Comments on: S. 1 passes House http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/07/31/s-1-passes-house/ Recommendations, Resources, and Reform Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:18:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Wonderlich http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/07/31/s-1-passes-house/comment-page-1/#comment-86 John Wonderlich Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:40:00 +0000 http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/07/31/s-1-passes-house/#comment-86 I'm pretty sure that the Senate will take up the exact same bill that the House just passed, and that the negotiations have already happened regarding small changes that would usually get reconciled in conference. Should be some interesting discussion on Thursday in the Senate. If they pass it, that'll be it since they will have passed the same version in both chambers. There weren't any amendments in the House version because it was passed under suspension of the rules, without which amendments would have been easier to offer. I’m pretty sure that the Senate will take up the exact same bill that the House just passed, and that the negotiations have already happened regarding small changes that would usually get reconciled in conference. Should be some interesting discussion on Thursday in the Senate. If they pass it, that’ll be it since they will have passed the same version in both chambers.

There weren’t any amendments in the House version because it was passed under suspension of the rules, without which amendments would have been easier to offer.

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