reconciliation means democrats only need a simple majority, 51 votes in the senate. democrats say the first and most important step in making all of that work is getting that package of changes just right, especially to muster enough votes here in the house. some examples from the house speaker. that would be affordability for the middle class, closing the doughnut hole for seniors, ending the nebraska fix and having state equity for all states. and fourth, just to name the major ones, changing the pay for from the excise tax. reporter: another obstacle democrats are grappling with is trust. democrats in the house don t want to be left twisting in the wind. some of them simply don t trust that their brethren over here in the senate will actually follow through and pass the package of changes. we are working on having that faith verified. reporter: another hurdle, and
class, and closing the doughnut hole for seniors, and ending the nebraska fix and having state equity for all states, and fourth, just to name the major ones, changing the pay for the excise tax. reporter: and another thing they are grabbling with is trust. democrats in the house don t want to be left twisting in the wind. we are working on having that faith verified. reporter: another hurdle, and it s a big one, and it s whether democrats themselves have enough agreement especially in the house to find all the votes for all of this. it s election year, and democrats are already nervous about getting re-elected and republicans are stroking that by saying the health care bill will bring them down. i want to assure our democratic friends, if they are somehow able to pass the bill in the house, it will be the issue
let me lay out what the democrats plans are by starting right here in the house. the idea is for house democrats to pass the same bill already approved by the senate in late december, but house democrats don t like some of what s in that senate bill, so they won t do that without making some changes, a separate package. those changes are what democrats are planning to push through without republican votes, using that process known as reconciliation. reconciliation means that democrats only need a simple majority, 51 votes in the senate. democrats say the first and most important step in making all of that work is gettinging that package of changes just right, especially to muster enough votes here in the house. some examples from the house speaker. that would be affordability for the middle class, closing the doughnut hole for seniors, ending the nebraska fix and having state equity for all states and fourth, just to name
for the middle class, closing the doughnut hole for seniors, ending the nebraska fix and having state equity for all states and, fourth, just to name the major ones, changing the pay from the excise tax. reporter: another obstacle democrats are grap lipg with is trust. democrats in the house don t want to be left twisting in the wind. some don t trust their brethren in the senate will follow through and pass the package of changes. we re working on having that faith verified. reporter: another hurdle, and it s a big one, is whether democrats themselves have enough agreement, especially in the house, to find the votes for all this. and it s an election year. democrats are already nervous about getting reelected and republicans are stoking that by warning the health care bill will bring them down. i want to assure our democratic friends that if they
senate. democrats say the first and most important step in making all of that work is getting that package of changes just right, especially to muster enough votes here in the house. some examples from the house speaker. that would be affordability for the middle class, closing the doughnut hole for seniors, ending the nebraska fix and having state equity for all states and fourth, just to name the major ones, changing the pay for from the excise tax. reporter: another obstacle democrats are grappling with is trust. democrats in the house don t want to be left twisting in the wind. some of them simply don t trust that their brethren over here in the senate will actually follow through and pass the package of changes. we re working on having that faith verified. reporter: another hurdle, and it s a big one, is whether democrats themselves have enough agreement, especially in the house, to find the votes for all this.