“Slaughter solution” on The Daily Caller

UPDATE 11:22 P.M. – The House has passed the Senate version of health care reform by a vote of 219 to 212, three votes more than was needed. (more)

John Barrow. Heath Shuler. Allen Boyd. Jason Altmire. John Tanner. Suzanne Kosmas. Lincoln Davis. Glenn Nye. (more)

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor’s press operation began e-mailing reporters around 4:30, indicating they might want to go watch the House floor. (more)

Democrats voted down an attempt Thursday by Republicans to bar them from using a “deem and pass” strategy, dubbed the “Slaughter Solution,” which would allow the House to pass the Senate health care bill without directly voting on it. (more)

UPDATE – 6:21 p.m. – Lynch told me just now his meeting with President Obama went “really well,” but that the president did not change his mind, and he remains opposed to the health care bill. (more)

President Barack Obama is not worried about the “procedural” debate over whether House Democratic leaders should go ahead with a plan to approve health care reform without a traditional vote, he told Fox News on Wednesday. (more)

Rep. Mike Pence, Indiana Republican, was sitting on a couch outside the House chamber Wednesday morning, and The Daily Caller asked him about his claim Tuesday that it is unconstitutional for the Democrats to use a self-executing rule to “deem” the Senate bill passed once a reconciliation bill passes. Why did he vote for self-executing rules three times when Republicans held the House? (more)

President Obama may be days away from passing the health-care bill on which he has gambled his presidency, a sweeping reform that would dramatically change the country. (more)

Republicans made major hay Tuesday out of the “news” (it was reported by the Washington Post today after several days of reporting by The Daily Caller and other news organizations) that Democrats may use the “Slaughter solution” to pass the health care bill. (more)

Ward has been covering the hell out of this, and emails in to the office with his thoughts: (more)

Jon Ward reports from the Hill: (more)