Despite polls that show a continued lack of support with the voters, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on Fox News Sunday that the healthcare bill will pass by next weekend.

With a full press on from the White House, how can House Democrats with districts that oppose the Senate’s health care bill back the President but still avoid a backlash from their constituents?  According to the Heritage Foundation, the House can use the following procedure:

House members have come up with a unique way to structure a vote that attempts to avoid the House voting on legislation before it goes to the president.  First, the House Budget Committee will report out a reconciliation bill.  It is unclear as to whether the Stupak Amendment will be added.  This reconciliation measure would be reported for consideration by the House of Representatives as a whole.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) would then package the Senate passed Obamacare bill and the House reconciliation measure into one measure.  The House rules committee will report out a rule that will allow the Senate passed Obamacare bill to pass the House without a vote.  The rule will be self-executing in the sense that the House will have been deemed to pass the Senate Obamacare bill if the House can muster the votes to pass the reconciliation measure.

http://blog.heritage.org/2010/03/10/obamacare%E2%80%99s-procedural-fraud-on-the-american-people/

With this backdoor procedural maneuver looming, it is little wonder that White House officials on Sunday dared the Republicans to bring it on during this fall’s 2010 midterm election.

“We’re happy to have the 2010 elections be about the achievement of health care reform. That’s a debate I think we’re obviously comfortable having,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on “Fox News Sunday.”  “Make my day,” added senior White House adviser David Axelrod.  What debate?  If you are not forced to vote on Senate bill then why worry what effect it has on the nation?  If your District supports the bill, you can claim victory.  If your District is against the bill, just claim you never voted for it.

Only in Washington can you go both ways and never suffer the consequences!