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>> republicans are very frustrated because they were hoping for a replay of 1994 when bill clinton failed to get his health care bill through the congress. didnt even get a vote on the floor of the congress on his bill. and republicans took over both houses of the congress. thats not going to happen this time. to beat someone, you have to have something. and far better for the democrats to be running on this bill than to be running on failure. >> and does it -- i want to ask you, does it paralle...

On that bill. undecided. so what we know right now though is 32 democrats have already announced that they will join 178 republicans in voting against the bill. if the republicans can persuade just six more of them to vote no, then it will be defeated. president obama and democratic leaders in congress have a lot riding on this vote. the outcome could effect, even, define the rest of his presidency. >> dont do it for me. dont do it for the democratic party. do it for the american people. theyre ...

Of these holdout dems, these 10 to 20, to where the count remains against the bill and if so, how do you do that? >> of course there are members of the texas delegation who are, at least in the newspapers, undecided, and i do try to have candid conversations with those individuals. our texas medical association has come out strongly against this legislation as written. the texas attorney general, the texas governor also strongly against this legislation as written. so i do try to make my case on...

Your question is the one that we have. are there any real undecideds here on capitol hill? i believe there are. not that many. i think a dozen or two dozen at the most. and i think as you say democrats like the trend. you know? and brianna talked about the no votes and yes votes we are counting. heres the trend yesterday, tj. we saw undecided come out this way. 11 new yes votes and 2 new no votes. remember, they only have seven no more votes to get. its not just a trend they need to go their way...

You can see its awfully close. we are expecting this vote will be quite a squeaker. >> all right. brianna keeler, we appreciate having you and talking with you plenty as you say throughout the hours. thanks so much, brianna. we know how much it is expected to cost but where will the money come from for health care reform? the congressional budget office puts the estimated price tag at $490 become over 10 years. much of that would come from an increase on the medicare tax on high income househo...

It seems to be breaking in president obamas favor. if, thats a very big if, the undecided and democrats vote the same way as in november then the measure would squeak by at 217-214. the outcome is still uncertain. other news organizations put the numbers higher or lower and the president certainly knows that and going to capitol hill for one final pep rally with house democrats. >> health care isnt the only hot button issue this week. tens of thousands of people are headed to washington for an i...

I know thats arcane stuff that most you have dont care about, but we watch this stuff carefully here and we take the rule very seriously so were watching them come up with a rule. there are still many democrats who are undecided or have not announced how theyll vote. if all the undecided or undeclared democrats vote the same way as in november the vote would be 217 to-214. but at least some of the law i can makers can be expect today change. quite frankly, a number of news organizations and some...

Vote such-and-such a way. >> neil: most of them have made their mind. thats the dirty little secret. we have a core of undecided but for the ones supporting this, theyre the ones getting heat. do they get exponentially high number of calls? what you hearing? >> absolutely. john butcherry, freshman, democrat, swing district that swung from republican to democrat in the last cycle. that is an office that is ringing off the hook. dont remember, some of guys because they have come out and said im fo...

He voted no last time. a freshman from ohio. hes in one of those swing districts. he says that he is actually considering voting yes, so hes under a lot of pressure. hes an undecided. >> the decision im faced with is voting on an imperfect bill or doing nothing. and we just had calls from constituent, my chief of staff, his wife works for a small business and understanding that they just had an increase in premiums. im not afraid to stand up and take a tough vote and even if it means taking on, ...

[ inaudible ] >> kucinich has been a critic and now got a ride on air force one. hes one of those saying originally this didnt go far enough. the next guest says hes undid and wont make a decision until he sees the bill. hes a member of the hispanic congress. good to have you. >> where you do you stand right now? >> undecided. i still -- as a good attorney, a good legislator, i want to see the language. i cannot commit to a piece of legislation without knowing what the fine print is so im waitin...