Posted on 05/13/2020 10:52:47 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
According to congress.gov, H.R.748 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act, was introduced in January of 2019 by Rep. Joe Courtney (D).
If this COVID-19 is an unexpected outbreak, how is it that this bill was introduced nearly a year and a half ago?
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/748?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Hr748%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=1
The Constitution requires all appropriations bills to be introduced in the House, not the Senate. Therefore, when the Senate is in a hurry, they may strip out the language of some other bill that passed the House but is languishing in committee in the Senate, and replace it with their own bill. Then it will go to a joint conference committee for final amendments, and thence to a final vote in both houses.
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