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Originally Posted by Love/Light 13
The Senate always votes on the bill before the House of Representatives. They are not bypassing the House...........
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Incorrect. According to the US Constitution, Article I, Section 7, Clause 1:
"All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives..."
Here's where it gets sneaky, because it continues:"but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills."
The Senate can propose amendments to any bill previously passed by the house, including tax or spending bills. That is exactly what they intend to do tomorrow, apparently. They're going to take a bill that was previously passed by the house and tack on the bailout as an amendment, which will send it back to the house for reconsideration. If the House approves it as an amendment, it's a done deal because the Senate will have already passed it. Nice back door approach there, guys.
