[muawiyah]

The Pubbies have sent over a number of revenue bills this last year ~ so the Senate has them sitting there ready to amend.

That's what the Constitution allows them to do.

[exit82]

Yes, just like Obamacare.

Will they even use the pretense of using a exisitng bill from the House as their starting point?

Since the bill will now be different than what the Senate was sent it has to go to conference, then back to the House and the Senate in the same form to be voted on.

That is not going to happen by midnight.

Nor should it ever.

I do not know why McConnell wants to make Biden, Reid and Obama look good. The time to do all this was weeks ago.

And they all knew it.