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by jbooth 5933 days ago
As I understand it, if the Senate changes anything, then the house passing the senate bill in the first place undoes itself. I'm not positive on the exact mechanics at this point because they were changed a couple times but I do know that the plan, as publicly pronounced by leadership in both houses, is that what's on paper now is what will be passed by the senate and signed by the president.

Don't count the sale till the money's in the bank and all that, but it seems like that's the most likely scenario at this point, they only need 51 / 59 democratic senators.
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Xichekolas 5933 days ago
According to CNN, Obama is going to sign the bill on Tuesday. The amendments are a totally separate bill, which will now be punted back and forth between the House and Senate, assuming the Senate doesn't just pass it as it stands.

Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/22/obama-to-sig...

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hga 5933 days ago
No, as noted elsewhere the late December Senate bill has been passed by the House and will become the law of the land tomorrow when Obama signs it (subject to challenges heard by the Supremes and for all we know a Constitutional Convention (yeah, yeah, but this is the first time I've heard it being really seriously discussed)).

Going forward, the Senate may end up passing nothing that amends it in addition to the other possibilities mentioned in this thread.

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