The first time I called Kerry to urge voting no in committee on this, probably about a month ago, I told the aide who answered the phone that the reason I wanted Kerry to vote no - and to get a few of his colleagues to do so - was that if Finance passed no bill, then the HELP bill would become the Senate's base bill. The aide told me "yes, we know that's how it works." He mentioned nothing about there being anything bad about that possibility.
Re: Question about financing
The first time I called Kerry to urge voting no in committee on this, probably about a month ago, I told the aide who answered the phone that the reason I wanted Kerry to vote no - and to get a few of his colleagues to do so - was that if Finance passed no bill, then the HELP bill would become the Senate's base bill. The aide told me "yes, we know that's how it works." He mentioned nothing about there being anything bad about that possibility.