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Credit. correspondent james rosen reports it was a bipartisan defeat, followed by a revamped version of the same bill. >> the yeas are 45. the nays are 52. motion is not agreed to. >> republicans stood united and a dozen democrats deflected from block the so-called extenders bill, $140 billion grab-bag of extended jobless benefit, tax hikes on the upper income type and added funding to medicare reimbursement rate. democrats spent the last of the day squabbling over how to pare down the price tag...

>> sean: senator well be watching closely. in my mind i think that would disqualify her. appreciate you being here. >> one other thing real quick. over a trillion dollars remember obama care wasnt going to cost a trillion. cbo comes out it is over an trillion not counting the 300 billion dollar doc fix. like nancy pelosi said they have to pass it so we can find out whats in it. >> sean: we found out. medicare was nine times what they projected. thanks senator. we have plenty more hand what a nig...

>> sean: senator well be watching closely. in my mind i think that would disqualify her. appreciate you being here. >> one other thing real quick. over a trillion dollars remember obama care wasnt going to cost a trillion. cbo comes out it is over an trillion not counting the 300 billion dollar doc fix. like nancy pelosi said they have to pass it so we can find out whats in it. >> sean: we found out. medicare was nine times what they projected. thanks senator. we have plenty more hand what a nig...

On pretty candid about it. there is no question at this point that they are making their arresting utilities for political gain. >> i see you shaking your head. >> heres the thing. the bill happens in a bigger fiscal context, right? so sanjay gupta has earlier on talked about the doc fix. this is a separate issue not in the bill but it is a big issue that shape how much well spend over health care over time. similarly, weve put a lot of revenue measures further down the line and later in this bi...

Per want it to be more. theyre on the left side. and it hasnt been in practice yet. how do we know? >> hey, larry, ive been meeting a lot of people that voted for barack obama. do you know what theyre saying? that theyre not getting what they voted for. where is the hope and change? what about jobs? what about jobs? what about jobs? >> let me answer. we cant go by your head down. -- count. lets go by the actual numbers. lets go by the data. the bulk of the people do support this bill. the second...

Undercover patients, actually taking patients that arent really sick. having them to go doctors offices, have them be wired and seeing if doctors or any health care professionals are committing fraud there as well. those are a couple of the ideas. >> to his earlier point, using a bill reagan had passed, then a year later it was dead, is this health care bill still very vulnerable? could a year from now, douse that any of the challenges that the republican are using, whether it is state by state ...

To do this substantively, there is no question at this point, when you walk the halls of congress, people are pretty candid about it. theres no question at this point that they are making their arguments for political gain. >> i see you shaking your head. >> heres the thing. the bill happens in a bigger fiscal context, right? so sanjay gupta has earlier on talked about the doc fix. this is a separate issue not in the bill but it is a big issue that shape how much well spend over health care over...

Care professionals are committing fraud there as well. those are a couple of the ideas. >> to his earlier point, using a bill reagan had pass asked then a year later it was dead, is this health care bill still very vulnerable? could a year from now do you think that any of the challenges that the republicans are using, whether it is state by state or through the federal courts, sit vulnerable? >> i was a brand new hill aide in 1989 when that was reappealed. it was catastrophic health insurance, ...

Democrats out here, the people who voted for this plan are going to have the wherewithal or the determination to vote no for the fix. were increasing the deficit further on this. you would believe that as well. >> we were talking about the dodd fix. republicans and democrats seem to be in favor of the doc fix as far as i ive seen. if the doc fix does go through, its over $200 billion ten-year expenditure. >> let me give you the last word, kathy. >> a lot of ways we can improve on this bill. its ...

The actuary at c.m.s. said he cannot get the final scoring. they dont include the doc fix in it. that doesnt even take care of medicaid. of the 31 million people that its going to cover, 16 million are pushed into medicaid. let me tell you, we are coming to a europeanzation of america. the american people feel it. the doc fix they have on medicaid, here is a letter from my governor saying now for two years they will hold the states free. then, they brought the clip, because they cannot afford to...