What a difference a day makes. And, you know, the signing of a sweeping health care bill.
Last week, the atmosphere in the Capitol–and indeed, all across political Washington–was tense, and ominous. Democrats hadn’t rounded up all the votes they needed (and ultimately found) to pass health care reform, and Senate Republicans knew it. They kicked up as much dust as they could to scare House members into killing their own bill. Fixing the health care bill with reconciliation would fail, they warned over and over again, and Dems would be stuck having enacting an unpopular reform.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=128849