I have just watched Rep. Kucinich on Countdown tonight stating that he will vote with Congressional Republicans on the 18th since the Public Option was not included. I have seen Rep. Stupak saying that he will vote with Congressional Republicans along with 12 others if his abortion clauses are not included in this bill. This puts us in a pickle, since if the Senate Bill is changed with these changes added, it has to go back to the Senate. The U.S. Senate, which now has 59 Democratic members and 41 Republicans, and would need to vote 60 for the debate process to be ended. The first round, this bill barely passed at all in the House. In the U.S. Senate, the talks with Sen. Snowe for support of a bill fell through, prompting Sen.Joe Lieberman to go against the Public Option, aided by Sens. Lincoln, Nelson, Landrieu,etc.
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