Even as a House Democratic leader admitted that Democrats are still lacking votes, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs proclaimed Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation" that "this is the week" that the House will pass the Senate's health-care reform bill and send it to President Obama's desk for his signature. The House is expected to vote on the Senate bill late in the week.

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) cautioned on NBC's "Meet the Press" that "as of this morning" House Democrats don't have the votes to pass the Senate bill, but he is "very confident that we will get this done."

Gibbs said the president is talking to Senate leaders to make sure the upper chamber will take up and pass a reconciliation bill to modify the Senate legislation in order to satisfy the concerns of Democratic House members. He also said the "special deals" that the president found objectionable, such as Nebraska's exemption from paying its share of the proposed Medicaid expansion that helped to secure Sen. Ben Nelson's (D-Neb.) earlier vote on the bill, "are indeed out of" the reconciliation bill.

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When the government pulls "daddy knows best" on me, I really have to question their role.

Why are they not listening to the feedback from the electorate?

If they are going to mandate Health Care, they MUST have a public option!