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Debate this and then potentially pass it? >> this process is through reconciliation, which requires a simple majority in the senate. the senate is a situation where in many pieces of legislation, there is the filibuster possibility, cloture of 60 votes. i personally am opposed to the whole concept. but that is the way the situation exists in the senate. this is the beginning of the process. and of course there are some who are more conservative then i, who don't like the fact that we do continue medicaid expansion until january of 2020. >> and on that topic of medicaid expansion, congressman, ...

>> shepard: they're doing that. the vote is in. they needed 218 total votes. they're up to 244. 24 democrats voting with the republicans. one republican thus far voting with the democrats in the nays. so that's the mattis vote. i want to wrap up this healthcare thing. had this healthcare vote not gone through, they had to get -- they had to make it so they didn't need a filibuster-proof majority. the republicans didn't have 60. they weren't going to get it. so had this failed today, this wipe-out of the filibuster possibility, the republicans were in deep, deep trouble with obamacare's repeal ...

The day, debate it and try to persuade a majority to pass a bill. >> they caucus. they are passing amendments. there is a mini filibuster possibility for three minutes. >> what if the senate votes the conservative way? >> then it does. that's really exciting. >> so the fix isn't in for the liberal side here? >> the fix is definitely not in. the whole notion is to have no bias one way or the other and to really have a free and open debate. >> you had the most liberal voting record in the senate in 2005 and you are still called -- i don't know if that is a compliment or not but liberal lion of t...

Is voterama? what is that? >> you know, it's a washington phrase for how you take votes without running into a filibuster possibility. so everybody can vote, but the republicans in this case don't have to decide when we fill buster and when we don't. so you play this game. it's a nonbinding resolution, as you know. so it's not even like this is the real budget. this is the senate's toss over the wall. you know, i can only say, if student government at usc worked like this, we would all be up in arms and say, can't these kids figure out how to make a decision? i think that both sides of the ais...