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To: Cboldt; NoGrayZone
For this bill, the approach seems to be to take radically different versions of the bill, one passed by the House, and one passed by the Senate, into conference committee to negotiate a compromise. Assuming that happens, the compromise language has to be passed by both chambers.

Expect the conference committee to produce a bill that contains all of the spending from the House plus all of the spending from the Senate. (We would not want to leave something out that might help the economy.) They could even add some new ideas that were not considered or were rejected in the House and Senate. As long as it's not enough to start losing Democrat support there will be no problem passing the final bill. Then there will be an up or down (party line) vote on the final bill.

With the cloture vote yesterday, we lost all procedural leverage to influence the bill. It's in the Dem's hands now. Makes you feel warm all over doesn't it - kind of like messing your pants.

110 posted on 02/10/2009 7:55:45 AM PST by esarlls3
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To: esarlls3
"Makes you feel warm all over doesn't it - kind of like messing your pants."

Actually, more like slitting my wrists in a tub and bathing in my own warm blood.

117 posted on 02/10/2009 7:58:53 AM PST by NoGrayZone (Just Registered With the Conservative Party...RINO's can kiss my......)
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