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Been incorporated, are they in this bill at this point? >> i keep coming back to this. nothing -- what the house is going to vote on first, and they have to do this first procedurally, they have to pass the bill first, have it signed into law beforethy of the changes that president obama wants to put into place can be put in this, quote, reconciliation package, because you can't have a reconciliation package to amend a bill that hasn't been passed. you have to pass the bill first, then come back with a reconciliation to change it. so again, it's this huge leap of faith that somehow or another,...

Quality and covers people, i will support that. and i would say to john -- >> wait a minute, you know what he's going to have in his bill right now. are you voting yes or no? >> we have to read the bill first. i mean, i think most people want us to do that. but if it's what has been proposed, sure, i support those things. >> and congressman shadegg, i think you know where you fall on it. >> i think you do. if it would cut costs or solve a problem for people with pre-existing conditions, if the president was willing to listen substantively to republican ideas and not to tinkering on the edges, ...

>> they have to see the bill first. they will go through that process. i suspect during the 20 hours they will offer some amendments they won't have any involvements they will wait until the end and try to delay this for weeks. >> greta: did they have the stomach to drag it on forever? the republicans? >> it only takes one member. you saw jim bunning up until tonight stand on the floor and hold up this unemployment extension. it takes one member who is willing to file hundreds of amendments and continue -- get there's the next guy, the next woman. it isn't one representative citizen for number...

>> they have to see the bill first. they will go through that process. i suspect during the 20 hours they will offer some amendments they won't have any involvements they will wait until the end and try to delay this for weeks. >> greta: did they have the stomach to drag it on forever? the republicans? >> it only takes one member. you saw jim bunning up until tonight stand on the floor and hold up this unemployment extension. it takes one member who is willing to file hundreds of amendments and continue -- get there's the next guy, the next woman. it isn't one representative citizen for number...

He may incorporate things that they like, like tort reform and portability, being able to cross over state lines with your insurance plan. would that kind of change convince you to vote yes? >> i need to see that this bill that's being put forward is substantially different than the bill i had to vote on in the house. i voted no for some very specific reasons. a lack of cost containment. i didn't like the income tax increase that was in there. and i didn't like the mandate on small businesses. so those issues -- >> still costs a trillion dollars. if it still costs a trillion dollars and it doe...