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To: OldDeckHand

Doesn’t ZERO have to sign the House passed Senate bill before it can be reconciled?


6 posted on 02/23/2010 1:27:52 PM PST by Tarpon ( ...)
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To: Tarpon
"Doesn’t ZERO have to sign the House passed Senate bill before it can be reconciled?"

No. While he does have to sigh the original bill first, they can actually pass the Budget Reconciliation bill - hold onto it - then pass the original bill. It's legislative sleight of hand, but it's allowable under the rules of Congress.

9 posted on 02/23/2010 1:29:40 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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No. He signs a bill only after it passes both houses of Congress in identical form.


22 posted on 02/23/2010 1:44:07 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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