Gibbs: If Senate Bill Passes House It Will Go to the President’s Desk

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The other day I exposed the fact that Harry Reid switched the language in the House-passed H.R. 3590 Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009 and inserted the Senate version of the healthcare bill via a manager’s amendment in order to meet the requirement that all legislation raising taxes must originate in the House.

For further confirmation, here is the audio of that exchange.

Listen from about 4:20 to 5.00 and you will hear Gibbs confirm that once the House passes the Senate’s version of the healthcare bill, it’s a done deal.

No talk of reconciliation here, because reconciliation is not needed at all.


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