House, Senate Disagree on Brain Damage Case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed an emergency bill aimed at prolonging the life of a brain-damaged Florida woman but the House adjourned before the two chambers could try to reconcile different versions.
The Senate by voice vote passed a narrowly-drafted bill allowing Schiavo's parents to seek help from a federal court before a Friday 1 p.m. EST deadline to remove a feeding tube. They have fought Schiavo's husband Michael in Florida state courts for seven years over her fate.
The House passed a broader bill late on Wednesday night, which would potentially take other end-of-life cases into the federal court system.
If they don't get back in the morning and finish this, everyone of them needs to be put in the spotlight this weekend, while eating and making merry while Terri does without.