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After seven years, a better bill covering more people, going down premiums, put it on the table but they dont seem to have that at the moment. it seems like theres a partisan effort to say oh, yeah, we did it. >> dana: i agree that this process does not look good. when the history books are written, it will be like a comm comma. what i heard from the president today, the president and vice president -- i dont understand why john mccain thinks that when paul ryan says we are willing to go to conf...

Order, the senator declines to yield. the senator from wyoming has the floor. >> bret: after all the time, we miss the part where he said he would knock it off the floor. this does continue on the senate floor as we are waiting for these boats. we have a sense of the time frame. senior capitol hill producer joins me again. what is the tick-tock? >> we are going to have two votes coming up here closer to 12:30. >> bret: why is that? >> you had people on the floor, mostly democrats. chuck schumer ...

More mandates, flexibility to the states, health savings accounts. it can fill in the blank on what republican candidates have expressed interest before. it has to be worked out down the road. a lot of the principles that you could vote for, we will see if they do. >> bret: all right, mike. a standby, we will be checking back with you as we look at the floor. senator mike anthony is going to town on some speech there. senator ducey is down the hall. we have seen him in and out. >> we saw the sen...

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, thats when they vote hour after hour after hour, nobody will have slept in the scotts. 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 dont have time to take a nap. the on...

Premiums, put it on the table but they dont seem to have that at the moment. it seems like theres a partisan effort to say oh, yeah, we did it. because we are keeping our pledge. >> dana: i agree that this process does not look good. when the history books are written, it will be like a comma. what i heard from the president today, the president and vice president -- i dont understand why john mccain thinks that when paul ryan says we are willing to go to conference to negotiate, he says "thats ...