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President and the democrats are going to use this so-called process of reconciliation to try to pass a comprehensive bill. at this point they do not appear to have the votes to do that, but they'll try to do that over the coming month. if they feel they can't do that, that they don't have the votes, then they may revert to plan "b." a watered down version which as the "wall street journal" reported today and cnn has been confirming would involve extending health insurance to about 15 million americans instead of 30 million americans. even that could be a heavy lift. >> that's sort of a field g...

Plan is simply too costly. >> it means for millions of americans, premiums will go up because when people pay those new taxes, premiums will go up and they will also go up because of the government mandates. >> reporter: democrats believe the president got the better of the republicans. >> so, lamar, when you mentioned earlier you said premiums go up, that's just not the case according to the congressional budget office. >> mr. president, if you're going to contradict me, i ought to have a chance to -- >> no. let me -- and this is an example of where we've got to get our facts straight. >> rep...

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