Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100317:21:58:00
Having avoid a up and down vote, is that it will prevent the republicans running tv ads say they voted for the senate bill as if they are not mid fiing it, cleaning it up, which they in fact are doing, you would stop ad writers for blasting democrats unfairly even though the member already voted to eliminate such provisions in the reconciliation bill that's paired along with this bill. but i think avoiding a direct up or down vote would expos them to a worst charge, that they pulled a fast one. there's really only one reason not to have a direct vote, that's to let a member claim he didn't vot...