{"id":197247,"date":"2010-01-18T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/house-will-vote-directly-on-senate-healthcare-bill-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-18T19:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T00:20:00","slug":"were-gonna-pass-healthcare-no-matter-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/197247","title":{"rendered":"We’re Gonna Pass Healthcare No Matter What"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Regardless of what happens in the Bay State tomorrow<\/a>, it’s too early to write off healthcare as dead.<\/p>\n

Nancy Pelosi<\/a> told reporters today that Democrats will get a bill some way or another, according to ABC News<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And now the New York Time<\/a>s reports that the way forward is to have the House vote directly on the Senate version which wouldn’t require a second vote in the Senate.<\/p>\n

Of course, that will be tough, as it will require all of the supporting Democrats to support a bill they’re not crazy about, even in the face of a stunning election result.<\/p>\n

Yesterday we outlined six possible scenarios<\/a>, including this one, that healthcare might take in the event of a Scott Brown victory.<\/p>\n

We’ll say this, in all sincerity<\/strong>: If Pelosi can get this done, she and Reid deserve MAJOR credit for what will be a triumph of party unity, to pass something this gigantic on 100% party-line votes, in the face of overwhelming political risk. Nothing like this has ever been done.<\/p>\n

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