Did I hear that correctly? And if so, why does it go back? Is there a chance it could be killed there?
I’d be shocked.
It goes back so both houses then agree to vote on the same crap. So, yes I do think it could still die, but don’t believe it will.
You heard it correctly. The Welfare and Pork Bill will now go into a conference session between the House and Senate representatives to come up with a unified bill. Then this bill will go back to both the House and Senate for a final vote. There is no chance of killing this disastrous bill because we simply do not have the vote in neither chambers to do so.
At some point, both bodies must pass exactly the same language in order to have a bill "pass" Congress. There are multiple ways for this to happen.
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.
An alternative, not discussed but possible, is for the House to pass exactly what the Senate passes. If they do, no conference is necessary, they will have agreed and the bill will be ready for presentment to the president.