‘Climactic’ health care vote coming next week according to Pelosi

100 Days DemocratsGet ready people! According to Politico, Nancy Pelosi told her members Friday to brace themselves for a climactic health care vote as early as next week, warning them to clear their schedules for next weekend and promising to stay in session until the landmark vote, people present at the meeting said afterward.

Members and staff don’t think Pelosi has the 216 votes she needs to pass reform at this point, but most believe she’s close. A vote next week sets up the prospect that Congress could pass a sweeping health reform bill championed by Obama that has been in the works for more than a year — though the Senate would still have to take up a series of fixes through a procedural process called reconciliation.

House leaders reassured members that two of the most controversial side deals — the so-called Cornhusker Kickback and more Medicare Advantage money for Florida — would be stripped out of the reconciliation bill.

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March 12, 2010 · Filed Under Nancy Pelosi, ObamaCARE


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  • Amazingoly

    All who vote for this terrible bill had better run for their bunker in November, so “brace that”, Nancy.