Help me out here. How did the bailout bill get from the House to the Senate?

NNN0LHI

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Wed Oct-01-08 07:58 PM
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Help me out here. How did the bailout bill get from the House to the Senate?

I am not all that familiar with all these procedures in Congress?

But I thought the House had to pass these spending bills and then it goes on to the Senate.

Don

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ingac70

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Wed Oct-01-08 08:00 PM
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1. You are correct...

that is how it is suppose to work, but somehow the bastards decided to not follow the rules.

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Tangerine LaBamba

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Wed Oct-01-08 08:01 PM
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2. No, they only had to vote on it

The House voted on it, and it got flung over to the Senate. After the Senate votes, if they pass it, it goes back to the House.

If it fails in the Senate, it dies.

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NNN0LHI

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Wed Oct-01-08 08:02 PM
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3. Thank you for explaining that to me

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electron_blue

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Wed Oct-01-08 08:04 PM
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4. Schoolhouse rock explains all this in about 3 minutes. Here ya go.

Do you remember that "I'm just a bill" song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouZTIqcvb30

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Tangerine LaBamba

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Wed Oct-01-08 09:12 PM
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10. That is just GREAT

Terrific way to get the concept across to kids.

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marlakay

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Wed Oct-01-08 08:05 PM
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5. does that mean if the house says no than it fails?

does the house have to pass it as is? can they change it? if so does the senate have to vote again?

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tammywammy

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Wed Oct-01-08 08:08 PM
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7. They can pass it as it or change it

If they make changes it goes back to the Senate.

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Tangerine LaBamba

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Wed Oct-01-08 09:15 PM
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11. Theoretically,

it can turn into a ping-pong game, going back and forth, each side making changes.

But, if the Senate votes it up and the House votes it down, I really don't know - given the current political climate and the hysteria attached to this piece of legislation - what might happen.

My best guess is that the House will vote it up.

But, after all my years in Washington, I have to admit I'd love to see it go down in the House, just to see what would happen.

First, I bet, John McPOW would go up in flames.

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dixiegrrrrl

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Wed Oct-01-08 08:06 PM
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6. This is what I understood:

The House had the bill.
They voted it down.
They went on holiday, wil be back Thursday, I think.

Meanwhile, over at the Senate, they took the bill, made some changes, will vote on it tonight.
Then it has to go to the House for consideration.

In one form or another, a bill has to pass both House and Senate, then go to President for his approval or veto,
or
in the case of Bush, a signing statement ignoring the parts he does not like.

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Jeanette in FL

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Wed Oct-01-08 08:09 PM
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8. What they did.

I didn't understand it either at first. What the Senate did was attach this to a bill that the House already passed.

If this gets passed by the Senate they will go back to the House to have the words reflect the new bill. The house will then vote.

It is a fucking scam.

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Kurt_and_Hunter

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Wed Oct-01-08 08:13 PM
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9. The package is an ammendment on the AMT bill the House passed a while back

that's how they got around it.

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