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What the hell is this amendmemnt that Levin is adding ? No open to debate ?

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45% estate tax rate amendment.

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From what I understand, the Levin amendment changes the original house bill HR 4853 to the text that was adopted by the Senate.

The reason that they had to do it this way is because tax and spending bills have to orginate in the House and not the Senate, per the Consitution. But the Democrats in the House did not want to vote on this first, they wanted the Senate to go first. So the Senate took some bill from the House and amended it completely to the Obama tax compromise. Now the House is considering the amendment to the orginal bill.

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Confirmed, I got this from thomas.loc.gov:

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1766 Reported to House. Makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means that the House concur in the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4853 with the amendment printed in the report from the Committee on Rules. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the motion except those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI.

So they are now voting on the motion orderd by H. Res. 1766 from the Rules Committee. This will only concur on the Senate amendment. The Pomeroy amendment vote will come after this.