they are preparing for the long haul. that is one of the great props of washington, d.c. bret: and i like the photographer in the background. when they go to the vote-a-rama, that s when they vote hour after hour after hour, nobody will have slept in the scott s. they will be as cold as they are now, but it is good theater, and the senators have to keep so close to the floor because you are doing vote, after vote, after vote in a rapid succession. they don t have time to take a nap. the one take a listen to what she said about the vote. the problem is that i do think that this bill will have enough republican votes to pass. and the vice president is already here to cast the tie-breaking vote. my concern is what happens in congress. once it passes the senate echoes back to the house and we as senators lose control of it. there is nothing to say that
buyers. he used freedom and power of speech. if they re saying it s a bad deal, that s a contradiction you can t ignore. phil, one thing i ve been looking forward to is a vote-a-rama. i have a 70s outfit. you re going to come out here with the outfit, aren t you? oh, yes. i don t know what it s about, but it sounds fun. what s happening. it is fun unless you have to cover it or participate, in which case it s tedious and you want to take a nap. that s part of the budget process they tried to pursue to try to pass this. at the end of debate, there s about ten hours left of debate, they will start the vote rama process. what that means is any amendment offered that falls with the the budget reconciliation rules will have to be voted on. i ve been through these before. talking hundreds of amendments, each amendment gets one minute
pole knowing that it would destroy the budget. the bad faith on all parts is astonishing but it reflects the fact that nobody has any idea what to do with the health care system. bret: do they get to conference? bill get skinny and the go to conference. i say no. i m optimistic, yes. bret: we will have you covered from capitol hill, we ve got it all lined up tonight as these votes, the vote-a-rama is happening, will be live with correspondence, will have live interviews. we didn t get a senior in administration official at the white house, maybe next time. the hits were coming fast and furious in d.c. today, but were not talking about here at the white house. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is
president. and it s shown weaknesses in the president. he didn t kill the king here. i don t understand. today senate republicans take a stab at dismantling obama care after failing to pass anything yesterday. in the afternoon the senate rejected a repeal option that would have provided a two-year delay of implementation. the vote was 45-55 with 7 republicans oh posing the. a similar bill passed in 2017 but was vetoed by president obama. later in the day they decided to block a democratic measure that would order lawmakers to return to health care bill to committee. when the senate returns this morning, will will be ten more hours of debate followed by a so-called vote-a-rama. senators will be able to offer amendments to be voted on without debate. while democratic senators chris
gillette - the best a man can get. the moment is here after seven years of campaign promises, the republicans have a chance to repeal and replace obamacare. kind of. this is after a repeal-only proposal failed this week. senators are focusing on what s being called a skinny repeal and a major opponent of the senate s efforts so far says this whole skinny repeal is 90% of what she wants moving forward. last hour kicked off with the first vote and then later on much of to those following along very closely, the vote-a-rama gets underway where democrats will attempt to