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I need you to walk me through this whole slaughter solution. it sounds violent. what does it mean, and why is it evil? >> it does great violence to the constitution. we call it the slaughter the house rule. and it is bizarre. speaker pelosi wants us to pass a bill without voting on it. now this is unusual even for congress to pass a bill without voting on it. it has never been done before in the history of congress. no one has read the bill because it hasn't been writen. now she wants to pass it without voting on it. what they want us to do is vote on a rule of debate which means we will debat...

There's going to be some interesting parliamentary procedure. there's talk about the deem and pass or what the gop calls the slaughter solution, which is this idea that the house would pass the senate bill on a rules vote or they would deem and pass if they passed a reconciliation vote. a lot of the members don't understand that completely right now. >> a lot of viewers don't understand it. >> reporter: it's confusing stuff. it really is. and i think you'll see the democratic leadership really try to explain the process more the next coming days once they get the substance, which is the cbo. >...

Face tries to argue that somehow the senate bill cleared the house and no one voted for it. >> greta: isn't this a way for the republican party to checkmate the democrats? you want the democrats to go back to their districts and say i didn't vote for the bill or i did vote for the bill. >> this is not an argument any longer between democrats and republicans. it is between democrats and their own constituents. how will they slain to their constituents that a bill that -- to explain to the county withins that a bill cleared house of representatives and no one voted for it? >> greta: explain how ...

All sorts of ideas have been raised by the democrats including what republicans call the slaughter solution. what is the slaughter solution? plan c named after democratic congresswoman louise slaughter. she has a plan to get the health care bill through the house without a vote on senate passed bill. how would slaughter solution work? earlier republican congressman dwyer went on the record. >> so -- the so-called slaughter solution what is that? >> what is happening greta is, everyone says they want openness, transparency and disclosure and accountability. everything is being done to try and a...

First thing, it looks like it's changing rules midstream, midgame and i understand that's politics and that's done. but has your party done anything like that? >> i would commend to you a new direction to america, the document that nancy pelosi put out. when she attacked us when we were in the majority, she said she would have the transparency and openness. could we have done better? yes, but never before has this kind of thing taken place, where they are looking to avoid accountability on a measure that would have the federal government take control of one-sixth of our economy. when social se...