(CBS) While health care reform is the law of the land, there's still the matter of that other bill the House passed Sunday.
The reconciliation bill contains the package of fixes to the new law. It advanced to the Senate after the House's historic vote Sunday night. There, Republicans are throwing up hurdles to try to keep it from passing.
Republicans can offer unlimited amendments to this bill - and they are, reports CBS News Correspondent Nancy Cordes. First up was an amendment to prevent Democrats from taking $500 billion from Medicare to pay for new programs.
"This will all end up rolling into a giant ball like a huge, massive asteroid headed at Earth which is basically going to land on our children's heads as debt," Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., said.
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Republicans say their amendments are designed to improve a health care bill they don't like, but some amendments are clearly designed to paint Democrats into a corner. "No Erectile Dysfunction Drugs to Sex Offenders" reads one from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
Vote against it, and Democrats make themselves vulnerable to embarrassing campaign ads in the fall. Vote for it, and they risk changing the bill so that it has to go back to the House for yet another tough vote. - CBS News Story
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