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Article 1 Section 7, budget battle, Constitution, dingy harry, funding the government, FY 2011, H. R. 1255 approved, House, Senate, Senate stalling, Speaker Boehner
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Republicans screeched when Louise Slaughter attempted to push a “deem and pass” strategy for ObamaCare a little over a year ago, arguing that the notion of deeming the bill as passed in the House without a direct floor vote was an affront to democracy and the Constitution. Democrats agreed — in 2003, when Republicans tried the same thing on a tax-credit measure. In the end, Democrats abandoned “deem and pass” as a strategy after less than a week and held a floor vote on ObamaCare instead, which passed.
Republicans swore to restore Constitutional processes if returned to the majority in the House. They’re not off to a great start. They have revived deem and pass, with a twist — instead of claiming that a bill has passed, the GOP voted that a House bill would be deemed as effective law if the Senate failed to act (via David Brauer):
The House narrowly passed legislation on Friday that calls for a House-passed FY 2011 spending bill to become law should the Senate fail to approve a spending bill by April 6. It would also prevent members of Congress from being paid during a government shutdown.
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