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A senior aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told CNSNews.com that it is likely that Reid will use H.R. 1586a bill passed by the House in March to impose a 90-percent tax on bonuses paid to employees of certain bailed-out financial institutionsas a shell for enacting the final version of the Senates health care bill, which Reid is responsible for crafting.
Under the procedure, the substance of House Resolution 1586 would be removed and replaced with the entire Senate health care package. The maneuver would initially require the support of 60 senators to vote for cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 1586 (i.e., end debate on the congressional procedure and move forward).
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CNSNews.com - Reid âLikelyâ to Make Entire Health Bill an Amendment to Unrelated Tax Bill That House Passed in March