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Terrific for our country. why do i say that? because now, everybody has nebraska deal. i knew that if i got this for nebraska, by the time this legislation got out of the senate, i would have it for everybody and thats what happened and im totally comfortable with that. >> is that a great campaign platform for re-election? >> got a great deal. i got a good deal. >> i got a deal from a whole -- >> cornhusker kickback. hes in worse trouble than michael steele. he had a good line, said about sarah ...

Program, when you say it is cheaper to get out of cover employees than to cover employees, you are going to fundamentally harm the health care system and more importantly create a situation where the federal government will pass on to our children filled with debt and deficits that will overwhelm their capacity to have a quality lifestyle. >> sean: theres been a lot of focus on this program and elsewhere, talk radio has been all over this the cornhusker kickback, louisiana purchase, exemption fo...

Saturday and not extend much beyond that, given -- unless theres some surprise. unless republicans, you know, come up with some brilliant plan to win over democratic votes on an amendment, but i think friday or saturday is the time frame. >> okay. on the issue of blanche lincoln, ben nelson also today saying he would vote against reconciliation, which is remarkable because ben nelson is blamed for the cornhusker kickback, and now will vote against taking it out of the bill, while still trying to...

>> thats right. all right. caroline shively reporting live from the bureau in d.c. thank you very much. its because the student loan aspect of the health care bill is in there that senator ben nelson who wound up getting that cornhusker kickback, he had been a no and then he voted yes and now we understand hes going to be a firm no because he says it taxes too much and it costs too much and theres a student loan program in there and by the way, theres a big student loan program based in his home...

Its going to happen friday or saturday and not extend much beyond that, given -- unless theres some surprise. unless republicans, you know, come up with some brilliant plan to win over democratic votes on an amendment, but i think friday or saturday is the time frame. >> okay. on the issue of blanche lincoln, ben nelson also today saying he would vote against reconciliation, which is remarkable because ben nelson is blamed for the cornhusker kickback, and now will vote taking it out of the bill,...

Radigan. i like it. heres what you can expect. on the health care bill over the next 24, 48, 72 hours, this is what to expect. the president will sign the bill voted on yesterday into law. immediately following that signature, the senate will begin to work on so-called fixes to the bill, changes such as the removal of that cornhusker kickback, one of the bribes cut along the way in this bill. also, delays on the timing at which the cadillac tax, the tax on high priced health insurance plans like...

>> the house will be in order. >> the gentle lady from new york will suspend. >> all right. >> the gentleman from california controls the time. the gentleman from california has been recognized. >> madame speaker, mr. speaker, i encourage everyone to read the rule because the only thing that we are guaranteed upon its passage is that the senate bill with the cornhusker kickback, gatorade, louisiana purchase, and all -- >> time is expired. >> -- in fact, becomes public law. >> the gentlemans time...

Others. >> reporter: but keeping them honest, we tried to find out if the special deals, like $100 million for just one hospital in connecticut security by senator chris dodd have really been taken out. the answer is nobody, not even the president knows for sure. because just a few days before the historic final vote, top officials at the white house tell cnn the final bill is still not finished so they do not know whats in and whats out. the air of mystery has helped fuel republican charges the...

Just one hospital in connecticut secured by chris dodd have been taken out. the answer is nobody, not even the president, knows for sure. because just a few days before the historic final vote, top officials at the white house tell cnn the final bill is still not finished so they do not know whats in and whats out. the air of mystery has helped fuel republican charges the legislation was created by an illegitimate process. >> it was produced behind closed doors, it was produced with unsavory -- ...

Times." first kathleen parker, deem and doom, she calls it the benefit is that come election time house members who didnt vote for the bill can say, hey, dont look at me, i didnt vote for it. and voters who lawmakers apparently deem mentally challenged will give legislators a pass. this is called implausible optimism. >> and, jonathan, obviously what the house members have told nancy pelosi, they just cant vote for, like cornhusker kickback, the louisiana purchase, all of these sort of cheesy de...