Cong. Garrett – spot-on. Of course, as you know, should the House pass the Senate bill that is then followed by a reconciliation bill, the Senate is under no obligation to do anything with the reconciliation bill. It could just let it sit there. To make matters worse, Jennifer Rubin reports, in Commentary Contention, that the Senate parliamentarian has said that the President must sign the bill before there can be a reconciliation bill. All the more reason for the Senate to do nothing.
Finally, there is the matter of the House Rules Committee and its attempt to eviscerate the Constitution. The chairperson wants to pass a rule deeming the Senate bill as passed without there actually being a vote on the bill. You must not let that happen. If they do that, it smells of dictatorship.
