another fox news alert as the house gets ready to vote to delay two key parts of the health care overhaul. it s the latest challenge as problems snowball for the president s signature legislative achievement. from reports of skyrocketing insurance rates to new concerns about fraud that have surfaced as well and yet some still to be established exchanges that are central to this entire program. chief washington correspondent, james rose sn joins us live fro washington. reporter: by early evening we expect to see two votes on the gop controlled house floor. the first would enshrine in law the one year delay that the obama administration has now given to employers with more than 50 workers to comply with the obama-care mandate they provide health insurance or face a penalty. the second vote would extend that same one year grace period to individuals to comply with a mandate they purchase health insurance or pay a penalty. president obama has vowed to
despite the individual delays the overall obama-care law is proceeding on schedule. the white house cited an announcement today by new york s democratic governor, andrew cuomo declaring the health care insurance premiums by affected new yorkers with shrink by half next year. congress passed the law, the president signed the law. the supreme court upheld the law and we re about the business of implementing the law and making sure it provides the benefits, the many benefits to the american people that they deserve. we expect these back to back votes to wrap up just before 6:00 p.m. eastern time. that s roughly midnight your time there in swinging london. am i correct about that, martha? you are correct there. thank you very much, james. as we await votes in the house, what do these developments mean politically and how could they affect the president s landmark law as a whole? let s bring in joe trippi, former campaign manager and mr.