John Thune: “I ask my colleague, it seems to me, as he described this reconciliation trailer bill that the House will use, first, to…”

“I ask my colleague, it seems to me, as he described this reconciliation trailer bill that the House will use, first, to try to fix elements of the Senate bill they do not like, and then that reconciliation bill would come back to the Senate, I ask the Senator: Is it not true that the House and Senate already passed their health care bills? Why then is this second vehicle, this reconciliation bill necessary? It seems to me at least the House, if it were to vote on the Senate-passed bill, that would put into law most of the provisions that are included in that bill. So why is the second process necessary, I ask my colleague from New Hampshire?”