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Senate Passes "The_____ Act of _____"
See this page from the Congressional Record of last week. Middle column toward the bottom.The Constitution requires both Houses of Congress to pass identical bills before they can be sent to the president and signed into law. The Senate has left town for the rest of August, and the House is coming back next week to put its stamp of approval on the bill. President Obama wants to sign it quicklythe bill is already up on the Whitehouse.gov pending legislation page (though posting it there before the bill passes Congress doesnt count as Sunlight Before Signing). So the House has to approve this bill, with the name _______Act of______. The only other alternative is for the House to change the name and have the Senate come back for another vote. Congress seems always to be hustling to get things doneeven when its spending billions of taxpayer dollars. This time, they were hustling so fast to get the money moving that they couldnt take the time to give the bill a proper name. Whose problem is this? Yours! You voted these folks in! Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-08-10 |
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