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Been incorporated, are they in this bill at this point? >> i keep coming back to this. nothing -- what the house is going to vote on first, and they have to do this first procedurally, they have to pass the bill first, have it signed into law beforethy of the changes that president obama wants to put into place can be put in this, quote, reconciliation package, because you cant have a reconciliation package to amend a bill that hasnt been passed. you have to pass the bill first, then come back w...

Quality and covers people, i will support that. and i would say to john -- >> wait a minute, you know what hes going to have in his bill right now. are you voting yes or no? >> we have to read the bill first. i mean, i think most people want us to do that. but if its what has been proposed, sure, i support those things. >> and congressman shadegg, i think you know where you fall on it. >> i think you do. if it would cut costs or solve a problem for people with pre-existing conditions, if the pre...

>> they have to see the bill first. they will go through that process. i suspect during the 20 hours they will offer some amendments they wont have any involvements they will wait until the end and try to delay this for weeks. >> greta: did they have the stomach to drag it on forever? the republicans? >> it only takes one member. you saw jim bunning up until tonight stand on the floor and hold up this unemployment extension. it takes one member who is willing to file hundreds of amendments and c...

>> they have to see the bill first. they will go through that process. i suspect during the 20 hours they will offer some amendments they wont have any involvements they will wait until the end and try to delay this for weeks. >> greta: did they have the stomach to drag it on forever? the republicans? >> it only takes one member. you saw jim bunning up until tonight stand on the floor and hold up this unemployment extension. it takes one member who is willing to file hundreds of amendments and c...

He may incorporate things that they like, like tort reform and portability, being able to cross over state lines with your insurance plan. would that kind of change convince you to vote yes? >> i need to see that this bill thats being put forward is substantially different than the bill i had to vote on in the house. i voted no for some very specific reasons. a lack of cost containment. i didnt like the income tax increase that was in there. and i didnt like the mandate on small businesses. so t...

Election. in their defense, their comeback would have to be i voted for it before i voted against it. >> i dont think that the democrats are going to see it that way. i dont want to get into the specifics, but the senate bill is there on your voting on amendments to the senate bill and eventually, its a aemended bill that goes to the president. i dont think my colleagues going to be thinking much about other than what goes to the president. those provisions would come out. the problem is that a ...

Also, they felt their bill was good, but their bill had poison pills, including reforms on employment benefits that would go down to 59 weeks. that had a lot of opposition among senate democrats as well as the pay fors. surt surtax. democrats dropped that. republicans wanted to have a freeze on federal workers benefits. theres a lot of issues that people felt could not be done leading up until january 1st, when the issue, 160 working million americans would see a tax increase. thats why you saw ...

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Are mccain and the other republican senators prepared to block the authorization act over this? if the white house and the democrats were to back down and punt on the dream act, how damaging would that be? >> i think that we need to get to the department of defense bill first. then if they have an issue with any of these amendments, they should take that vote and make clear where they stand on it. for the latino electorate, well look at whos willing to vote for progress and whos saying no to eve...