[laughter] >> samuelson of environment and energy daily with us on the phone. what's the latest on whether house democrats are ready to pass a climate change bill on friday? >> well, they're not saying yet when the floor debate will begin on friday morning. the expectations are it will start friday morning. but they still trying to wrap up those last couple of votes. the question is will nancy pelosi gamble if she's short of the two, three, four, five, dozen votes that she's going to need and try to win them on the floor, or will they just go full steam ahead or will they have secured the 218 and head into the vote knowing that they're going to win? so we're waiting, watching, there's been a lot of lobbying happening off the floor, on the floor in the last couple of days. carol browner, president obama's top energy advisor, rahm emanuel the chief of staff have been working the phones in person. president obama making a plea in the rose garden speech, spoke about it at his press conference the other day. there's definitely a push there as well. >> tell us about

dara in samuelson joins us on the phone. what did the democrats have to do? >> they were working the hallways and the house floor. president obama called members and invited members to the white house. you had the people who wrote this bill going one by one and member by member to try to convince them that what they had passed out of the committee was a bill that had taken their interest into account. it was a microcosm of the larger house. a lot of concessions were already made and they had to make a lot more to the farm state democrats. they've probably got about 20 democrats from rural america. then, there was final within. at and they call that a fishing pole expedition. they were able to work members. they crossed the island tried to get republicans as well. >> speaking of those that cross the aisle, there were some party switchers. what about those party switchers? >> the republican number was higher than many thought. the the total was eight. there were three that we most likely expected, but the other one's work on the fence and a couple of the move o

and as robert samuelson noted in today's "washington post" all this new federal spending will still not fix the, quote, crux of our health care dilemma, end quote. the american people deserve a plan that will make health care more affordable and available to all and those who like their current health care coverage to keep it. while democrats support raising taxes and rationing care, republicans supports health care reform that ensures patients and doctors make health care decisions, not a bunch of bureaucrats in washington. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back at. at this time the gentleman from missouri, mr. russ carnahan, is recognized for one minute. mr. carney: -- mr. carnahan: the house passed house resolution 492, recognizing this week as high-performance building week. it will have the benefits of high-o.p.m. building and works to in-- high-performance building and each year our homes, offices, schools and other buildings consume 70% of our electricity, 60% of raw materials. by designing and building high-performance building we reduce c

and as robert samuelson noted in today's "washington post" all this new federal spending will still not fix the, quote, crux of our health care dilemma, end quote. the american people deserve a plan that will make health care more affordable and available to all and those who like their current health care coverage to keep it. while democrats support raising taxes and rationing care, republicans supports health care reform that ensures patients and doctors makedevelo high performance technologies. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, president obama and his democrat allies in congress have said that they want those who currently like their health care plan to keep it. then they publicly endorse a government-run health care insurance plan that would crowd out and eliminate the pri