One of the main problems House democrats have with passing the Senate health care bill is they would have to trust the Senate to pass the changes they are demanding under the reconciliation process. Frankly speaking, they don't trust Senate Democrats to get the job done. Republicans have many tricks up their sleeves and the Senate leadership doesn't want the changes the House Democrats are demanding anyway. The workaround plan was to pass a reconciliation bill at the same time or conjoined with the Senate bill and have President Obama sign it all into law at the same time. The Senate Parliamentarian has nixed that idea. He has ruled President Obama must sign the Senate version into law before reconciliation can be used for changes. This means House Democrats will have to have total trust in President Obama, Harry Reid and Senate democrats. Hmm...
The Hill reported:
The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that President Barack Obama must sign the healthcare reform bill before Democrats can use special budget rules...
House lawmakers, who are distrustful of their Senate counterparts, have demanded that both measures pass Congress at the same time. Some House members worry that if they passed the Senate healthcare bill, senators would not approve the sidecar measure with the changes at a later date.
Democrats acknowledged the parliamentarian’s ruling was a setback ...
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