So..... instead of blaming it on the House Republicans why not pass the amendment and make the Senate Republicans block it and then you actually have someone to blame?
Right now I don't see how you can blame the Republicans, unless you disagree with the amendment, if the Senate Republicans block its passage I will stand right next to you in blaming them for this bill not getting passed.
Until then, balls in the D's court.
For a couple reasons.
For one, it's not a question what's being done, to kill the bill, and how the Senate is behaving. Your suggestion is like saying 'give Al Queda nuclear weapons and then IF they use them, I'll stand side by side with you in condemning them, but otherwise you shouldn't block it.' There are facts - the bill is ready to pass. Leading to point two.
The House Republicans are to blame because a perfectly good bill that is past the Senate - somehow - is ready for a House vote, and they can vote yes or no.
They are responsible for voting yes or no and if they vote no, they deserve blame for voting no.
You may not be aware how this game is played with amendments, but that just makes you a defender of bad things out of ignorance.
Your suggestion results in the bill failing and the Democrats supposedly getting to 'blame Republicans in the Senate'. Add that drop to their ocean of blame they already have for Republicans being obstructionist - it's useless, what matters is passing the bill, not participating in the Republican plan to kill it with a consolation prize of blame.
Sometimes, they don't have a better choice, but here, they do - why not blame the House Republicans for their dishonest game, which they deserve?
Ball is in the *Republican's* court, to vote for the bill, or refuse to. This isn't some real amendment with any critical need to be passed, it's a maneuver.
Watch this clip, from yesterday's Rachel Maddow show, for a sense of the game you don't seem to get from your post, if you are going to reply.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/