i think they will. but people show their cards at the very last minute. jim: charles? what there is at the heart is arcane procedural issue. i know it s going deep in the weeds, but you and i, jim, by god we have gone deep in the weeds and there is is no. [ laughter ] turning back right now. so here we go. if this is going to pass, the house has to accept the bill that the senate has passed, a step one. now, i have heard that some members of the house want to attach a provision that says that unless the senate then fixes it, with the side car, this fixing amendment bill, that the bill passed in the house will stay in the house and never be on the president s desk, so it never becomes law. but i also understand that the parliamentarian in the senate is saying that unless it becomes law, you can t have the side car. so it s a catch-22. jim: you can t fix something that hasn t been passed. that hasn t been passed. if all of that is true, then what you have here is an issue
i think they will. but people show their cards at the very last minute. jim: charles? what there is at the heart is arcane procedural issue. i know it s going deep in the weeds, but you and i, jim, by god we have gone deep in the weeds and there is is no. [ laughter ] turning back right now. so here we go. if this is going to pass, the house has to accept the bill that the senate has passed, a step one. now, i have heard that some members of the house want to attach a provision that says that unless the senate then fixes it, with the side car, this fixing amendment bill, that the bill passed in the house will stay in the house and never be on the president s desk, so it never becomes law. but i also understand that the parliamentarian in the senate is saying that unless it becomes law, you can t have the side car. so it s a catch-22. jim: you can t fix something that hasn t been passed. that hasn t been passed. if all of that is true, then
filibuster, you would only need 51. the reconciliation bill would be think of it has the fixes. in other words, the things that the house members don t like in the senate bill and they have been doing some negotiating on, the reconciliation, some people call it a side car would be the fixes to that. so it won t be the entire health care bill, but it would be many significant changes from what we have seen so far. even though everybody says simple majority, as you well know, candy, it ain t simple. and it s not simple in the house, either. i think i asked six ways from sunday, do you have the vote, do you have the vote? the house speaker says they are working on the substance. do they have the votes? well, i mean, i have to say she deserves a tremendous amount of credit forgetting the bill through the house in the first place, and she was right when
you only need 51 votes to pass a filibuster. the reconciliation bill would be think of it has the fixes. in other words, the things that the house members don t like in the senate bill and they have been doing some negotiating on, the reconciliation, some people call it a side car would be the fixes to that. so it won t be the entire health care bill, but it would be many significant changes from what we have seen so far. even though everybody says simple majority, as you well know, candy, it ain t simple. and it s not simple in the house, either. i think i asked six ways from sunday, do you have the vote, do you have the vote? the house speaker says they are working on the substance. do they have the votes? well, i mean, i have to say she deserves a tremendous amount of credit forgetting the bill through the house in the first place, and she was right when see said we have not had an easy vote yet, right, when you think about the energy bill, and all of the stuff that has been
reporter for the washington post, and the chief of the hotline. i am glad you are both here. let me ask the next question, because people are going reconciliation means they are fighting? it has a backwards feel to it so the most simplistic terms you can give us, what happens? reconciliation means they need a simple majority, which is important in the senate. you only need 51 votes. the reconciliation bill would be think of it has the fixes. in other words, the things that the house members don t like in the senate bill and they have been doing some negotiating on, the reconciliation, some people call it a side car would be the fixes to that. so it won t be the entire health care bill, but it would be many significant changes from what we have seen so far. even though everybody says simple majority, as you well