House and Senate Cloakroom: March 22 – 26, 2010

Dan Ziegler / March 19, 2010

House Cloakroom: March 22 – 26, 2010

Analysis:

House members are staying in town through the weekend as health care continues to hang over everyone’s heads.  The House Rules Committee is tentatively scheduled to meet tomorrow to consider the now infamous “Slaughter rule” which would deem the Senate bill passed before they move on to the reconciliation bill.  Speaker Pelosi summed up her approval of this measure by saying “I like it, this scenario, because people don’t have to vote on the Senate bill.” On Sunday the House is then expected to meet to pass the Slaughter rule and then immediately proceed to debate and soon after that vote on the House reconciliation package to amend the Senate bill with a previously House passed student loan bill.  It is important to note that the House will be doing this without a full economic score of the legislation from the Congressional Budget Office. Additionally, while the Rules Committee is getting ready for the big show on Saturday, the rest of the House will be focusing its attention on a $16.8 billion tax incentive bill targeted at small business and state and local governments.

Major Floor Action:

• Slaughter Rule to deem the Senate bill passed.
• House Reconciliation package (HR 4872) with revised Senate passed health care bill and student loan bill (HR 3221).
• HR 4849 Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 (more…)