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Thread #114650   Message #2460820
Posted By: Sawzaw
09-Oct-08 - 03:05 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Bailout
Subject: RE: BS: The Bailout
GOVERNMENT 101: How a Bill Becomes Law

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1. Members from each house form a conference committee and meet to work out the differences. The committee is usually made up of senior members who are appointed by the presiding officers of the committee that originally dealt with the bill. The representatives from each house work to maintain their version of the bill.
   2. If the Conference Committee reaches a compromise, it prepares a written conference report, which is submitted to each chamber.
   3. The conference report must be approved by both the House and the Senate.

"The bill would have become law even if they had not done that"<>must be approved by both the House and the Senate