STAY TUNED

The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that two very small provisions in the Reconciliation Bill violates the Byrd Amendment, and therefore that the entire bill, once corrected and passed by the Senate, must go back to the House. This is entirely apart from any of the Republican amendments, all of which have been designed to send the bill back to the House.

THIS MEANS THAT SENATE BACKERS OF A PUBLIC OPTION CAN, WITH 50 VOTES PLUS BIDEN, ATTACH A PUBLIC OPTION TO THE BILL. AND CLYMER SAYS THE VOTES ARE THERE IN THE HOUSE TO PASS THE AMENDED RECONCILIATION BILL WITH THE PUBLIC OPTION ADDED.

Stay tune, folks. This could get very interesting. The Republicans may just possibly have shot themselves in their collective foot.