right now we have a vote taking place in the senate. we have majority of democrats with us. democrats to watch those from the red states up for re-election next year. montana john tester and joe manchin and nebraska nelson. others who help the swing state on the ballot in 2012. claire mccaskill, bob casey, ohio brown and florida s bill nelson. add connecticut independent joe lieberman. retiring virginia democrat jim webb says he will vote to move it forward but doesn t like the plan to pay for it. i do not believe we should raise taxes on ordinary earned income. once it fails the democratic leadership will expect it to be broken up to pieces including some they would support but it s a dilemma for the president because it s harder for him to run against a do-nothing congress. we have vote totals here on fox. mike, thank you. president obama attacked the
through reconciliation. we don t have the votes in the senate to pass a bill with 60 votes through the normal course of action, so the house is going to be called upon to pass the senate bill as is and pass a smaller reconciliation package. if we don t have guarantee the senate will take that up, you re asking a lot of members to cast a vote in good faith. neil: and asking your colleagues to walk off a cliff. the feeling is those who vote on this in the face of huge public opposition will be defeated in november. and the senate bill contains the nebraska nelson agreement, where 49 states subsidize the medicaid program. unless those items are guaranteed to be removed by the senate, i don t think we re going to be able to pass the bill. neil: is it your gut if the president decides to limit the speeches to the closing argument
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