She can’t take out the abortion clause. They have to vote for the Senate bill as written.
Am I wrong? As I see it, Pelosi is responsible for getting House members to vote YES on the Senate-passed version of the bill. At the same time, legislators in the House are working on a compromise package that will make critical changes to the existing bill, the one that passed the Senate on Christmas Eve. Pelosi and company are promising that, as soon as the bill is passed by both houses and Obama signs it, the Senate will then use "reconciliation" to pass the amended version that was written in the House. Herein lies the catch - House members are being expected to vote for a bill they hate with promises that it will all be changed later by the Senate. It isn't the "big" bill that Obama and Reid are threatening to push through with reconciliation, it is the "amended version" written by the House of Representatives.
Another problem lies in the repercussions that House members know will come from a YES vote. Members in the Senate will be able to assess who can and who can't afford to make this unpopular move and assign YES and NO votes accordingly. House members don't have that luxury.
Anyway, that is how I see it. No matter how you look at it, it is all a steaming pile of doo!