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Five more votes and so the argument presses on today. >> the votes will be there because what is happening is our members are going back home to constituents who are opening up their mail and getting these huge increases in their insurance premiums. >> there is a reason why we are here today and still the vote hasn't been taken and that is because a large portion of chris' caucus doesn't support the bill because six out of ten americans don't support the bill. >> some democrats still on the fence are waiting for numbers from the congressional budget office on what some of the still to be negot...

Time to get it done. we've been doing this for a year now. let's have the votes this week and i hope the democrats rally behind it. >> jamie: senator santorum, what will republicans do if it's passed but there are provisions that they still remain concerned? so concerned they can't put their support behind it? >> well, i ran in 1994. i ran against the guy who brought the healthcare issue to washington, d.c., harris walker that bill clinton picked up. i know this issue and i know it very well. the reason that they lost in 1994 is not because they didn't pass it. in fact, by the end of most camp...

Reena, what is prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying about the controversy? >> reporter: well, eric, every sunday he has a weekly cabinet meeting. today he tried to calm fears, pretty much, and told people to calm down and take it easy. he issued an apology to the white house saying it was regrettable and it wasn't intentional. he has always said that this was never something he knew about, or was aware of. he really tried to make sure that people here in israel, the government, the establishment understands we need to proceed calmly with this and that he has also as well commissioned a pan...

Therefore i will infer they are sympathetic to the cause. there are many reasons lawyers can accept very unpopular people. i don't like the positions they have taken, i deplore them but i would not want to jump to the conclusion somebody let's say who represented a given al-qaeda detainee is proal-qaeda and sympathetic to al-qaeda. >> brian: you point out being a lawyer it is different than adversialary arenas. lawyers may fight on points of the law but that doesn't mean -- they disagree but aren't necessarily disagreeable. >> it is difficult to a lawyer subjected to that kind of inquiry to di...

Benefits don't go in effect for four or five years, the cost, the taxes, cuts go into effect right away. why? ten year of cost and six year of benefit to make it fit in a budget window so it looks like they're cutting money when they're not. >> jamie: quickly, congressman. >> all i can say is let the games begin. pass it and take it to the american public. >> jamie: they will, definitely they will be in play this week. we'll watch it. thank you, senator santorum and congressman frost. great to have you both together on sunday morning. >> thank you. >> jamie: take care. >> thank you. >> eric: a...