cross-posted from: https://kbin.melroy.org/m/usa@midwest.social/t/1306792
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Moves to Vote as Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown
(schumer wasn’t the defector this time)
what we got:
a provision that would call federal workers who were laid off during the shutdown back to their jobs. It also would provide funds to ensure that federal workers who were furloughed during the shutdown can receive retroactive pay [(the latter as required by a 2019 law defector Angus King passed)].
The short-term spending bill would additionally bar the Office of Management and Budget from implementing any additional mass layoffs of federal workers through Jan. 30.
what we did not:
healthcare
Nothing is final. They are voting on, voting, and then the Senate has to debate it. After that the House must come back into session to also approve it. And that means a vote on releasing the Epstein files. No one has won yet, and we are not open again.
I don’t understand all the intricate details of Congressional voting rules, but do we know for sure that the House has to come back into session to vote? Is there some weird procedural thing they can do to technically vote but not have to swear-in Grijalva?
Legislation that passes in one chamber must be unchanged to pass in the other. Any changes must go back to the other chamber to get passed again. Not sure about any work arounds that don’t follow this. And if the Gov is reopened, there is no longer a reason to have the House out of session, they just lost their excuse.