Next steps for ObamaCare: Senate, Coburn and Conference.
Yesterday the House passed what some will deem hallmark legislation by a minuscule margin of 5 votes. Pelosi's version of the health care reform (HCR) is the largest (2,000 pages) and most expensive version of any other bill we have seen to date, far outdoing the Senate version by almost two trillion dollars. Yes, trillion. Here comes the fun part. Harry Reid has to now pass his version in the Senate and it's extremely unlikely he will be using Pelosi's version considering it is laced with mandates, crippling taxes and other surprises that people have yet to find. He will have to jam his own version through despite threats from people like Joe Lieberman and Olympia Snowe that they are concerned about the cost. Assuming he does accomplish that with enough amendments, the two bills are going to a conference committee. At this point they will need to be merged into the final bill and voted in both chambers of Congress. At this point things could get really sticky, be