myself from a nail clipping, The real me is in an induced coma.

I'll wake me up when this is all over and take myself out for a big fancy dinner!

:silly:

[DFLforever]

14. The GOPers will put up obstacles in the way

of amendments but they'll all be shot down.

The Senate has agreed to pass the bill the House sends over.

That should be done by Easter, god willing.

[ncteechur]

16. as soon as it passes the House, the original bill just needs President Obama's signature.

The Senate just has to pass the reconciliation part and I would suspect that the GOP will try their foolishness and the Parlimentarian will be asked whether there are any parts that are not budgetary and he will say no and it will get a simple majority vote and it will pass too.

[deaniac21]

18. I'm guessing suicide Sunday will be the end of it.