On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
In reclaiming my time, in addition to this reconciliation package is the, figuratively, gun to the head of Republicans. They've been cleaning their gun all weekend and spinning the cylinder. They'll put it to our heads tomorrow, and they'll say, We have cooked up this reconciliation package. We've got our deal. They're going to think we believe they have the votes. They'll put that gun to our heads, and they'll say, Now, you can either accept the terms we're going to offer at the Blair House tomorrow or we're going to drop the hammer and go with the nuclear option and try to push this thing through the Senate. I don't think they've got the votes in the House to do it. I don't think they've got the votes in the Senate to do it. I will say, Mr. Speaker, if they try to move that, they're going to be looking at a whole stack of amendments in the Senate that will take an awful long time, with more exposure on the Senate votes than there will be at the Blair House tomorrow.
