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minus-squarePatFusty@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoIf anyone is interested in the bill Here is a link to the bill Edit: i dont see anything on any adjustments to congressional compensation. Let me know if you see anything.
minus-squareJerkface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThey omitted language blocking an automatic cost of living increase which was present in the Senate bill. This is explained in the article.
minus-squarePatFusty@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·1 year agoUhhh… is that how that works? I would imagine you cant do a bait and switch where you pass one bill and propose another when it gets to the senate. The bill already passed through the house.
minus-squareJerkface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoThe Senate produced their own bill, which McCarthy did not bring to the floor for a vote. This bill from the house now goes to the Senate to die.
minus-squareHoomod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThe senate had been working towards voting on (because a group of republican senators were delaying it) a bill that was almost identical to what just passed the house.
minus-squaremrnotoriousman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoYou could just read the article, it says so in it!
If anyone is interested in the bill
Here is a link to the bill
Edit: i dont see anything on any adjustments to congressional compensation. Let me know if you see anything.
They omitted language blocking an automatic cost of living increase which was present in the Senate bill. This is explained in the article.
Uhhh… is that how that works? I would imagine you cant do a bait and switch where you pass one bill and propose another when it gets to the senate.
The bill already passed through the house.
The Senate produced their own bill, which McCarthy did not bring to the floor for a vote. This bill from the house now goes to the Senate to die.
The senate had been working towards voting on (because a group of republican senators were delaying it) a bill that was almost identical to what just passed the house.
You could just read the article, it says so in it!