[fortheDeclaration]

The fact is that the only reason that the Senate Democrats are having any real problem with this is because they know that if it doesn't meet the standards of the House, it will fail on the final vote.

The system put into place was meant to stop a simple majority (the House) from simply putting in whatever it could pass.

The Senate is the stop-gap on the simple Democratic rule that the House represents.

Even though they hold all the cards, the system itself is giving them fits.

The Bill must be liberal enough to keep the liberal votes and 'moderate' enough to keep the moderates.

This Bill will be neither.

If a final version comes back to the Senate for a revote with the pro-life amendment on it, it will be defeated.

Time is against this Bill ever passing.

By November, the Democrats know they will have no chance to pass such a Bill again.

[SeattleBruce]

The system put into place was meant to stop a simple majority (the House) from simply putting in whatever it could pass.

The Senate is the stop-gap on the simple Democratic rule that the House represents.

Even though they hold all the cards, the system itself is giving them fits.
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This is a historically beautiful thing, is it not?