“but the house can’t consider reconciliation until the Senate bill is signed into law”
There is no reconciliation in the house. What they are doing is putting together a bill that can be reconciled in the senate. They will pass this bill and deem Obamacare approved (slaughter solution). This is their cover. The senate may or may not get the reconciliation done but Obamacare will be signed into law.
I have heard nothing contrary — except from Politico and from Pelosi — that they can get around passing the Senate bill intact and sending to the prez for signature. Pelosi even gave away the game today by saying it would be a “celebration,” which sounds to me like a double-cross on reconciliation.
The House will also have to pass its reconciliation bill and send it to the Senate.
Keep calling all House members 202-224-3121