Apparently this is being snuck into the bill, that would allow "illegals" to get health insurance. This was required for Pelosi to get the votes whe needs
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The House bill doesn't have that language, and several members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus met with Obama at the White House on Thursday to tell him that if that changed, he could lose as many as 20 votes.
"I think that he got our message," Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez, head of the Hispanic Caucus, said afterward.
House leaders said that, in keeping with the Hispanic Caucus' demands, there was not likely to be any prohibition added to the House bill against illegal immigrants shopping in the exchange.
