Meanwhile, reports surfaced last night that Democrats are now consindering changes to the "deal" of earlier this week on health care, after complaints from hospital and doctors groups.
In other words, the Democratic "deal" is still evolving, even as the Congressional Budget Office runs the cost estimates.
As for the plans of Democrats, the word is that they may go for the gusto next week, and force cloture votes on the health care bill, even though little progress has been made on it.
If they can get 60 votes, then they will pass the bill, and maybe try to jam through a final conference report before the end of the year.
We'll see if they can actually pull that off or not. If the numbers are okay from the CBO, it may be possible.
SOURCE: Jamie Dupree
