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>> neil: all right. back with howard berg right now, the speed reader going through this. the order events is the reconciliation bill, amended bill voted on by the c.b.o. and scored today so it does look like the $1 trillion healthcare package is bargain basement deal at $940 billion. howard is going through first the amendment, the 153-page amendment that reconciliation measure that was scored. now that amendment much like sort of an upgraded operating system if you will that overlays the bill ...

Senators is in there. they talked about taking it out. the student loan thing is in there. god knows what else. howard, the worlds fastest reader is getting -- man, oh man, hes worth his weight in gold giving us those nuggets. >> now this. first a delay, now president obama postponing a trip to asia until the summer. the white house says hes staying put to focus on healthcare. if the president signs a bill into law anywhere, what is behind him staying? former white house press secretary dana per...

The book, you never raise revenue you think you are. the problem of not counting the full cost of the program and basically slamming in ten years of revenues in six years of spending, what were doing here, neil, in my opinion is setting a fiscal time bomb that will explode in the future years. add to the cost of medicare and medicaid. the programs that are going broke. >> neil: hope to see you in washington. good to see you. >> by the way -- >> neil: go ahead. >> one quick point. ask howard is g...

Rifling through here. because you have to get up to speed on that one, because this measure goes back to amending and correct i correcti bill that will be voted on. seemingly arcane. thats why were spending a weekend in washington to go through it with you guys on fox news and fox business. but we felt obliged to do that. howard, what have you learned thus far? what is in the amendment, the overlay that was score and judged today that addresses the underlying 2000-page-plus senate bill? >> a lot...

But you -- numbers generally slow you down a little bit. >> especially when percentage are based on numbers that arent in the bill. i didnt see the number they based percentage on and trying to recall what i read in the past to see if i could link it together. >> neil: whoa, whoa. howard, you are breaking fox news alerts left and right, my friend. you say when you read the cover numbers and going back to the underlying bill to which they refer, address or correct, theyre not there? >> no. its so...

Entire package, you first have to go to the senate democrat site. they have the 2,000 plus-page bill. the new bill was released today. put them together and thats the entire proposal that democrats are going to vote on either sunday or monday. >> neil: i think i got what you were saying, the upgrade operating system analogy was brilliant, as are you. to the man who not only knows how to read between the lines, he races through them. back with me, the worlds fastest speed reader, confirmed by t...

Dont say the healthcare bill will run up the deficit. its a lie. i heard republicans lying from the tea partiers. >> neil: you dont know. bottom line, neither side knows. >> we have to rely on the cbo. its nonpartisan. >> neil: good to have you. thank you. its back so hes back. the house potion the reconciliation bill with just about 70 hours before the vote. my bud y howard burgh is back. hes here to tell us whats in the new bill. the amendment is actually like a cereal box for him. only 150 ...

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