at the least, they ve got the it s not done yet out. there s some potential that the bill could not do as many of the horrible things that the protesters claim it would. but, you know, i mean, it s not how they want to be spending their fourth of july. it s not their goal. only like four of them have actually decided to show up and take questions or, you know, walk in parades or even do a town hall. i remember 2010, town halls were the thing. i mean, you would show up there, you would take it on the chin if you were an obamacare supporter, you got into a protest if you were an opponent. and nowadays, barely anybody goes out and holds town halls. in the easter break, tom cotton and others faced their constituents, now they re not. dean hiller is probably the most endangered for a republican. susan collins was cheered by her constituents.
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dean hiller of nevada becomes the fifth republican senator to oppose the senate s healthcare bill saying he will not vote for it as it stands now. hello and welcome to a brand new inside america s news headquarters. i m arthel neville. hello james rosen. great to be with you. i m sitting in for eric shawn. mitch mcconnell already faces a battle with little margin for error as he tries to bring his health bill up for a vote next week. now with conservatives and moderates within the g.o.p. at loggerheads republicans are looking for common ground that will help them reach the magic number of 50 votes needed for passage. garrett tenney is tracking the latest developments from washington. it seems common ground hasn t been so easy to find for g.o.p. law makers. it hasn t, james. right now it looks like this healthcare reform bill will be no exception to that. republicans hold 52 seats in the senate and they need at least 50 votes for this to pass, but already as you mentioned, five g.
are a no vote unless changes are made. those five are ted cruz, mike lee, ron johnson, rand paul and dean hiller. yesterday heller slammed the draft version of the bill. i m telling you right now, i cannot support a piece of legislation that takes insurance away from tens of millions of americans and hundreds of thousands of nevadans. lastly the goal of healthcare reform should be to lower costs here in nevada and i m not confident, that it will achieve that goal. heller and the four other senators have all said they are still open to changing their minds if changes are made to address their concerns. the senate is somewhat limited in which changes it can make though because they are using the special process known as budget reconciliation allowing them to pass wit a simple majority rather than 60 votes but also precht prevents them from including provisions that don t directly affect the budget. they are still optimistic they
house and the democratic leader there. some democrats in the house now saying it s time to look past nancy pelosi for leadership. including seth moltble from the commonwealth of massachusetts who says you need a new generation of leadership in the house. is it time for nancy pelosi to step aside, senator? nancy pelosi is the architect of this health care plan. she s the person who was able to get the votes to make it a law. the law that we re defending here today is a law which nancy pelosi put on the books. that s what she did what she did the question you know in these congressional races in georgia sixth, the republicans run against her. see her as a poent weapon they use in their elections. the question isn t what she did back in 2010. it s what she represents now. is it time for her to step aside? from my perspective, nancy pelosi has given leadership. especially on this health care issue and the district we re