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08-02-22 10:03 AM |
These are the changes to the Pact Act Senate Republicans wanted
https://rules.house.gov/bill/117/hr-3967-sa
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1 Version 1 Budd (NC) Republican Requires the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs to delay enrollment dates outlined in Section 103 if VA wait times increase by 20 percent or more during the relevant two year period. Submitted
2 Version 1 Roy (TX) Republican Provides that the Secretary shall remove an illness from a presumption of service connection previously established pursuant to a regulation issued under subsection (a) if there is a lack of evidence establishing a positive association between the illness and the toxic exposure. Submitted
3 Version 1 Roy (TX) Republican Provides that all of the funding appropriated under this act shall be unobligated amounts available under COVID relief funds. Submitted
4 Version 1 Bost (IL), Roy (TX) Republican Limits the Cost of War Toxic Exposure Fund to $116.8 billion over 10 years. Prevents the Fund from converting up to $396.6 billion of existing, already appropriated VA health care costs from discretionary to mandatory.
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The highlighted amendment request is related to the 400 billion everyone is talking about. Seems there are two possibilities. The public copy of the bill we are are arguing over here at :subsim: is different from the one both houses are arguing over because that one has not been made public yet. Or, nobody here knows enough legalese to find the legislation concerning the 396 billion in the one that is public. Either way it’s there ‘somewhere’ because two Senators submitted requests to amend it.
It’s not like this bill popped up over night and the fight just began. It’s been almost a year since it was introduced on 17 August 2021. I’m sure it’s going to get passed in form or another. I’m still not too keen on the possibility of creating another 400 billion more of debt. I look at it as one of the biggest pork barrels known to mankind.
As for the process.
https://www.house.gov/the-house-expl...lative-process
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Laws begin as ideas. First, a representative sponsors a bill. The bill is then assigned to a committee for study. If released by the committee, the bill is put on a calendar to be voted on, debated or amended. If the bill passes by simple majority (218 of 435), the bill moves to the Senate. In the Senate, the bill is assigned to another committee and, if released, debated and voted on. Again, a simple majority (51 of 100) passes the bill. Finally, a conference committee made of House and Senate members works out any differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. The resulting bill returns to the House and Senate for final approval. The Government Printing Office prints the revised bill in a process called enrolling. The President has 10 days to sign or veto the enrolled bill.
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My understanding of what’s happened so far is, the lower house approved their version of the bill and the upper house approved their version of the bill . We are now at that highlighted stage of working out any differences. Once settled they will take another cloture vote and eventually move it on to enrolling.
And NO, nobody suddenly changed their minds, the problem I think is nobody will change their mind. What I imagine happened is the Senate voted 84-14 to approve their version of the bill and sent it back to the lower house. The lower house completely disregarding anything the Senate proposed instead made some meaningless ‘technical’ change and sent it back to the Senate. The Senate looked at it and voted ‘nay’ as did Schumer leaving the bill open for debate. Next days headlines? Republicans don’t care, hate veterans, eat babies and drink their blood! Not one effin word about why the process or details are going the way they are. Where’s our journalists who are supposed to be our great watchdog. Seems like they’re working for government nowadays instead of watching over it.
Don’t ask questions just shut-up and pass the bill. |
