Current Events > So The House is the deciding factor on bills being passed?

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CosmicShadows
01/06/21 11:10:34 AM
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Not sure or is it the senate? I'm lost when it comes to politics.
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Antifar
01/06/21 11:11:16 AM
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Bills must pass both the House and Senate to become law; they are equally powerful in that respect.

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sabin017
01/06/21 11:37:16 AM
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Bills can originate from either part of Congress and need to be sent to the other.

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Letron_James
01/06/21 11:39:18 AM
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Generally yes because reps are more likely to have time and the ability to work on legislation while the senate is too busy jerking off in the corner

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King_Hutton
01/06/21 11:43:38 AM
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Antifar posted...
Bills must pass both the House and Senate to become law; they are equally powerful in that respect.
And the president needs to sign those bills, otherwise they get sent back to the House and Senate where they need a supermajority to get signed into law

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brestugo
01/06/21 11:48:33 AM
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Anything that costs money must originate in the House. Both the House and Senate must approve them.

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ElatedVenusaur
01/06/21 12:00:02 PM
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brestugo posted...
Anything that costs money must originate in the House. Both the House and Senate must approve them.
That's theoretically the case, but the Senate routinely grabs random bills that originated from the House, guts them, and fills them with appropriations and what not.
They follow the letter of the rule, not the spirit.
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