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12 hours ago ago from Moe Lane
(H/T Instapundit ) While I see Mickey Kaus' point in the abstract : People in the know in Washington appear to have already considered and dismissed the ping pong option the possibility that if the Senate finally passes a compromise health care bill, Pelosi's House might simply vote on the exact same bill , avoiding the need for a to reconcile the House and Senate versions and instead sending the bill directly to the President for his ...
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11 hours ago ago from American Tory
The process of bouncing a bill back and forth between the House and the Senate is commonly referred to as ping pong. In normal legislation this allows members of both houses to make changes, additions, cuts, and so forth as they fix up a bill for final passage. Mickey Kaus thinks that they should avoid this for healthcare legislation, and he makes a lot of sense . The idea is that instead of making any changes to the Senate bill, the House ...
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3 hours ago ago from Media General - TBO.com
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