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  • 'Deeming' vs. the constitution

    03/19/2010 2:59:34 AM PDT · by Scanian · 60 replies · 1,223+ views
    NY Post ^ | March 19, 2010 | BETSY MCCAUGHEY
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will ram the unpopular Senate health bill through the House without a vote. Article 1, Sect. 7 of the Constitution says she can't. Many House Democrats are reluctant to go on record in support of the Senate bill. Pelosi's strategy is to "deem" it passed, go straight to a vote on a package of reconciliation "fixes" and then present both the Senate bill and reconciliation package to the president for signing. In recent years, the US Supreme Court has twice struck down attempts to abbreviate the lawmaking process required by Article 1, Sect 7....