Posted on 10/19/2009 7:50:38 PM PDT by erk
Not later than February 1, 2014, the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on . . . (ii) the availability of affordable health benefits plans, and (iii) the ability of individuals to maintain essential health benefits coverage . . .
Not later than April 1, 2014, the appropriate committees of Congress shall report legislation implementing the recommendations contained in the report . . . [or] any member of the House of Representatives or the Senate, respectively, may introduce legislation implementing the recommendations contained in the proposal and such legislation shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House involved . . .
All points of order against the legislation and against consideration of the legislation) with the exception of points of order under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. A motion to proceed to the consideration of the legislation is privileged in the Senate and highly privileged in the House of Representatives and is not debatable. The motion is not subject to amendment, to a motion to postpone consideration of the legislation, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion to proceed is agreed to or not agreed to shall not be in order. . .
Use that graphic at will. It's been posted many times at FR and elsewhere. I don't know who created it, but I snagged it the first time I saw it during the summer.
Dunno. I snagged it off FR some months ago. Don't know where it came from, but it sure speaks, doesn't it?
Yep. It totally speaks to where I'm at on politics these days.
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