They can’t move forward on the Bill until the House passes the Senate version, and 205 votes won’t do it.
“They can’t move forward on the Bill until the House passes the Senate version, and 205 votes won’t do it.”
That’s not true. There is nothing in the rules that would prevent the Senate from voting on the reconciliation conference report before the House votes on the Senate bill. The order that the bills pass is completely irrelevent. The only thing that matters is that the President signs them in the correct order. Pelosi can give the bills to the Pres in any order she wants.
I threw out 205 as a “for instance”. I don’t know how many they think they have, but I can guarantee you that however many they think they have, it’s a few less. Their thug tactics have been so strong, I’m sure they have a few who have hemmed and hawed about voting yes who will vote no.