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To fix it with reconciliation, this up or down vote they can pass in the senate, the problem is many of the provisions the democrats -- the democrats have problems cannot be fixed, for example, the abortion provision where bart stupak has 11 yes votes that voted for the house bill that will vote no and nancy pelosi right now has 216 yes votes in the house, that's how many votes she has that voted for the health care bill last summer in the house, she has 216, that with the vay vacancies existing now, that's the number she needs. she has to hold every single one of those votes and right now bar...

Which would impact the budget and does not. and therefore have to be stricken. long time associates say frewman would rule conscientiously. >> he doesn't do it from policy. he has made democratic senators and republican senators very angry in the past. and he is not a party hack. >> under the byrd rule named after robert byrd in not directly related to the budget, an abortion provision, let's say, a lawmaker can motion for that item to be stricken and parliamentarian's ruling will be sought. if his ruling is disputed it may proceed to the president of the senate which is now vice president joe...

Affordability provisions -- >> so that's the only thing. only the abortion provision, you think, wouldn't follow -- of these potential fixes the house may send over, that's the only one you think is going to be hard to justify? >> well, i don't know all of what the house may be contemplating, so i can't comment in terms of all of the things they might do, but anything that doesn't score for budget purposes or anything for which the score is only incidental to the policy change or subject to automatic strike under the byrd rule. >> okay. and on senator bunning, sir, do you think he -- do you ap...

Which would impact the budget and does not. and therefore have to be stricken. long time associates say frewman would rule conscientiously. >> he doesn't do it from policy. he has made democratic senators and republican senators very angry in the past. and he is not a party hack. >> under the byrd rule named after robert byrd in not directly related to the budget, an abortion provision, let's say, a lawmaker can motion for that item to be stricken and parliamentarian's ruling will be sought. if his ruling is disputed it may proceed to the president of the senate which is now vice president joe...

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