department of health. lee anne, let me start with the politics, two democrats joining here. so it will be a majority in the senate. what happens to this in the house? is it a sure thing that it doesn t pass the house in. well, it s not a sure thing. it s probably not going to come up in the house, chuck. the reason it s coming up in the senate as early as today is because of how the process works when you try to unveil a biden administration rule or any administration rule, you have an incubation period. it automatically has to get a vote. it s different in the house. speaker pelosi doesn t have to bring it up. but a republican could bring it up a and force a vote. but that republican has to have the sole support of 218 members. so that means they would have to find five democrats. now, democratic leadership are skeptical that republicans will find those five democrats to
necessity of renegotiating those trade deals, but he said first we have to get health care done, so this is a critical priority. the white house not ready to say that all of that would be put on the line if health care doesn t pass the house. however, that is the political reality that s going to make every other agenda item a lot more difficult. so what you are seeing tonight, public displays of confidence from the white house, from house speaker paul ryan, but behind the scenes a real scramble to swap some of those votes. bianca, it is great to have you. i want you to read this new york times headline with all of us. fewer americans would be insured with gop plan than with simple repeal. in other words, if obamacare were allowed to collapse of its own weight, at the heart of this is a piece of legislation let s not forget attached to actual living breathing americans. yes. and don t forget these lawmakers
necessity of renegotiating those trade deals, but he said first we have to get health care done, so this is a critical priority. the white house not ready to say that all of that would be put on the line if health care doesn t pass the house. however, that is the political reality that s going to make every other agenda item a lot more difficult. so what you are seeing tonight, public displays of confidence from the white house, from house speaker paul ryan, but behind the scenes a real scramble to swap some of those votes. bianca, it is great to have you. i want you to read this new york times headline with all of us. fewer americans would be insured with gop plan than with simple repeal. in other words, if obamacare were allowed to collapse of its own weight, at the heart of this is a piece of legislation let s not forget attached to actual living breathing americans. yes. and don t forget these lawmakers have their voters at home to answer to. there s that. we ve seen thes
he wants republicans to be united in a way they haven t been in the past few weeks. and when you talk about the house, i am remembering, you know, the day when i was sitting there. i know you were there. the day everyone thought the deal to save the u.s. economy was a done deal. during the financial crisis. and then it turned out at the last second, there weren t the votes. and stocks plunged 778 points. that terrified the world. that was another situation where everyone thought it was a done deal. and here we are with the house tonight. everyone saying, it will be a done deal. it took the market tanking to get congress to pass it. there is no doubt the market accomplished that. is there any chance this doesn t pass the house? given what we have heard from democratic leaders and democratic members in the house, and they make up 200 members of the house and there needs to be 217 to pass. it is extremely unlikely that we
blood-clotting and, does not require monitoring, and is very effective. called, pradaxa. eric: all right, doc and we are following the developing story in wisconsin, gearing up for another day of rallies, but, some democrats are still holding out in the best western, 14 of them and the bill is still at a stand still and so what is going to happen next? we will talk to the wisconsin state assembly speaker about the latest, straight ahead. i couldn t concei this as a heart attack. the doctor leaned over and said to me, you just beat the widow-maker. i was put on an aspirin, and it s part of my regimen now. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go see your doctor now.