[libstripper]

This idea of he House just passing the Senate bill could run afoul of the origination clause in Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution, which states, “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.” Right now the Senate bill is a giant revenue bill that may well be unconstitutional because it originated in the Senate.

[deport]

The way the House would get around that is to amend their orignal bill which they passed and sent to the Senate. The Senate made several amendments to the House bill and passed it and sent it back to the House. Rather than reconcilliation the House can accept all the changes to their bill the Senate sent back and pass it. All this is regarding H.R.3590, not some Senate orginated bill.

[firebrand]

Good point. Add it to all the other grounds for unconstitutionality if they try this.