Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Omnibus bill’s hidden item: a Democratic rift | csmonitor.com

While earmarks continued in the omnibus bill there was something very different,  precedence of a different sort was changed.  You see: 

The Senate often forces the House to accept the Senate’s version of a bill. But on the omnibus bill, Representative Pelosi reversed Congress’s historic pecking order – and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid with apparent reluctance permitted it.

Will this resurrection of lower chamber power continue?   To read the entire story, click on the citation below:

Omnibus bill’s hidden item: a Democratic rift | csmonitor.com

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