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Originally Posted by Connor
... so as I understand it, there are two bills in Congress right now. One by the republicans, one by the democrats
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The democrats have NOT put forth a bill.
The republicans are set to pass their third bill from the house today, which the democrats who control the senate say they will kill in the senate.
That's part of the problem, that democrats won't even put a bill up for vote, and Obama, who is supposed to be the leader, hasn't put out a specific plan. All they have done is said "no" to everything the republicans propose.
Of course we're in this mess because the dems didn't take care of it before the election like they were supposed to. They controlled the house, senate, and white house and still couldn't do their job.
If the democrats in senate would follow the standard procedure and change the house bill to their liking, it could then go to conference committee for the final compromise version to be worked out.
So far the dems have refused to introduce any bill, to amend the republican bills, or to pass anything.