Jonathon Cohn has apost out on possible vote schedule which would get health care reform, with reconciliation fix, done by Easter
Inside Health Policy's Julian Pecquet and Amy Lotven report on a Democratic memo sketching out a timeline for passage of health care reform. The gist is pretty simple: The House takes up the Senate bill and passed it by March 19. A few days later it passes a reconciliation bill and sends it over to the Senate, which starts the voting process on March 26.
The Wonkroom seems to have more details on the dates:
Timeline: House passes Senate bill 3/19. House amends Senate bill 3/21. Senate takes up package 3/23. Final vote before Easter recess.
Even on the Republican side, there seems to be an admission that a vote will indeed be coming by then.
Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said he expected Democratic leaders to arrange their final votes on health reform to but up against lawmakers' recess for the Easter and Passover holidays.
If this is true, we need to continue calling to make sure the votes are there when it comes time.Word is there are 193 solid yeses in the house, menaing we need 24 more to reach 216.