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Hard in they wont vote on it, they will deem it to be vote on and passed. a measure which "the washington post" today calls dodgy. a dodgy way to reform healthcare. and calling it contrary to the democrats promise to be transparent. do you support that measure? >> i support a measure that gifts public at a minimum 72 hours to read what we are voting on. that has a fair and open debate in the house and an up-down vote on whatever we are voting on. how that is done procedurally, those are the thre...

Forward. you made that clear. there is a growing discrepancy between the to democrats on capitol hill about whether they have the votes. but let me start with robert gibbs left off. deeming it passed. the house members who want this bill wouldnt vote up or down on it, but they would deem the senate bill passed and they could avoid actually having to stay they voted yes on the senate bill. is this irregular? the democrats say its not. >> megyn, everybody knows, occasionally they used a deeming pr...

The house where any legislation has to go through a series of committees. most notably the rules committee. nancy pelosi controls it. there are democrats on the committee other than her. but she is the boss and she told the rules committee to explore the possibility of using the language to retroactively get the senate bill passed in the house without votes montgomery white house press secretary robert gibbs so the result would be the -- megyn: so the house would deem it passed and it would go u...

I -- i think the process is well tainted by now. in the level of resistance i have never seen before, in the sense on a bill that the sponsors continue to push, i have never seen anything pushed this far for this long in the face of such resistance of this size. this is unprecedented. you know, megyn, most of the time on the week of a major vote like this, on a main presidential priority of this kind, reporters covering the story and others around town will basically know where the votes are. we...

Hear the same process arguments from the same people that used very similar arguments on their side of this in many previous congresses. a little bit like reconciliation. i was against it before i was for it. and now, you point out that -- >> if the weight of your arguments are right side of history, why not go before the american people with up-or-down vote? >> i dont think, i dont think when you go out into the public next week after the legislation passes and ask people how, how they feel abo...

Because the provisions of the poll had changed. the fundamental benefits that will be provided to american people remain exactly the same. the majority support that. what they dont support all of focus on process in this politicking behind it. so the reason why weve seen it slide in support because this conversation has gone on long. weve got to bring it to an end. we have to have a vote on the bill. ultimately the american people, i believe, will be very happy when they actually see the benefit...

Presume. >> like to move to china. if the administration has any reaction to the bill that is being put to the senate by schumer and gram? >> i dont know that weve seen the text of the legislation. you saw the president mention a few days ago that he wished with and hoped that china approach their currency using a more market-based interpretation. and i would point you to, to the treasury for any further announcements on that. >> is, does seem to be rising rhetoric here. is the president concern...

Theyre going to know if someone votes for the bill or doesnt vote for the bill. even if we use this deemed passed republicans will still use that vote ends if the democrats. democrats will still say in the house they voted for the provisions in the house bill. no one, everyone will be able to see right through this. so i think it is a lot of conversation --. megyn: how does that save the democrats? not like republicans running against democrats oh they didnt actually vote on it. they will say yo...

The election results that occurred on the eve of an election year were all negative on this measure. all of this is combined to create a situation where i have never seen a bill go forward. yet here we are with a vote imminent and no one can say for sure it wont pass. this is truly remarkable. megyn: you truly dont know at this point whether this is going to pass at this point? do you accept any conventional wisdom on this? >> if there is any conventional which document is at end of the day on a...

The record about this legislation? >> im sure, that cnn is going to be filled with store between now and when that vote happens about where people are on that vote. youre asking people they are on health care reform. youre trying to get, youre trying to get, find out what meet are haing here so you can ask people where they are in health care reform. thats what this vote is going to be about. thats, youre going to know where people are on health care reform, where they are on the presidents prop...