Pelosi contradicted by Blue Dog: They don't have the votes

*Scroll down for update. Sen. Durbin says Senate will most likely not vote before recess.*

From Jake Tapper:

“I have no question that we have the votes on the floor of the House to pass this legislation,” Pelosi told reporters.

But a leading conservative “Blue Dog” Democrat told ABC News that claim is questionable.

“No, I don’t think they have the votes,” Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., said, arguing if that were the case he and the other six Blue Dogs on the House Energy and Commerce Committee who have been holding up the bill in committee would be under far less pressure.

Rep. Ross says:

“We’re speaking for a silent majority within the Democratic caucus,” he said. “The American people want us to slow down and they want us to get it right.”

And over in the Senate, they're this desperate:

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chair of the Senate Finance Committee, was overheard jokingly telling House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, “let me tell you, praying might be helpful here.”

Do not, I repeat, do not celebrate yet. Save this for later.




*Update: Dick Durbin says there will probably be no vote in the Senate before the recess, either.
h/t: Memeorandum

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