falling. an hour ago the senate voted to pass a reworked version of the bill and send it to the house for a final vote. carl cameron is live on the hill with more. what happened today? they didn t rework it. had a they did was remove a couple provisions. republicans tried for the last 20 hours of debate to amend the bill and create a change. but all the amendments were tabled so they weren t voted for or against, just set aside. the only thing left for republicans was challenging the package of fixes or points the order and two stuck. the parliamentarian agreed, joe biden, in the chair presiding agreed and democrats didn t object to two precipitation provisions were pulled, pell
process, special report viewers sometimes get in the weeds. this is called the byrd rule, enables you to have reconciliation to pass it with one votes. essentially there were a couple provisions that didn t fit according to the parliamentaria parliamentarian. you have to vote on this bill, and it s different than when the house passed and then send it back. slightly. this has happened before and reconciliation. it s complicated and probably boring to your viewers but we will fit the parameters. the bill is basically going to pass and go to the president as is. it s a significant middle class tax relief, contrary to the democratic talking points. equally important, we are going to have american business a chance to compete globally agai again. we have basically been priced out of the global market which he d stop showing of american jobs. the theme behind this bill is to get middle-class tax relief for most people in the middle class.
individuals and employers that say if you don t offer insurance, then the government is going to fine you. that is something that senator jeff flake said he likes the idea, the sound of. we re trying to do the best we can. people in arizona need relief, particularly those that are buying on the exchange. 200,000 of whom have paid the fine because they can t afford the insurance. they need relief. but there are others including senator mike lee kte t say that they don t know what it means. we don t know if it s skinnier or skinny and contains a couple provisions. i m going to call the balls and strikes as we see them. but to an eye of repealing every bit of obamacare that we can. the point that lee was making within the last hour is, he sees