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Four months. thats really bad for the democrats. what theyre hoping is that success breeds success. theyll be able to show there are good things in this health care bill and pivot to jobs and take on wall street. but if the election were held today -- first, id be surprised if it were held today, but it would be terrible for the democrats. >> congresswoman holdren in joliet, illinois. right outside of chicago, a democratic district, is now six points behind her unknown, unfunded republican chall...

There are concerns if those demands are not meant there could be an uptick in violence. at this point a secular block leads with the most votes in the overall total, but the prime ministers coalition has @ support of several provinces. a teenager charged with harassment and biased intimidation for allegedly getting on a walmart p.a. system and telling all black people to leave the store. this happened last week, you may remember, at a new jersey walmart. the 16-year-old was arrested on friday....

Action right now. >> was that an important moment or one of these fleeting moments on cable. >> i remember dana bash and i being on air and talking about how this was emotional. he was quoting lincoln, his political hero. you do still have to talk about the tactics. part of it is, though, as chip will tell you, the final summation is where you will get more emotional, you make that final case. ive been struck, in covering all these speeches over 14 months, about the fact that the person who is s...

Pass became this gigantic red herring and went away. the republicans spent days arguing on something that doesnt exist. >> the demon pass moved the goalpost. the argument used to be doing this through reconciliation undermined the democratic process, then the demon pass, now the republicans are saying we just want an up or down vote. which is what president obama was saying. what i love about demon pass is that the way you run the words dogt -- >> i have noticed that. >> this morning the new yor...

Politically. because i believe good policy is good politics. >> reporter: yet, even before the presidents hard sell, democratic leaders for the fwirs time said they had secured the votes to pass health care. >> clearly we believe we have the votes. >> reporter: that prediction of a frenzied saturday of last-minute meetings to count the votes and con mixed. >> they banned to pass it with a controversial procedure, demon pass. that would have let house democrats avoid a direct vote on the senate h...

First. what they have done here is decided not to do the demon pass provision which would consider the senate bill as passed. they will debate and have separate up and down votes on the senate bill and reconciliation package. we are hearing they are still about right close to the figure of 216 votes that they might need. the unofficial vote has us at 217. folks who have come on board tonight. peter defazio of oregon was, yes, and then no and then back to, yes. zach space of ohio, voted yes on th...

First. what they have done here is decided not to do the demon pass provision which would consider the senate bill as passed. they will debate and have separate up and down votes on the senate bill and reconciliation package. we are hearing they are still about right close to the figure of 216 votes that they might need. the unofficial vote has us at 217. folks who have come on board tonight. peter defazio of oregon was, yes, and then no and then back to, yes. zach space of ohio, voted yes on th...

First. what they have done here is decided not to do the demon pass provision which would consider the senate bill as passed. they will debate and have separate up and down votes on the senate bill and reconciliation package. we are hearing they are still about right close to the figure of 216 votes that they might need. the unofficial vote has us at 217. folks who have come on board tonight. peter defazio of oregon was, yes, and then no and then back to, yes. zach space of ohio, voted yes on th...

Legislation of social change in decades, shouldnt the american people see where their representatives really stand? >> i would prefer if they voted on the bill. i think it is a big important piece of legislation. but at the end of the day, when all is said and done, this is a big, important, complicated piece of legislation, and i think the debate as soon as its passed and signed will be about the bill. the technicality of how it passes even as ugly as it might get, i think its important to show...

>> deem and pass. >> deem the bill. >> that deem and pass, whatever the phrase is. >> reporter: the so-called deem-and-pass rule. >> this deem and pass, whatever the heck they want to do. >> reporter: whatever the heck it is its got reporters running. >> its a procedure called deeming. it can be found in volume 6. >> reporter: republicans have their own mocking name for it. >> the scheme and deem proposal. >> reporter: theyre mopping up the house floor on it using it sarcastically. >> as a mom, ...