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According to the presidents health czar, this tax would reduce the deficit so we certainly could use cash now. david gregory says to her, do you really think congress down the going to pay for a tax increase? are they going to impose this tax increase that the congress wasnt brave enough to pass now? what would possibly be the incentive to pass it at that point? i guess to be reelected. >> i agree this is punning the tax issue to the next president whoever that might be. the other issue, this is...

Gotten something bipartisan that would have been more reasonable and -- because we had plenty of time it doesnt take effect until 2014. i make a joke, but theres some truth we had to be in session because we hadnt been in session christmas eve since 1895. >> greta: does this tax does it apply to everybody who has a cadillac plan? are unions the only ones exempted until -- >> you can have people that live side by side some are union, some are not and they are going to be treated differently thats...

Government and union workers? >> yeah. thats the way it passed the senate christmas eve. >> greta: how did the senate decide that government bourquers get a deal and everyone else didnt? set aside the unions in the senate why did government workers get a special deal? >> it is not right. it is not right. but its strictly power politics. the power of government unions and the power of private sector unions with the democrat party. you got to remember, this was a partisan bill in is not a bipartis...

Idea? >> listen, they dont need to use reconciliation. you know right this very minute, the house of representatives could convene and pass the senate bill by a majority vote. just a majority vote not a super majority in the house of representatives, go to the president right now. they dont need to use reconciliation if they are talking about getting a bill passed by 51 votes, mere majority, already passed the senate. just let the house pass it. if they want to get a health care bill right now. ...

Would pass their own bill with those modifications. >> yesterday on television my colleague was asked that question and he did not give a definitive yes. i suspect it is because they dont know i dont think it will pass the house of representatives thats where more likely to be stopped. >> greta: what is the next step? what do you understand is the next step forward? >> president is going to have something to say about in wednesday. i presume what they might do is to say they are going to have on...

The bill? everyone elses attacks going up or just the cadillac plans -- elses taxes going up or just the cadillac plans? >> no everybody. when they say they have a revenue neutral billet me tell you how that game is played here in washington common sense of the midwest would not justify this you have tax increases right now but you dont have this program go into effect until 2014. you have 10 years of taxes. five or six years of expenditure. you can balance almost anything that way thats at game...

Under the presidents proposal if it is a good idea why not do it now? >> delay so the unions so would get a big deal from the democrats and in the senate, something the unions put pressure on the democrats not even to have it but the democrats need the revenue so they wanted to tack it. >> greta: the fact that it doesnt happen for -- the president will be out, even if he has two terms he will be out. everybody is long gone. people who serve two years, even six years, long gone. are we being tric...

Heres what is coming up after the show on the oreilly factor. bill: does nancy pelosi have the votes to pass obama care? bernie goldberg on big trouble at the network news coming up on the factor. >> greta: oreilly at 11. we are live until the top of the hour. next floyd money mayweather gives you the inside story on his huge next fight and drops a surprise we didnt expect. plus, van jones hes back. he resigned as the presidents green job czar after beck took him on. hear from van jones coming u...

Democrats have more votes but not all like the bill. reconciliation is not bad process for the budget or from those measures to reduce or raise ref nights in order to balance the budget -- revenues, in order to balance the budget. but it is not an plop right process as robert byrd himself as dean in the senate, hes pointed out it was never intended for in purpose. he says it should be resisted. it would be an outrage that must be resisted if used in this context. >> greta: senator, thanks. >> gr...

Under the presidents proposal if it is a good idea why not do it now? >> delay so the unions so would get a big deal from the democrats and in the senate, something the unions put pressure on the democrats not even to have it but the democrats need the revenue so they wanted to tack it. >> greta: the fact that it doesnt happen for -- the president will be out, even if he has two terms he will be out. everybody is long gone. people who serve two years, even six years, long gone. are we being tric...