I’ve been looking for the WaPo article - can’t find it yet.
We've been baited. And here's the switch, from a Washington Post news alert:
House Democratic leaders say they will take a separate vote on the Senate health care bill, rejecting an earlier, much-criticized strategy that would have permitted them to "deem" the measure passed without an explicit vote.
The Hill has more:
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) said that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) won't use the tactic of deem and pass for healthcare reform.
Instead there will be two separate votes, one on the Senate bill and one on the reconciliation bill.
Engel said that Pelosi told a whip meeting Saturday that members should be proud of their "yes" vote because it is as historic as the social security vote.
This is good news for the Constitution and transparency in government. I'm not sure if its good news for defeating Obamacare. Also, Rep Virginia Foxx says that the Manager's Amendment has just been provided to the GOP.