Are you sure about the positive effect of the Baucus bill being voted down? I'd think there would be pressure for them to keep working, and for the clock to run out on this year because of that.
It seems to me, the merged Senate will be considerably better than the Finance Committee bill, and then the Conference Committee bill will be better than that. Were I on the Senate Finance Committee, my inclination would be to announce that should the final Conference Committee Report resemble the current bill, I would vote nay, but in order to allow the process to move forward, I would abstain on the committee vote.
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Date: 2009-10-06 00:15 (UTC)It seems to me, the merged Senate will be considerably better than the Finance Committee bill, and then the Conference Committee bill will be better than that. Were I on the Senate Finance Committee, my inclination would be to announce that should the final Conference Committee Report resemble the current bill, I would vote nay, but in order to allow the process to move forward, I would abstain on the committee vote.