Of course, if it is a tax, then how could it have originated in the Senate?
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It was a convoluted process. IIRC, what I read at the time was that Pelosi took an existing bill that originated in the house. Stripped the bill and inserted the language of the Senate bill. Then claimed it originated in the house, and sent it to the Senate as a budget reconciliation bill so that it would only take a majority vote for passage (not 60 that it should have required).
*sigh*
Can’t even feel snarky enough to cynically comment. So sad, so very sad.