Filibuster Threats

" So nice to see you sir thank you for having me Greta I think question and wants to know. Let the bill finally does emerge from the Senate as a we via filibuster can -- forty. Appointments. Hard to say right now."

" Certainly can with a house bill we -- I think sustain a filibuster because I think their a lot of Democrats who feel very strongly that house -- just simply too expensive. And is not good policy in a lot of areas especially the public planner -- that the government taking over your health care. But we don't know what the sentence going to be having seen it so it's hard to say whether now we have the necessary votes you need 41."

" Right so the at anxious at 41 not by the Indy grab a Democrats are presumably working on this bill right you guys some Republicans are sitting waiting to see what they come up went right."

" That's right we don't have any -- in this process at all nor do most of the democratic members of the sense being written by. Three -- I understand maybe five senators with staffs behind closed doors and I Reid's office and nobody's seen it nobody knows what the story is nobody knows what's I mean we've got great broad outlines the --"

" Didn't run it seems senator means and you what's going out what's -- am -- what's happening out. How'd you vote count everything that you know."

" Sometimes we can each other about it but it's just it's just that anyway I mean obviously he's got -- The project I mean he's trying to pass this legislation here which. In many ways is not gonna be healthy for our country especially in the -- players -- creating this brand new entitlement it's gonna cost between. Two and three trillion dollars we already have a debt we can't afford and then. We got this issue where the federal government should take over your health care drive -- history. Those are big issues so. I don't and he and his job -- is not carrying that live in the water is very good for us."

" It seems to me it looks like you're gonna get the Republicans and against I mean maybe it's violent it's -- into an election but. Democrats like senator Ben Nelson you -- problems but there."

" Well that's pretty individual guy you know he's he's his own keeps his own counseling and he doesn't mind taking independent positions and yeah obviously looks at Nebraska is issues -- to make decisions based on that and so. I know Ben's got real serious concerns about the financial implications of this bill is that serious concerns about in the cases do. People's insurance premiums -- much. I suspect a lot of questions."

" And we -- concern for the Republicans it's not so much the Senate bill that comes up but rather. Wants is senate bill that's come out and gets voted out because they of the numbers is it goes to conference and that's sort of where the sausage is made right there with the house and the Senate isn't isn't that the real her up."

" AM well credit usually put your finger right on the issue what's gonna happen I suspect is they're gonna take something reasonably benign across the floor of the Senate where they get sixty votes. Ticket to conference then moved dramatically to the left. To the house proposal which is a broad expansion the government extremely expensive. Bring it back dissent at that point the minority really alien guy gets one shot at some procedural opportunity. Where we -- Where sixty goes through be required in the final bill can be passed with 51 votes so they can a lot of -- take -- I think you're absolutely right that that I suspect is their game plan. Really write that tough the language which I don't think it's healthy but that the very broad expanse of government language and in conference takes something more than nine across the fourth."

" so right now that they rights of this or watered down in the Senate so they get their vote to get the Senate votes that makes everybody happy. It's and then later on is sort of Lindsay and you -- it puts the --"

" Yeah when you get in the conference they throw in the government plan they throw in the trillions of dollars in new spending all the new regulations drive up insurance policies. Basically have the first steps down the road to a single Payer system which is what the ultimate goal is here to get him. So president of the conference. Who gets to do that. The conference is really simply between the speaker of the house majority leader and and an issue like this this being. And that -- chairman of the committee said he. That you -- chairman would be that would be involved probably senator Harkin senator bachus. In the house house chairman in the White House it's a very small group of people make -- policy. In another feared she'd been -- how important is this issue and this Q and others. Well this is the single biggest piece of public policy are seeing just from the standpoint weight affects everyone. 16% of our economy everybody's health care is gonna be impacted. And then the impact our children with the size of this program impact on the side growing the government such dramatic way. And I can't think of anything even comes close to and everything else to war I constituency. And citizens of other states what's the level of contact with your office compared to other issues. What's interesting in August there was tremendous. Intense feeling concern in this sort of abated. And now starting to rise again I think as that people look at this house bills start to realize what it means. And so it's starting to grow this real concern out there about what this will do the people's health care and their ability to see the document was."

" I think that the politics and know that you know control the prediction on timetable when things are likely happen. -- out what's going to obviously it went likely yeah."

" Had a presence that he wants it by the end of the year that's a hard time -- to reach because bill like this to be done correctly takes four to five weeks on the floor minimum. If there's going to be fair and open amendment process and so you're looking sometime in January."

" And and the president's. -- senate has its team. But in any and is over the house Saturday. -- house as you work in the US congress and yet I mean."

" I have been on his phone Dallas to Carlisle --"

" Thank you putts that you."