(Credit: CBS) CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.

So far, Democrats have rejected, defeated, or tabled Republican amendments to repeal the sunset on marriage penalty relief, repeal the limitation on itemized medical expense deductions, allow individuals to elect to opt out of Medicare part A benefits, provide for a long-term fix to the Medicare sustainable growth rate formula in order to improve access for Medicare beneficiaries, exclude pediatric devices for persons with disabilities from the medical device tax, exclude the medical device tax all together, and to ban Viagra for sex offenders among other amendments  (see list of amendments here).

But my favorite so far is the Democrat defeat of Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) amendment to require the President, Vice President, cabinet members, top White House staff, Congressional leadership, and committee staff who drafted the proposal to purchase their health insurance through the government exchanges like everyone else (they exempted themselves in the legislation).  WOW!  This government takeover of health care is evidently so good (according to Democrats) that they want to force you into the system while excluding themselves.  More here and here.

The Senate Republicans won a parliamentarian ruling that will send the bill back to the House for another vote.  The Senate currently plans to finish debate and vote at 2 pm today, and the House plans to follow up with a vote as soon as tonight.  With a recent CBS poll showing that 62% of Americans want the GOP to continue to fight this terrible legislation, Democrats want to finish the reconciliation process as soon as possible.

November cannot come quickly enough!

UPDATES: From Heritage, more on Republican amendments here.