(01-08-2010 07:00 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  Just curious, once Reid and Pelosi write the final Healthcare bill, or amend the Senate version, does the Senate still require 60 votes to cut off debate on the amended bill?

from an article I got Wrote:Republican Leader McConnell (at the behest of Sen. DeMint) actually objected to the appointment of the conferees -- something that's almost never done. That means that the Senate ObamaCare bill must be amended on the House floor to gain the votes they need to pass it on the House floor. And because of Sen. DeMint's objection to the appointment of the conferees, there will be no conference, or conference report. Democrats can resort to a fallback: they can propose a motion to appoint conferees, but that motion is subject to filibuster. It would likely require three separate cloture votes just to pass the motion to appoint conferees! So -- the Senate bill goes back to the House, which will have to debate it all over again... including amending it.

If the House amends the Senate bill, they then have to send the amended bill back to the Senate -- where all the 60 vote margin cloture votes still apply -- cloture on the motion to proceed, cloture to end the filibuster, and cloture on any amendment.

And you can bet that the House WILL amend the Senate bill. There are PLENTY of disagreements among Democrats in the House over Harry Reid's compromise bill, in areas like abortion, the public option, illegal immigrant coverage, taxation of union health care plans, and the degree of subsidy available for purchase of health care.

(01-08-2010 07:00 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  Just curious, once Reid and Pelosi write the final Healthcare bill, or amend the Senate version, does the Senate still require 60 votes to cut off debate on the amended bill?