So how and when will Congress finally finish health care reform?
As we reported earlier this week, Congress will expedite passage of landmark health care legislation by circumventing the official channels through which House and Senate bills are typically reconciled. Instead, the House will take up the Senate’s bill, amend it in various ways, pass it, and send it right back to the Senate. This is known as “ping pong”–a process that continues until both chambers agree to a single reform package and the President can sign it into law.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=132371