VP Biden to preside over final passage of health care legislation tomorrow.

[jefferson_dem]

http://twitter.com/PoliticsNation/status/6979933376

[Shrek]

1. Final passage?

Won't there be additional votes in each house after (if) the conference committee merges the two bills?

[Connie_Corleone]

2. He'll probably preside over that too.

I guess he'll be there as a "just in case" for the 51st vote.

[jefferson_dem]

3. Final passage...of the Senate bill.

Correct. It will be blended with the House bill in conference. I guess, after that, the vote will be for final final passage.

[ShortnFiery]

4. The Greatest Show on Earth.

That makes it perfectly Three Rings. :crazy:

And we the audience? .... "There's one born every minute."

[BlooInBloo]

5. Dodd: This has proven that progress is not easy.Tomorrow will prove that it's not impossible....

Dodd: This has proven that progress is not easy.Tomorrow will prove that it's not impossible. May the next decade be shared by that spirit.

http://twitter.com/DemWarRoom


Well-said, Dodd.

[Cha]

13. Thanks for that Bloo..

It only took a Perfect Storm of getting Obama elected and everything else that came together to make this foundation for Health Care happen..as imperfect as it is.

[Clio the Leo]

6. Darn you Obama! Darn you Biden!!!!

Friends had asked me if I was dedicated enough to stay up until 1am watching the Senate ..... I told them that required no dedication on my part as I'm usually up until 2am.

I do NOT, however, usually get up at 6am ...... I had about decided to sleep through it but ..... NOOOOO ...... now I gotta get up at 6:45 in order to watch the sexiest Senate presider in history!!!

ugh!!!!! These people!!!!

[jillan]

8. Thank god for DVRs.

I'll sleep in, but have Biden ready for my viewing pleasure when I awake ;)

[Clio the Leo]

9. It's not the same.....

.... I wanna be IN the moment when it's happening ..... seeing what happens when it happens at the exact MOMENT it happens ..... after the 30 second delay. :)

[WheelWalker]

19. It's even earlier here in Oregon. It's a beginning. I'm always

in favor of beginnings. I was once a beginning, in fact.

[PatSeg]

22. I slept through it

Now I have to check for clips. Did you catch it real time?

[jillan]

7. Why? Why are they bringing him in? Are they thinking they may need his vote?

[Clio the Leo]

10. To make a public show of tying the admin to the bill...

..... now that it's looking extremly likely that a final bill will come out of this whole thing, they no longer have to do they hands-off thing (which they weren't going to do because of the Clinton health bill fiasco.)

Nothing wrong with that, it's politics.

Biden could also be there for insurance I suppose.

[jillan]

11. Maybe he's being brought in to keep the rethugs from lying.

Don't mess with Joe.

[Clio the Leo]

17. ha ha! He's not THAT good. NT

[Skip Intro]

12. Maybe they don't trust Lieberman.

:shrug:

[tridim]

15. I believe passage only requires 50+1 votes.

Holy Joe matters not. :evilgrin:

[Skip Intro]

16. Oh yeah. I plead holiday stress syndrome. Nice to know Joe matters not at this point.

[tridim]

18. I imagine Ol' Joe is feeling pretty down right now.

Nobody's paying attention to me any more. :cry:

[WheelWalker]

20. He's one spent wad at this point.

[HughMoran]

14. Nice!

That should add a nice touch.

[lamp_shade]

21. He visited the cloak room a couple of weeks ago (I don't remember why). I was watching some

floor debate when suddenly I heard this LOUD UPROAR of cheering and shouting. Whoever was speaking at the time stopped and turned around. It was later that I learned Joe was there. You gotta know he just loves hanging out at his old stomping grounds with his old buddies. Good for Joe. I'm tickled.