Close to Passing?

" today observing a moment of silence in tribute to the victims of Fort Hood. It comes is that now scrambling to get votes on health care. -- can happen over the weekend house majority leader Steny Hoyer saying they're very close to getting past is getting enough votes to pass it. The house vote could come down as early as tomorrow on -- Saturday so why the working weekend well. The house majority whip James Kleinberg telling the hill newspaper. That it's always easier to -- when people wanna get home. Quite a -- that quote there from the congressman and our next guest says. Well not so fast he's a Democrat congressman Jim Marshall from Georgia joins us a blue dog Democrat a key content. Certainly a key group of Democrats in the house right now congressman Marshall you're gonna vote against --"

" I do oppose the bill and I plan to -- plan to vote against Bill Lester is there anything that they can do that would change your mind at this point it's a lot. What other league reference. Jim -- and saying that you know vote on the weekend was gonna compel people. Maybe going to get it over with and vote yes who might otherwise voted no and I you know members generally don't behave like that. And I don't think that him seriously meant that when he said that I think people particularly on build it's as big and important is this is. Our vote and what they think is the right way to vote they're gonna they're gonna vote. It again they're not gonna pay much attention to their own convenience and their own personal schedules and trying to right decision."

" While they might happen and I'll tell you what a lot of people are paying attention to congressman as you know and it's you guys the blue dog -- the so called moderate group of Democrats here that becomes such a key. Of voting bloc in all of this you say right now your post. What we're wondering is who else is and how how many of those so the so called blue dogs are on board house's -- to GoDaddy think."

" Yeah I can't predict what votes can wind up being -- I'm not speak for other members of the blue dog coalition I do know a lot of members of the blue dog coalition. Are very uneasy about bill and many oppose it many will vote against it you have my personal view is that we're missing a big opportunity here. To try and deal with the fiscal problems faced by the not by the country as a result of federal debt. 47%. Our healthcare cost nationally are paid by taxpayer dollars -- them by federal taxpayer dollars. And if we can really -- the cost curve that's the term people menus and yes we can come up with some that really fans the cost curve. We can really help a lot with federal debt and with overall cost I think actually we can. We can give more access decrease cost maintain quality. If we focus on the third party payment system I think that's the real problem here okay lost. Lost market for health care."

" That's not the focus now as you don't necessarily add -- with the majority leader. Steny Hoyer saying they're getting close to the votes then you're saying that certain members of the blue dogs are still against again is there any way for you to put the number -- any sense of how many. Now the blue dogs -- right now you don't."

" I really don't have taken a poll. You know I know of some who were. Firm knows I'm a firm no your firm and yeah I did the bills just not gonna change to -- Saturday night you wanna you wanna -- you one of the things that we hear congressman is really holding this up and I don't know if this is right or wrong is some of the real language on abortion is that true and it's so he might that change over the weekend. Yeah that's entirely possible that the abortion language will change as the bill is currently drafted. They're they're been a lot of people who worried about using taxpayer dollars to fund abortion are concerned that this bill would permit -- to occur. So there's going to be an amendment. That's gonna make it very clear that taxpayer dollars cannot use right. For abortion I hope there is such an amendment I'll vote in favor of that amendment if there's one congressman Jim Marshall Democrat of Georgia blue dog Democrat congressman thanks now."