Will HCR Pass The Senate?

[romantico]

Keep hearing it will not. No chance. Anyone know how soon it will come to the Senate?

[Kdillard]

1. Hopefully the House passage will give it some momentum but so far

it doesn't look like Harry has the votes. We will see.

[theoldman]

2. If I am correct Harry needs 60 votes, not 51 which is easy.

[DCBob]

5. Maybe the "nuclear option"..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option

[valerief]

3. If the bill contains insurance mandates, tort reform, insurance companies across state lines, and

nothing else. Yeah, that would pass in the Senate.

[PBS Poll-435]

4. In some form

But it won't be the bill that passed the house.

[Aramchek]

6. oh, it will. Guaranteed. Thanks for the deeply thought out post, though.

[rucky]

9. How?

Play it out for us.

[Aramchek]

10. watch and learn. you probably thought Obama didn't have a chance either.

It's no use telling you how it will happen.
Especially when you would probably prefer that it didn't.

[rucky]

11. alrighty, then.

[DCBob]

7. There will be a ton of pressure on the Senate to get it done ASAP ...

and pass a bill somewhat similar to the House to simplify the reconciliation process.

[ind_thinker2]

8. it will pass with a watered down PO plus Coops

[RBInMaine]

12. There will be opt out, but the key is to FLOOD Lieberman with calls. Also, go reconciliation !