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Incumbent on democrat members to go home and sell this and convince them this is in the best interest of the country. >> does the way it passes matter? republicans have used this demon pass method to push legislation through in the past? >> i think dee dees first modifier was correct. its ugly, its ugly, its shabby, and your own jack cafferty said. its sleazy. yeah, republicans have done this. they did it with dee des boss, bill clinton, they did it with welfare legislation and capital gains tax...

Will, today i am still just a bill ♪ >> reporter: maybe it didnt sound so devilish. >> the demon pass. >> theres talk about the demon pass. >> reporter: pass, let the demons go through? also congress. jeanne moos, cnn -- repeat after me -- deem and pass. >> a phrase on everyones list. >> deem and pass. have you made it through deem and pass yet? bring an extra backpack. >> i think there are some in congress who think the demon part of that may applicable here.

>> we will do what is necessary. that according to house speaker nancy pelosi. that includes the legislative trick, perhaps known as deem and pass. a strategy that allows democrats to pass the health care bill without actually voting on that. is that constitutional? lets talk to peter johnson jr., fox news legal analyst. peter, i was reading in "the new york daily news" this morning that congressional members from new york city had never heard of this thing and said, rather than call it deem and...

>> its actually this idea of demon pass has been used a dozen times. specifically say its not been used, that is not true. its been used for a number of things generally that whoever is in power or who wants to pass something, they need political cover on. in february it was used for increasing the debt ceiling which is something that lawmakers dont like to do but they kind of have to do and democrats and republicans have used it for both that. i think what was interesting is we also heard from ...

But do you worry this takes it a step too far and sort of this behind the scenes in this day and age where everything is now transparent? >> well, transparency is a very important part of the process. of course, weve had -- you play by the rules in which youre given. in the senate, theyve got filibuster rules. this is no worse than the filibuster going on in the senate. so its no worse and that that, number one. secondly, you have to remember republicans used this procedure back in i procedure b...

Health care. >> we have gone into a procedural maze from which we may never see our way out. sometimes it feels that way. i was at a meeting with nancy pelosi this morning and the new plan is being called what i call at least demon pass. the house is not going to vote to pass a senate bill and then pass reconciliation. there are only going to vote on reconciliation and once they vote on reconciliation fixes, they will, quote, deem the senate bill passed. it is a semantic thing. they can say they...

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