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To: flyfree
-- The bill originated in the house as a pork bill. --

Heh. Sort of. The pork part of the bill is HR 6049. It passed the House in May, and after being amended by the Senate, passed the Senate on September 23, 2008. The vote in the Senate was 93-2, 2 Democrats voted NAY. All of that standing separately from the bailout, "the pork bill" (HR 6049) was in the House, ripe for passage.

The pork bill passed the Senate again, a second time, when approximately the same contents were combined with approximately the House-passed bailout language, and stuffed into HR 1424.

What used to be in HR 1424 is on the cutting room floor.

6 posted on 10/05/2008 6:12:16 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
What used to be in HR 1424 is on the cutting room floor.

Was HR 1424 a bill for the raising of revenue?

12 posted on 10/05/2008 6:31:16 PM PDT by supercat
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