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Pretty amped up republican party, we could get to the 35, 40 seats that get us to the majority. >> greta: tonight the vote on reconciliation passed. now what? >> the next move on the democrats is to pass the doctor fix. everyone thinks health care is over. it is not over. two things are coming down the pike. number one, the doc fix, 208 billion dollars that they've got to find, i guess they don't have to find, because they are not planning on paying for. they are planning on passing this bill, adding deficit. if you consider that as part of the overall plan. then the plan the democrats said wa...

It with real reform. we want to articulate what we would do in place of this law. so a lot of us are going to talk to our constituents how we would do things much differently. we said it before this bill came into law now it is in law we are seeing so many consequences. it has been just a few days and we are getting consequences across the spectrum. we are hearing from firms dumping their retirees on the medicare part d plan. companies sending out e-mails to employees saying this changes things. hearing from firms that huge new tax liabilities they didn't see coming. lots of consequences comin...

>> i try to explain this isn't easy. you have to have a house, republican majority. you have to have a senate not only that can pass a bill but can get 60 votes. and you have to have a president willing to sign a different law into law previously this law and that's not this president. 2013 is a way as way the real entitlement kicks off in 23rd -- in 2014 this is a thread the needle kind of thing. we shouldn't create two new entitlements that we already have that we can't pay for. the opportunity is before 2014 when this new entitlement kicks in, in full force. >> greta: it is an uphill battle...

Bee right here and right now. good evening. you said something is making you sick to your stomach? >> this heavy dose of congressional castor oil is not going down well with the american people. there are some pieces that are distasteful. we find out yesterday that even though children are supposed to be covered immediately they are not going to be until 2014. congress was more ready to get this bill done in a hurry than to get it done right that has been problematic. i think the cost is an issue we have to be honest about. this is going to cost more than they said. there are good good -- ther...

Are some good things in this bill. unfortunately, the good things get obscured because of the way and the process by which congress forced this down our throat. like putting the spoon in our mouth and making us swallow whether we liked it or not and whether we believe we needed it or not. >> greta: around christmastime there was that huge rush to get the senate decision before the christmas holidays. i'm not sure what the necessity of that was. there's been some sort of force on that understandably things will fall throughout cracks that is not terrific. what is it you like about this bill? >>...