The deck chairs are being rearranged in the house and senate to bypass a conference committee for a government health care take over. The New Republic reported this tidbit this morning and it’s been echoed by several other lib blogs. (heritage has a few excerpts here).
This is what a Dem told Talking Points memo:

“‘This process cuts out the Republicans,’ said a House Democratic aide. Republicans will ‘not have a motion to recommit opportunity’–a procedural trick the minority can use to scuttle legislation in the House at the last minute.”