Ruh Roh:
The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that President Barack Obama must sign Congress’ original health care reform bill before the Senate can act on a companion reconciliation package, senior GOP sources said Thursday.
So what does that mean exactly?
Translated: the reconciliation bill, which would amend the Senate health care bill will be on hold in the Senate until the President signs the latter into law. That could unnerve some House Democrats, many of whom don’t want the Senate bill signed into law until after the reconciliation bill has been passed by both the House and Senate. They worry that the Senate won’t be able to follow through with its promise to pass a reconciliation bill, and that the result will be that the Senate health care bill will become law without any changes.
Why, thank you, Brian Beutler.
In other news, Harry Reid sent McConnell a letter today. He is still going to go forward with reconciliation. But will that be enough to calm everyone down?
I don’t know about you, but nothing has calmed me down about health care reform since it first came up. I can’t wait for this to finally be over.
H/t: Gr8RDH
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