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Release out with senator bernie sanders yesterday and said that parts of this bill may violate the bird rule which means it's going to need 60 votes to pass the senate and that could be an entirely bill. it wouldn't be a straight repeal if i'm not mistaken. are you waiting to see if more details come out on that? >> well, the house parliamentarian signed off on our bill and we know it will work and most of the senate bill mirror our bill and it drops some of the continuous coverage requirements, and scheme of tax credit system for people on group plans and isolating high risks, plus, turning m...

Have to pay a penalty and the senator bill doesn't have that and this is a senate hurdle as page said because you have to pass it through the bird rule which has significant restrictions. so this is a policy challenge when deciding how to get there through but senator mcconnell has political and policy problems and people on the right who want more opt out flexibility for states and perhaps individuals, and he has senator cruz who wants insurance companies to have more flexible and dean heller a republican up for re-election in 2018 saying he doesn't like the medicaid components and he doesn't...

Fact, there were hundreds of hearings. and people actually were able to look at it. so, look, the republicans are frustrated and there's supposed to be a vote next week, but there's not even a bill for people to look at and senator collins actually told reporters that the parliamentarian has recalled on this abortion language that was in the house bill and said it's not going to pass the bird rule. so that's going to throw everything into chaos. conservatives are going to say, we're not going to vote on this unless there's something that bars federal dollars being spent on abortion. >> but fed...

Panel, kirsten powers, errol louis, jason miller, and jen psaki. kirsten, first to you. this is a clear case of the standards that were set by republicans back in 2010. their ju they're just breaking them with complete glee almost right now. >> yeah, well, with i think we all remember them complaining that obamacare was sort of passed in the dark of night behind closed doors when, in fact, there were hundreds of hearings. and people actually were able to look at it. s, look, the republicans are frustrated and there's supposed to be a vote next week, but there's not even a bill for people to lo...

Taking people out with pre-existing conditions. nothing else here that could possibly do that. the selling across state lines, not in the summary, and even if it is it would never get past the bird rule so basically the way if costs go down, it will go down because they pull people with pre-existing conditions out of the market. >> and reduce coverage, reduce the amount of coverage. as the bill goes to senate, i want to get your reaction. take a listen to senator bill cassidy from louisiana talking about what he wants to see in the bill. >> i asked does it pass the jimmy kimmel test? with a ch...