I sure don't claim to understand the mysterious workings of our government, but this is how it works more or less..The Senate proposed the bill, but the House has to fund it.
So, it appears to me that last week's and this weekend's soap opera unfolded like this...
President Bush/Paulsen sent a proposal to the Senate, about three pages long. The Senate added a lot of pork (ACORN funding, etc) to the proposal, voted on and passed the bill. The House Pubs said not so fast, so they duked it out all weekend on a compromise bill (Dems 9 to 2 Pubs) that deleted a lot of the pork and added some oversight. Lots of phone calls to insure how everyone would vote so the bill would pass the House and get the $$$ to fund it.
BUT...John Q. Smith and Sally Q. Jones burned up the telephone lines and e-mails to their representatives saying “Not only no, but...He@@ no.” So there were some election year jitters, and maybe a few that were true in their convictions.
Right before the vote in the House was to happen, Pelosi slammed the Pubs, hard, again. Net result..The bill did not pass.
Tune in for the next exciting episode of “As DC Turns” tomorrow when the Senate votes on a revamped bill to send to the House.
(I know you asked a simple question and I apologize for my rant. But thanks for listening.) :)
Thank you for your most informative post. I had no idea it already went to the Senate...where the heck have I been? Why would McCain vote on such a pork-filled bill tomorrow?