20 Nov 2009 07:00 AM
Senate Leaders Consider Timeline For Health Bill Votes
Roll Call reports: "Senators may keep slogging through debate on their health care overhaul until the day before Thanksgiving, according to an adjournment resolution the House approved Wednesday. That measure provided for the Senate to adjourn Friday - or next Wednesday. The House is set to break on Thursday or Friday of this week." The Senate must first vote on a motion to proceed - to move the bill to the floor (Newmyer, 11/18).
Meanwhile, CongressDaily details several of the key provisions in the Senate bill and reports that a procedural vote is expected to proceed Saturday: "Democratic leaders' arguments for backing the motion to proceed hinge on their plans to move to a shell bill that will be filled in with the actual bill, Senate Majority Whip Durbin said…
Meanwhile, CongressDaily details several of the key provisions in the Senate bill and reports that a procedural vote is expected to proceed Saturday: "Democratic leaders' arguments for backing the motion to proceed hinge on their plans to move to a shell bill that will be filled in with the actual bill, Senate Majority Whip Durbin said…

