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By John Stanton:
http://www.rollcall.com/news/-201012-1.html
A food safety bill that has burned up precious days of the Senate’s lame-duck session appears headed back to the chamber because Democrats violated a constitutional provision requiring that tax provisions originate in the House.
By pre-empting the House’s tax-writing authority, Senate Democrats appear to have touched off a power struggle with members of their own party in the House. The Senate passed the bill Tuesday, sending it to the House, but House Democrats are expected to use a procedure known as “blue slipping” to block the bill, according to House and Senate GOP aides.
The debacle could prove to be a major embarrassment for Senate Democrats, who sought Tuesday to make the relatively unknown bill a major political issue by sending out numerous news releases trumpeting its passage.
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Ya know, these clowns are truly incompetent! They can't follow their own rules. And in this case, it's a basic concept that revenue bills have to originate in the House.
ReplyDeleteI have no confidence in our federal government. NONE!
Skeeter Johnson